Hi everyone, this sub has always served as a source of inspiration for me but I feel I really need to ask for some advice to improve my life.

I am a 23 year old who just started working at a decent job. But the thing is I am still a virgin and have never had any relationships. This is starting to affect my life very negatively. I am decently good looking, so people just assume I have had a lot of success with women and keep asking me about women and my relationships. This makes me even more sad and I feel like such a failure. I even lack confidence around such social groups and started hating going out in general.

Growing up I took up multiple part-time jobs to support my family, after my father passed away and was the only pillar of strength for my family. This left me with no time and interest towards pursuing women as I had bigger problems. But as I am growing older, I look at other people and realised I may have been missing out in life. This makes me feel even sadder and feel like crap nowadays.

How do I go about improving my life? I don't get to interact with too many women in my social circles and see no opportunities for relationships as well. I really want to go my own way and start focusing on my life and happiness, and stop thinking about women, relationships etc.

Any advice/ thoughts are useful. It may feel like some loser ranting, but even if some small thing i read here betters my life, I would be really grateful.