i know this is a pretty fluid kind of topic-ed thread, but please let's try not to just turn it into mindless banter.
anyway, i've come to the conclusion that i'm, effectively here forever. i'm twenty years old, and in my entire life i've had two relationships (one which i hated quite passionately, i'm so smart).
in total, there's literally only five people that i've felt were special enough for me to date: one of them i dated and buggered up 'cause i was young (14 or 15) and immature, two of them i was too scared to even approach properly, one of them i approached and she rejected me (possibly *because*) in my fairly inebriated state, and one was kind of a dramatically stupid situation; interstate, taken, better (and crazier

) than me, etc.
so, i really have resigned myself to being single. i guess, really, what i actually want is someone to hold, and someone to hold me, who i think is as special as they think i am. not many people think i am, but there's enough. but i just generally don't like people - as i said, five in twenty years - so i think the odds are against me.
it's a vicious circle, as i know that i'm too fussy to find many people that i might fall in love with (not that it's a choice), and there really aren't that many people who are even vaguely interested in me. so i'm fucked: what can i do?
do many other people figure things the same way (i know there are a lot of posts by fussy people like myself - dreamtime immediately comes to mind), or am i destined to be lonely just because i'm too stubborn or idealistic to settle for a half-hearted relationship that i might "settle in to"?
seriously: point of discussion...is it worth being so fussy as to only want to date those people that make you go all fuzzy and nervous and you spend all night thinking about them, or should you settle for someone who's just interesting enough to fill the void that isn't quite love?
or, alternatively, do people actually find it quite easy to find people who make them feel that passion? because i don't...
anyway, that's the topic, go for your lives you similarly (i hope...) desperate singles...