I was just wondering what the answer is to this because I’m a 25 year old guy who has never been in a serious relationship (fooled around with a couple of girls but that’s it).

I am really trying hard to work on myself by going to the gym because I am a bit overweight (more for my mental health as well as physical) and working with a trainer has been such a great experience. I also am trying to live life by doing cool things (travelling, going to gigs and having adventures with my friends) and trying to be as fulfilling as possible and I have a really well paid stable job.

Of course naturally I feel a bit worried that I might be single forever, I try to block that thought out. I guess my main concern is that when I meet a girl that I like that my lack of experience may go against me. I know that currently that is out of my control. This is more of a stream of consciousness but I want to know if there is anything else I can do to improve. I’m willing to go through discomfort and sacrifice and look in the mirror. Is there such thing as a late bloomer in the relationship world! Any advice would be much appreciated. I am hesitant to ask for a girls number and last week I did it for the first time and then got rejected over text. Naturally my confidence stung slightly but of course not every girl is going to say yes and that’s cool but I need to be in a really confident internal place to be doing that otherwise I can let my anxiety take over!

Any advice on how to improve would be so appreciated. Thanks to this community, I still have belief in myself quietly that I can have a fulfilling relationship in the future.