I have been meaning to write about something that happened on my recent vacation and made me rethink my life, but the text would be too long, so I'll ask for more general advice.

It seems that when I go on vacation a few girls from abroad show interest me. I see them smile at me and sometimes I can find some excuse to talk to them, though I feel too self-conscious to ask them out.

In my city there are also many tourists and I have seen guys go talk to them and try to pick them up. They are usually friendly. (Local women in my country are a different story).

I feel it would give me happiness to talk to girls who visit from abroad throughout the year instead of having to wait 11 months for a droplet of socialization. Simply put my life is miserable and difficult to bear, all for except a couple weeks of vacation.

The guys who hit on women in my city are all young and presentable. I've never seen anyone like me -bald, middle-aged, try to pick up women on the street. I've also not seen anyone do it alone. They always have a wingman.

It is obvious that if I were to try to approach a woman on the street she would flee in fear.

It remains however a mystery to me why the hard rules that apply in normal life (young pretty women being creeped out by men like me) are suspended in the setting of an island resort.