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Is there any hope left

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Bleedingheartbleedingnose · 09/04/2025 23:38

sorry for the despondent title but it’s how I feel - but I know I’m probably being ridiculous.

i broke up with my partner of six months at Christmas after he was amazing at the start, then just seemed to change. Before that I had a situationship of a year who didn’t want to commit and I didn’t have the energy to end it, before that single for a year and before that in a three year relationship with someone I loved deeply and broke my heart.

im 29, I have a good career, a house and great friends. But I just can’t get romance right and I’ve started to think there’s just nothing out there any more.

im at an age where most people my age are in relationships but also dating apps have changed how we connect and approach people. I always try to be open, communicative and respectful but not a doormat in relationships and I do give my all when I love someone.

i can’t tell if it’s my age and everyone has a crisis at nearly 30 but it just feels like there’s no one left to have a love story with? Am I being insane?

OP posts:
Bleedingheartbleedingnose · 09/04/2025 23:39

I’m learning more to ask for what I want and not settle also with dating - I know the situationship was a mistake

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cakeandteaandcake · 09/04/2025 23:42

29 is young! I know it doesn’t feel that way.

I felt like you when I was in my 20s and I wish someone had encouraged me to concentrate on living a happy and fulfilling life. The right person will come along.

TheMovieFlopped · 10/04/2025 07:37

A bit dramatic dontcha think? You have a good career, a house and great friends and here you are asking if there’s “any hope left”. Oh, woe is me. You are very young and have plenty of time for romance to come along. Be thankful for what you already have as there’s a lot of people out there who don’t have a fraction of what you’ve got. Worth remembering that not everyone in a relationship is in a happy one.

TumbledTussocks · 10/04/2025 08:15

Spend longer on here - you’ll soon see having standards is way better than a rubbish relationship!
There’s plenty of time.

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