Why I Had So Much Shame Around Dating in My 40s

For years, I thought love would just happen naturally. But as I got older, the questions from family and friends, watching other people find relationships, and eventually moving to New York alone brought up more shame around being single than I realized. I’ve worked through a lot of that shame, but the desire for partnership is still there. Have you ever felt behind in an area of your life because it didn’t happen the way you expected?