I have never actually formulated how exactly I feel with dating, but here it is.

I really, really want to just be able to have honest conversations with women where I can tell them how attractive I think they are. Any time I go out I see so many jaw-droppingly beautiful women, and I just really badly want to tell them how beautiful they are, but I feel like they just wouldn't want me around. It's not even about sex, I just want to have some honest contact where I don't have to play aloof and act all neutral. And also, I really badly want to do something for women I'm attracted to, like just making them feel valued and pampered, I just want to give.

But I feel like no one would want these from me. I feel so inadequate and like I'm not even worthy of the tiniest bit of attention from a pretty girl.

And it's killing me. I'm 31 now and this has been my entire life. If I had to find a single word how I feel, it's SUFFOCATING. I'm suffocating from all the repressed and unfulfilled desires, from having to act neutral because I feel any advance would just result in a humiliating brush-off.