As someone who has been through a disappointment or two with men, I relate to what you are going through and sorry you are going through it.

I have found it better for my own serenity to approach interactions with guys as a friendship until time proves to me that we have the potential to be more, so if the guy slips up , it isn't a crushing blow to me because my emotions arent yet deeply invested.

Keep trusting your instincts. They are right a lot of the time :)

Life doesn't come with guarantees. That's what makes it interesting :)
Just try to find a nice bloke to have a coffee with. Don't try to find him in a pub, but in a slightly more intelligent setting where ppl are sober.

And if online, don't chat for weeks, months on end. Get a date asap so you can tell what he's really like and if you match. Chatting doesn't usually lead to anything much as it often gives a skewed view of someone.
Major investment and waste of time. You don't want a chat buddy, you want a date, and in the end a partner.

Like No1 said, keep your chin up!

Actually, this is why I have one of my own very few Red Flags. Everyone is less than 100% honest all the time. But who they lie to and why, is very telling.

I watch for if they confess to lying for personal gain, as opposed to protecting someone else's feelings. If they lie to get freebees at a bar, for example, that's a red flag. That means they'll lie to get freebees from me, too. If they lie to keep their mom from worrying, that's okay.

Just wait till after the full moon ... this full moon with lunar eclipse is all about relationships and is stirring up blocked/hidden feelings and emotions etc (the latter esp on the 23rd -> lunar eclipse, 12.02 pm your time).
So whether you've recently been disappointed in dating or not, this is not a really favourable time to be jumping for joy, lol

Yeah, pretty sound advice. Or at least someone in your own area or country.

A bit of advice ...chat globally ,date locally...yup.

Will I keep getting disappointed? ...

Something my mother often said to my father. . Lol...

Will I keep get in disappointed? ..

Not if you get a money back guarantee. ...lol

The main thing I've learned about online versus so-called real life, is that they are exactly the same, save that we have to use different senses to tell what's going on, and that everything happens in a different order.

In "real life," assuming you can see hear and smell, when you meet a new person, you get a near instant batch of information that you DON'T get online.

In "real life," you have to wait to get to know the personality until AFTER your senses may have driven you to want either to run the other way, or to leap into bed with the other person. So by the time you realize the lust of your life is closer to being a psychotic beast than a true love, you might have done any number of things with them which you regret.

Online, you can develop an intellectual, idealized sort of crush on someone, either from their words, or from whatever photos they choose to let you see of what might be them. When you actually meet, this can lead either to instant disappointment, or to a similar set of mistakes as you can have in "real life."

Either way, the key is to realize that we are ALWAYS most in danger of fooling OURSELVES, before the other person fools us.

I think it's just part of being finite human beings. In the nature of the beasts we are, so to speak.

Accept that
we will make mistakes in order to learn, and keep trying, is therefore my approach.

There are many good men out there who have absolutely no need for your money. But it is frustrating to think you are talking to one only to find out you are not.
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Don't loss faith in men. You will find Mr. right

Yes love is so real. I know that cuz my LOVE for my children gets stronger n more powerful each and every day

As far as I see it there is too much hate in the world so we need a balance.

You only need to switch on your TV and watch the news to see the horrors that man is capable of.

Therefore I believe love is real, there's just not enough of it right now.

Peace ya'll

I agree, but also know it is used without meaning sometimes

Love is ...abused...the only time I believe those words...when my kids are sad...or when a grandkid wraps those arms around my neck...the rest of the time..hahahahaha...