SOME men choose to remain lifelong bachelors, others, like myself, seem to have it forced on them whether they like it or not.

I've lived in the Southampton area most of my life, and have never had any luck meeting Southampton women.

In the past, I have only ever been met with outright rejection, sometimes quite harshly whenever I have shown even the slightest interest in them.

Consequently I have felt severely inhibited about approaching any single woman in this city, and am totally lacking in confidence when faced with the scarce opportunity to meet them. Actually I don't know how to meet them in Southampton as I hate rowdy pubs and nightclubs.

Despite being 49, I still entertain the slim, ever diminishing hope of one day meeting a suitable female partner and starting a family. I don't want to die alone in this city. Is Southampton a graveyard for people like me?

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