I'm 37 and a single mum to a 14yr old daughter. I have always been on my own with my daughter as her father didn't want to know when I fell pregnant. Throughout my time as a mum, I have had very little time for me, which I'm not complaining about at all, but it has meant that basically from my early 20s until recently, I have had little in the way of relationships. I feel like I have missed my chance for love. A few years back I met someone who seemed to be my soul mate. Despite the shock and lack of time to pursue this, we somehow made it work and had great plans for the future. Then he seemed to just get bored of me and told me that I did nothing but annoy him before disappearing out of my life. Now, almost 38, I'm alone again with zero confidence and struggle to see anything good about myself. I want to be loved, or even liked, sooo much and I'm so heartbroken. I'm realistic and am not naive enough to think that anyone will actually like me, I mean I'm no oil painting etc, but I'm struggling so much with accepting that I will never have love and a proper family, marriage etc. How do you let go of dreams of happiness and contentment? I just want to feel better about the life that is facing me