I get why OP is asking… I found hearing about other people finally meeting somebody helpful, gave me hope that maybe there was a chance for me too.
Younger years = awful, cheating, abusive partner that kept me dangling on a string for years until I finally clocked on that he’s a narc POS and removed myself from his miserable orbit.
Met another guy through work, also a cheating lying POS.
Met another one, also through work, turned out to be secretly gay.
I then decide to try to be happy alone and start working on myself, since clearly I am picking all the wrongens here and there’s some underlying issue 😂
Learn to love self and respect self all that sort of thing. This is absolutely a must, I feel.
Few online dates, some lovely and others a bit odd but no real luck
Met somebody else, randomly, few months of fun but he also turned out to be a bit of a wrongen, less so than the others tbf. Helped confidence to grow, I’ll give him that.
This series of events spans over about 10 years, leading to present day…
As I was about to give up, somehow found my DP on OLD by pure chance. Initially didn’t think he was for me at all until friends kindly explained it’s because he’s decent and not a waste of skin like my usual pattern… Couldn’t be happier now and life changed in all the ways I could never imagine before.
It happens… you just have to keep on trying, be brave and hope for the best!