I’m in my 20s trying to date and it’s extremely rough. I’m an average looking guy, not very remarkable tbh. That immediately puts me outside of 90% of women’s filters. I don’t really get chances to meet women naturally so I have to resort to dating apps. And almost the entirety of them are liberal, don’t want kids or already has them. Also a TON of nurses around here which is a red flag in itself. The conservative women want “cowboys”, guys that are “man enough”, listen to country music, drive a truck, work a blue collar job. I’m literally none of that. I don’t listen to country music, I’m trying to get into a white collar career field, and I don’t have a truck. My interests and hobbies seem to be things that more align with liberal women than conservative. Liberal women wouldn’t want me for my politics (and vice versa) and conservative women don’t want me for my interests/lifestyle.

And don’t even get me started on whether they’re vaxxed or not, because 95% probably are. If they’re liberal, moderate, or apolitical, they likely are vaxxed. Conservatives probably not, but there’s just so few. I tried the app Upward because it’s made for Christians and primarily conservatives use it, but there’s hardly anyone in my area on the app. I’ll swipe through the first 10 profiles and then it starts showing me women 100+ miles away even though I have the filter maxed out at say, 40-50 mi. It’s so pointless.

It’s all so tiresome. Sometimes I find a woman who meets all my criteria and then I read her profile and see “single mom” or some other shit. I am NOT raising another man’s kid(s). I unfortunately don’t ever match with the women’s profiles I do like though. sigh