“I want to fall in love, but I dream of a prince on a white horse. My parents laugh at me”

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I’ll be thirty next year. I have my own apartment, a permanent job and great friends. I travel a lot and I am fascinated by cuisine. It might seem that I lead a quiet life and I am satisfied with it. Unfortunately, even though I smile every day, I feel unhappy inside. All because I can’t find the love of my life. I want to fall in love, but I dream of a prince on a white horse. My parents laugh at me because they think I’m still living in a fairy tale from which I don’t want to wake up.

“I’m terrified of the fact that I’m about to turn thirty and I still don’t have a man.”

I am not a passive person and I have reached out for happiness many times. I often went on dates and met guys, but I never felt the proverbial butterflies in my stomach. I really did a lot of dressing up and having fun, thinking that eventually fate would smile on me too. However, this did not happen. I take care of myself and I think I’m an attractive woman, but these days that’s not everything. What terrifies me is the fact that I’m about to turn thirty and I still don’t have a man. I dream of starting a family, but I have no basis for this.

“I don’t want to be an old maid, but I don’t know where to look for true love”

My family keeps asking when I will finally settle down. Initially, I joked with my loved ones, but the constant questions eventually aroused a lot of negative emotions in me. I don’t want to be an old maid, but I don’t know where to look for true love. Many people say to let go and it will come, but I feel like I don’t have time for that anymore. Sometimes I wonder that maybe I demand too much and am too self-confident? Maybe men don’t like it when a woman dominates? I know my worth and I won’t let it get to my head. Does this turn men off? How to change your approach and not destroy your values? On Tinder I meet men who are only interested in one thing. They are looking for adventure and I am looking for love.

I’m desperate and don’t want to live when I see my friends starting families. How to deal with all this?

Catherine.

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