should you even bother dating if you're a bonafide loser?
i have basically no friends despite being in university for 4 years, my only accomplishment is getting a degree in a useless subject. I don't have a car, I still live with my parents, I just work my minimum wage retail job and invest most of the money I make into stocks. My only "third spaces" are shopping and the gym.
The thing that sucks the most is that I feel like if I had a girlfriend or even just a stronger, more supportive social circle, I'd feel more motivated to look for a better job and maybe unfuck my life but then smug redditors are always like "ummm actually you have to be the best version of yourself before you're worthy of a relationship!!". like yeah I get that maybe you shouldn't be completely reliant on other people for your own happiness and life satisfaction but at the same time i'm someone that really feels like having better relationships in my life would make me a more productive person. Loneliness makes me depressed which just ruins pretty much every other aspect of my life.
I'm in a really weird position because I feel like I shouldn't date "academic" people because they actually majored in useful subjects, networked, got internships, have good job prospects etc but I also feel like I shouldn't date completely uneducated people because I do have a degree and I want someone of at least a somewhat similar intellectual level.
I know women date losers all the time, but they date confident losers who deal drugs, are talented musicians, or have SOMETHING that makes them masculine and attractive. They don't date losers who are anxiety ridden and depressed with no friends