Thanks Justin for your great response.

Am I judging myself to harshly? Is the pain I may inflict on others and others inflict on me simply the realities of dating? I like you, you don’t like me, you like me, I don’t like you and on and on it goes? What a roller coaster and how do I get off? 😛

Not to be striving for a long term relationship and being content with a few short or mid-duration relationships is a very foreign concept since I would like to get married and have kids someday.

Que sera, sera is a very tough pill to swallow.