One of my cousins is plenty cute, not a complete bore, yet has failed in the hookup culture. Not for the lack of luck or trying, he just discovered, he is just not mentally prepared for it.

Like most men, when he was greener behind the ears, he fantasized about sleeping around with hot girls. But, when the opportunity did come to him he discovered that he actually didn't really want it and was venturing into something beyond his comfort zone.

He had 2 LTR, but both didn't end with marriage. The first ended as she had to move out of the country and he was not interested in LDR.

The second.... her family opposed as they were very rich and snooty while we are firmly middle class. They got her hitched to a more 'suitable boy'.

Jaded with these romantic failures, he tried to have a 'Chad phase.' The key word is tried.

He tried having ONS a few times (both men and women coz he is bisexual), and believe it or not, he fell for most of his hookups.

He wanted to turn ONS into a relationships but was rejected by all. Just one of the ONS partners suggested a FWB. He turned it down, coz he was very much into her and couldn't bear that she would also sleep with others.

Nowadays he has given up on love and focuses more on his career, he is lucky enough to get a high-paying job in the Silicon Valley equivalent in my country.

He has asked his parents to arrange a match for him.

Have you known about men like him? Or is he too much of an outlier?