I'm 23 yo m, and I've never been in a real relationship. I have really bad social anxiety which makes meeting new people extremely difficult, and I feel like most people don't like me when they first meet me because I come across as stand-offish. Once I get used to someone I'll warm up to them, and I do have quite few friends and close acquaintances. However, I feel like any time I try to meet new women I get especially uncomfortable and drive them away right off the bat. I see a bunch of my friends in happy relationships, and it makes me sad that I don't know what that's like. I'd like to have a family and kids of my own someday, but if I don't get a girlfriend, that's never going to happen. I feel like every year that goes by I'm running out of time to meet someone and settle down, and I'm starting to feel like I should just give up and accept that I'll always be alone.