As I shredded off the last bits of my "childhood" / "youth" / "young person vibes" in the last years I realized that dating is just as horrible as the rest of l

As I shredded off the last bits of my "childhood" / "youth" / "young person vibes" in the last years I realized that dating is just as horrible as the rest of life. Everyone just runs around with a fuzzy version of the dating calculator* in their head. Is that person good enough? What's my chance to find someone better? Is it worth sacrificing the energy I spent on my current partner for the chance of finding a better one? I see "settled" and unhappy people all around. Those who have "reproduce" as next point on their bullet list for life. In gay dating it's even worse, because there are usually no wombs with their "best before" date involved and social pressure to settle is lower. * https://www.omnicalculator.com/other/dating-theory https://www.omnicalculator.com/other/dating-theory