SINGLE MAN SCARED HE’S GOING TO DIE ALONE, ALL HIS FRIENDS EITHER ENGAGED OR GOT GF

Singles with friends getting engaged left and right, how do you feel?

As a 28 M, 5 of my 7 closest friends are engaged; the other 2 are in long term relationships. I feel like I’m stuck at this point in my life after being cheated on last year; no dates in months, very shy in social settings, I think I’m gonna be single forever.

How do y’all remain optimistic? I know relationships are not everything but my literal goal in life is to be a husband (ofc not that of any random girl’s)

Netizens’ comments

1. I personally adopt a more happy go lucky approach. If it happens it happens, if it doesn’t then so be it
2. I’m honestly happy to spend time as a single as I get to do whatever I want but am open to the idea of a relationship if it happens
3. You’re at that age. It’s normal. Between 27 and 31, basically everyone I knew got engaged or married. In the last one standing. I was the last one.
   Never thought I’d be married. Was fine if it never did. I met someone and things changed.
   Life is long. In the end, it’s race with only yourself.
4. Keep putting yourself out there and stay optimistic. My single friends also want to be in a relationship but did not want to step out of their comfort zone. Hard to take their rantings seriously after a while.
   There’ll be heartbreaks. Maybe after some more bad dates or relationships, you’ll decide to be single. But if you never go for it, you’ll never know. Better to have tried and fail than deal with what ifs. That’s how I pushed myself to meet people.
   I have my married friends as examples that if it is meant to be, it will be. You can look to your friends who are in a relationship or engaged to stay optimistic.