I know its sad & lonely out there. I am 51 years old. I have been married twice. I have 2 grown men, I am a Caregiver for my Mom 24 / 7. I feel like there is nobody out there for me either. My Mom soon will be 80 & she tells Me to be patient. Your are 25 you are not old & I am sorry you feel like you alone. Be careful out there and take a couple Deep Breaths. Find things you really.enjoy & do them. I will be praying for you

25 is not old at all! Don't think about your mom and how things went for her....it's a different time now. Many women have children in their early to mid thirties. By your constant thinking and worrying you are putting out a very unhealthy vibe to potential mates. You did the right thing leaving your abusive relationship and you need to take the time to recover from that and heal. By you always being with someone, you haven't had a chance to just be with yourself. You need to be in total contentment with yourself and your life and love yourself. If men see how strong and independent you are just being you they will be more inclined to want to approach you etc.
Men and women are attracted to someone confident and happy. Because you are so consumed with finding someone asap you are clearly not happy and not comfortable just being alone. You need to change that mindset or you will truly never be happy.
Trust me, I know this.....I had the love of my life break up with me at 23 and I was devastated. But I wasn't happy, I was depressed and not at peace with myself. I didn't give myself time to heal and find myself....I started online dating right away just to find a companion for fear of being alone. I eventually settled on someone and got married all before loving myself. I feel at 34 I'm too old to start over but even I know I'm not. We both still have our whole lives ahead of us, trust me, it's taken me a long time to realize my mistakes and come to terms with my bad choices. Please take a step back and just know that being with someone is not the end all be all. Even if you never get married you can still have kids. Don't you want to be happy and love yourself? That is most important and many people who are much older than you haven't found love but are happy being single, and that is attractive to the opposite sex
I hope what I'm saying makes sense. All the best to you, trust me you are not old

Knowing what I know now, I would say my biggest fear would be to end up in a relationship with the wrong person , marry this wrong person and have children with this wrong person. This is a true definition of a nightmare for me, because most people who have gone through that have too many bad memories.
Why do you feel under so much pressure to be with someone ?
I think being in a relationship is great and I love it, but only if it compliments my life and not defines it.

Aronia is spot on. Abusive or Alone, which could kill you? You know what they say .. when you least expect it expect it.

Good luck

You're not the only one feeling this way. But in the meantime why don't you just focus on the positive side of life and work on yourself personally, maybe financially (getting your career), travel and meet new people and once you take your mind off of finding the right person and being alone then you actually might meet someone amazing. I can honestly say things happen when you least expect it. So stay busy and as hard as it may be, positive. My husband was my friend first and all along he knew he wanted to be with me and as his friend, I never knew this. Started dating him at 23 and at 27 he married me. I felt like you but then I stopped thinking about what I wanted and focused on what I could do for myself. All along the man upstairs had a plan for me.

My biggest fear is me or my loved ones getting an terminal illness and dying a horribly painful death.

25 is too old if you want to keep playing with dolls or hop on your tricycle. Otherwise, in life, in relationships, in almost everything, no 25 is not too old. I got married in my 40s.

The thing to figure out is what is actually so scarey about being alone. Because I married late and didn't meet my husband until I was almost 36, I had a lot of time to be alone. I'd date and I had a couple of relationships but nothing that lasted. But I was ok. If you take this time to know yourself, love yourself and are comfortable with yourself, and have a relationship with yourself, there's nothing to fear and you can feel quite fulfilled. Why sell yourself short that way? You can have a great life with or without someone. We can have goals and plans but we also have to adapt to the fluidity of life.

I do think meeting someone requires we bring our best self forward. Desperation and fear are very detectible in people right off the bat and it's not attractive So I would say really work on yourself to not feel so lousy about where you are right now in life. Man, I was having the time of my at 25, and when I hit 30, it got even better. We don't know ourselves very well until we live a little and get some experience under our belts. That's so much better than tying yourself to someone and then looking back in life with regret. That doesn't always happen but it often does happen.

25 is definitely not old! I know that life can be real lonely, and I also know that it is hard when others seem to have settled down with people, get married, and even have started having kids.

One real good thing to do at this point is to consider the type of person you want in your life. What kind of man and relationship do you want and what does it look like when you are settled down? It really helps in making new decisions to know exactly what you are looking for.

Then maybe think about where that type of person might be found. For instance, if you would like someone who is always taking care of their physical health, maybe go to the gym and workout, etc.

Sometimes it is easy to get caught up in thinking too much about the issue and it bogs down the process of actually finding the right person for you.

It's difficult for you ladies, with regards to having kids, the biological clock and all, so, if you want kids, yes, your biological age is a concern, but if you're only concerned with attracting a mate, I'm 50 and feel stronger and more loving than ever. 25 is NOT old, and one can NEVER be too old to meet someone and fall in love. All one need do is quell fear with love. Keep an open heart and an open mind.

Also, make many, many friends. There are many types of love besides romantic love, and you might find that a weekly card game or something similar with the ladies, perhaps with a few glasses of wine, provides the necessary emotional cush when romantic relationships are nonexistent or are shit.

I've got a good same-sex male buddy with whom we enjoy watching and critiquing movies together as well as sharing a few drinks and a few laughs. We can fart in the presence of each other, which is offensive to each other and each other's olifactory senses, burns the nasal passages, yes, but might be a deal-breaker in an opposite-sex relationship or marriage. For us, it is merely a joke, a contest in fact! We really help soothe each other emotionally.

Bellehandle, I feel you.

I am 25 years old as well, and my biggest fear is ending up alone without someone who loves me and who I love deeply.