/lit/ - Literature

I suffer because I feel lonely.
I'm kissless virgin. I've never had a girlfriend, but when I look around and start to analyze couples, I see that they're always bickering, always worried about this or that. Always worried about money. Most of them don't even look happy, at least on the outside.
Romantic love is dead. The only thing that holds couples together are sex and the fear of loneliness.
And it makes me wonder if it is worth dedicating my time, energy and so on to another person. I'm unhappy because I'm lonely, but I think I'd still be unhappy AND stressed if I had a girlfriend. Sure there would be moments of pleasure, love, satisfaction, a shelter. But these moments are rarer than moments of boredom and stressful situations, at least through my observation.

And this reminds me of this quote by Kierkegaard:

"If you marry, you will regret it; if you do not marry, you will also regret it; if you marry or do not marry, you will regret both; Laugh at the world’s follies, you will regret it, weep over them, you will also regret that; laugh at the world’s follies or weep over them, you will regret both; whether you laugh at the world’s follies or weep over them, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it, believe her not, you will also regret that; believe a woman or believe her not, you will regret both; whether you believe a woman or believe her not, you will regret both. Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will also regret that; hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the sum and substance of all philosophy."
- Kierkegaard