It will never happen

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I have given up on men.

I am young, and at my age should be dating and going out on dates. It's the natural thing that people want to do at my age.
My friends and acquaintances are all getting married and even having children. I have been on one half-date in my entire life.

Men act indifferent toward me. They might act interested, and are unable to keep their eyes off of me, and even flirt and engage, and I flirt and engage back, and try my best to show as much interest in them as they show in me (if I'm interested).
However, nothing comes of it. They don't ever go any further. I don't know how to take it further.

Quite frankly, I've given up. I quit believing in men. No offense to anyone here, but all the men I have encountered are distant, shallow, unfocused jerks who don't know what they want, and who don't care about anything.
I don't want someone like that to be a father to a future child that I might have.

It would be sheer chance or luck if anyone ever came along that cared enough about me to put up with me. And, I'm not looking. Just face it. It's never going to happen for me.

Good thing that I have so many things that I love that I can engage in. I had hoped that I would someday fall in love and get married, but I now think that it's fruitless, hopeless, and a grand waste of time. I have more to live for than crap like that.

All the same it's sad. I would have liked to have a partner.

Man, and I thought I was the only one who thought this... except in my case, it's women. However, i thimk you and I aren't seeing the big picture:

We live in the wrong area to find anyone.

Here's my problem with the women around here where I live: they're selfish, indecisive, have unrealistic standards, and not to mention have a knack for sleeping with their cousins. Oh, did I mention they're all insane and half of them are on meth?

Now I understand where you're coming from; us guys can be complete dicks, but also remember women are the same way; it's just the difference in hormones. I wouldn't exactly give up on men, I'd look outside your surrounding towns. Obe of them will definitely bend over backwards for you, you just need to find one that can.

I don't know.
It seems like a good suggestion, however, I feel completely apathetic now.

I used to have a lot of hope about it. Now I'm just....blah....

I'm in the same boat as you, except that I can't keepa conversation with a woman without either getting bored or pissed off. At least with the internet I can have them without the girl being annoying as hell. Then again, seems like I'm annoyed by everyone here as of late.

Tangent aside, you'll find the strength to pick yourself up soon anf try again. Just takes time.

Are you "playing a tape" that nothing's going to come of an interaction? Projecting a negative outcome before the first words are even uttered plays a big factor. I know what happens with me is I'm too picky yet at the same time I'm not picky enough. The latter is probably what sends off the 'desperate' vibe. I've come to decide that my future mate has to be on the spectrum, there is just too much unnecessary drama associated with the majority of the female gender.

What can I offer that's helpful? If you've just set your sights on "A" one rather than "THE" one you could probably start by narrowing down whether you would prefer an aspie partner or NT one. For me a deciding factor was that in an AS/AS relationships both parties know about things like stims, meltdowns and faux pas'ing - personally I'm endeared to flapping and mild meltdowns - but since both partners are on that same "wavelength" as it were, there's no basis for anything like mind games and threatening one another with having them 5150ed all the time. I can see more positives in this type of pairing than any other.

When I signed up on WP I had the thought "It would be great to meet someone" and in a way I did, only not when I expected (5 minutes after joining if I had my way) and not where I expected, and certainly not the age group I expected, but it's going on 6 months so far, double my previous relationship lifespans, if I can even call it that. But hey, I've sent her 2 photos of myself and she's the first person not to drop off the earth after receiving the first one! But it feels like a relationship to me, and I've heard of that very thing - acting as if you're "in" love to attract love - there may be some merit in that. Please don't give up hope, it's never too late

Didn't Elrond say something like that?

A few years ago my sister broke up with her boyfriend and asked if I knew any nice guys. I tried my best and couldn't think of any. All men are bad. Except me and my brother, but we're sort of taken. Against all odds she eventually found one good man. He's unusually short, but the same height as her. Not a toad. He's a really nice guy, easygoing, a bit wimpy in a Woody Allen way, and rich. He's no Aragorn, but her life has been transformed.

So if you're open to it then love may find you.