I just turned 19 recently, and I've been single my whole life. Never been on a date, never been kissed or anything like that. Sometimes it's really frustrating and discouraging. Anyone else in the same boat?

I was single up until I was twenty-one, so it's not so rare, and it's not so bad. Don't get into the mentality that you need a significant other to be happy in your life. Start being content with who you are, and when someone does come around, it will mean more, for a few reasons: you're older and you are probably more serious when it comes to relationships, and you're settled and confident in who you are, and who they are...I think I'm speaking in fragments, I apologise.

to Ikki14Reed;

.........I didn't mean in that way.
but...well....just imagine I didn't say that in the 1st place.

Though I have dated and been kissed in the past, I haven't dated anyone for almost two years though mine is mainly out of choice. However, I do understand the frustrations, and the people pushing you onto random people not right for you at all (has anyone else dealt with that?) just so you can "date."

Like Khary said, it'll happen when it happens. Don't go obsessively looking cause then you'll most likely meet Mr. Wrong instead of either Mr. Right or Mr. Right Right Now. Try to not think about it, enjoy being single and not having to take care of another person's whims or emotions. One of my floormates last year got out of a two year relationship in March, and she really enjoyed actually having time for her family, herself, and her friends instead of being at the beck and call of another person. While it's nice to be in a relationship, that situation just goes to show that it's nice to be single, too.

And because this line is really annoying me:

quote:

no one's really attracted to the shy,quiet, kind of emo-ish looking girl.

While it's true that guys do seem to go for the outgoing and confident ones, there are still guys out there who will go for the quiet and shy ones as the quiet and shy ones often hold mystery as they don't put everything out there for everyone to hear about. Plus, they're not surrounded by a ton of people all the time, which makes it easier to talk to them.

The best thing to do with people is to just be yourself. And if they don't like you? Well that's their problem.

dang..umm
Get to know more people,more outgoing,
be confident..no one's really attracted to the shy,quiet, kind of emo-ish looking girl.
Flirt a little, and smile alot =)

I was in the same boat until a few months after I turned 20. It was frustrating sometimes, yeah. The worst for me was seeing a happy couple and just feeling sort of a pang. Try not to get preoccupied with it; it'll happen when it happens.

If a major stumbling block is meeting/asking people out, a dating site like OkCupid might be worth a shot. It worked for me.