I’m 24 and never had a boyfriend, all my friends are talking about getting married and/or having babies and I feel so depressed. - Help.com

Maybe your the one that needs to be in control of your love life. Maybe you want to take it slowly. But one-night stands probaly are making you feel more depressed but you feel like rubbish in the morning.
Maybe you could try a online dating site ?
Go to a pub with a few friends and keep a look out and get someones number. (not a club)
Anyone single at work ?
Get a friend to set you up on a blind date.
Theres so many possiblities. Take your time and do it how you want to.

As for your family, ignore them or tell them the truth.

r bump the above, never meet in a club its not a good move, ive had a few relationships from the club scene and they failed badly leading to the worst break up ever, the second worst also met in a club, both rollercoaster rides of a time..

take it easy dont threat and b who u want 2 b, dont rush and dont feel like u have 2 do anything.. ur know when ur onto something and be prepared to go that extra mile…

good luck!

Hm. Well there are lots of things to think about here.

1. You might be gay. I don’t know if that’s frowned on where you live but you might. No big deal. As long as you repress it you will feel terrible and get nowhere.

2. You might have self-esteem problems. You are worried about someone getting to know the REAL YOU and see all your faults so you only have one-night stands… no danger of commitment, no danger of anyone knowing the real you.

3. You might have an anxiety problem. If you are a perfectionist, this is definitely the case. Perfectionists believe there is no value in something unless it is perfect (and they include themselves, unfortuntately… so they don’t feel worthy of love… AND they judge other people harshly too to make themselves feel better)

4. You haven’t developed enough social skills to really connect with other people. Join lots of social groups. Focus on OTHER PEOPLE. Always look for how you can be a positive influence in others’ lives even it is just smiling, finding out about them and making them feel interesting and important for a few minutes. The less you focus on yourself (and your looks or what you will say next) the more relaxed you will be.

5. What others are doing (boyfriends, marriage, your parents’ expectations) is informative (ie. gives you a sense of what you COULD have if you wanted it) but doesn’t mean all that much. I never had kids. That’s weird for lots of people. But that’s their problem. I feel like I’d just screw kids up and I don’t want the responsibility and I found women who didn’t want kids either so no problem.

I have the feeling you’re a very well liked person with many friends; however, with only (one) or two which really know you. Your present feelings are natural. It seems that we all seek to find a sole mate in life and will more than likely set expectations on that desire (solemate) which can never be met. One of the hardest things to see is that life itself is not so much about where we are going, what we accomplish, or what the end result is, but more the journey which we take to get there. If the end result is all we can see then we will always be empty. I truly believe that the emptiness can only be filled with a relationship with GOD. Sooner or later we will all serve something, even if it is only ourselves. If we look at our own life I’m sure there will always be something which we feel we could have done much better or differently. So how is it that when we find it hard to reach the mark of perfection we put the expectation to be perfect on others. Most people who find perfection in what they do have done the task over and over and over again. You must be willing to take the risk of falling down and hopefully the person your with will lend a hand to pick you up and help you to your feet again. Thats when you know you have found the person to share the journey of life with.