My DD is 24, and a lovely girl- kind, bright, good job, nice friends, lived away for uni in a different city, generally well-rounded. She’s confided in me that, apart from a few kisses and awkward dates, she has had no real romantic experience. She’s sociable, and not unattractive, but just seems to have missed that part of life somehow.
She mentioned that she’s starting to feel quite down about it now and worries it might never happen for her. I’ve tried to reassure her, but I can tell it’s weighing on her that most of her friends are in relationships, and I had met her dad by her age (by chance!) so no real advice.
She’s getting twitchy that she hasn’t had at least one boyfriend by now so no ‘evidence’ that she’s lovable (which is ridiculous of course, but that’s how she feels!)
FWIW, it does look a bit weird from the outside looking in- she’s probably objectively an outlier for having so little experience, but there doesn’t seem to be some big reason, it just hasn’t happened. But that also makes it harder to ‘fix,’ because there isn’t anything wrong, per se.
She has hobbies (photography, yoga, languages) but groups for those things are hard to find for her age, and she does go out to pubs and clubs but never seems to meet anyone there either (and I’m not sure club-goers would be her preferred demographic!)
Does anyone have any success stories of ‘late starters’ finding their feet and a lovely relationship closer to their mid-twenties, or anything that helped move the needle a little bit?