I don't have any specific advice as dating is an unpredictable and individual endeavor. But boy could I rant about what a mess it is today. In a nutshell people aren't pairing off one on one much anymore and the 80/20 rule of 80% of the spoils go to 20% applies. If you have 10 girls and 10 guys you will basically have 10 guys hitting on every female and 2 of those guys will get or juggle most of the girls, because it's a take all you can dating world. The fact that there are millions of women out there doesn't help because there's millions of men chasing after them. And the best man doesn't always win, maybe the best looking, smoothest talking. Throw in the fact that having resources is a big attractor for females but females have as much money as men nowadays. Anyway, that's why a lot of guys are behind the 8 ball in the dating world. It's more trouble than it's worth.