21 years old and still single.

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UpstateNYChristianBro

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Hey man, you shouldn't feel that way. Look, when I was your age, I had gray hair already and looked 35 or 45. The older ladies those age or older thought I was their age and wanted me! So, you are blessed! The ladies your age and my age back then thought I was too old and I refused to dye my hair because I believe in make ups and hair dyes are part of being a cover or being a circus freak clown (a clown phobia here).

You know what?? You are blessed with the looks you have because YOU can see how BAD the ladies are.. No offense ladies!! What I am trying to tell him is that he has an advantage that ladies do not. He can see their judgment!!

So, my dear brother, you can see they are judging you and that will bite them back. For example, they will get older and have gray hair, shrink a little bit of their height, weight gain or other health problems. For me, my advantages are.. yes are as in plural objectives. Not just hair, I am height challenged at 5 feet 2.5 inches (without shoes), Deaf, blind in one eye, and a challenge to communicate with women who are Hearing. There, I said a handful. Not only that.. I am an intellectual and creative person. And the way I talk too. Heard of Dr. Sheldon Cooper? I talk like him and thinks like him sometimes.. I am a geek. An artistic geek if you will.

My best advantages help me to WEED out those who do NOT want me because of those advantages I have. I call them advantages. You have your advantages as well. Everyone has.. I do not call them disabilities. But abilities or advantages. For example, height advantage. For that, perhaps clothing will be cheaper than the real tall ones.. That is our advantage.

The weeding out helps me to reduce the number of potential bride of my own.


As time went on, I dated quite a bit of beautiful women my age when I got older.

21 years old today is not the same as it was 40 years ago. 29 years old today is like 19 years old today. Depends on what you are talking about though.

Give it time, man. Pray about it. Pray and fasting. You will get your answer. When I was 20, God gave me clues to whom my bride is and I am still waiting. Everyone is different. plans are different which makes it unique for everyone.

Hey, you may will be blessed with something else soon and have the right one comes along later.

My advice is, get a job first.. if you are in college, go to college first then a job. That way you are settled and ready when God sees you then He will show you the right one.

I was married at 41 but ended 4 years later.. I am 49 now. I like to have a child of my own.. that is a whole another ball game of wanting someone special.

For me, its 49 years old and still fatherless. So, you have it easier than me.
The bold are my additional because it said it ran out of time for me. I apologize but clever to use this. See, that is my smartness and creative advantage!
 
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@ UPstate NY

I´d like to thank you, brother.

Those words of your hair reminded me my Colombian Ex, who, at her 40, had the hair same way (white) and she was OK for me, up to the last day I came back to Venezuela.
 
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UpstateNYChristianBro

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I´d like to thank you, brother.

Those words of your hair reminded me my Colombian Ex, who, at her 40, had the hair same way (white) and she was OK for me, up to the last day I came back to Venezuela.
Ah, I understand. And yeah, she looks great for her age (referring to the picture of you and her).
 

christian74

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At least you have full hair like Fabio - I had to start shaving at 21; so count your blessing my friend.

Second, I'm not good looking and always considered that to be a blessing; it's a blessing because if a girl likes you then you know she likes you for who you are. So, my brother, if you are not really good looking like some of the celebrities, count your blessing because you will know she likes you for who you are when you have that first girlfriend.

Lastly, unless you are identified in Christ and determined to honor God with your body in the context of sexuality, it's gonna be very hard to keep yourself away from sexual temptation, especially when you have a girlfriend. So again, consider this as a blessing and an opportunity to find and identify yourself in Christ.


(Psss.. Girls really like guys who are passionate about what they do - and there's nothing sexier than a Christian man whose life is wholly and fully devoted to God from Christian women's perspective.)
 

Desdichado

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I consider myself good-looking and I am still ostensibly single.

Women seem to care more about confidence than anything else. If you master that, you can smack Brad Pitt.

Also, wear a UND hockey sweater. The ladies like those more. :p
 
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FireWire

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That is a rude and unfair thing to say. Just thought I'd let you know.

Whatever the women in your past have said and done to you, they will answer for. That is their problem. But your continued sour attitude towards females in general is YOUR problem, and one that I suggest you work on.
Of course, it's not unfair that I've never been given a chance is it? No we couldn't have that at all. That's too ethical to even contemplate. Neither is it unfair of the extremely callous comments that have been made.

My sour attitude is mainly towards single females and a few others that are just horrible. That isn't going to change anytime soon. I could change it in an instant but you need to understand that people reap what they sow. That was their attitude towards me when I was younger so goes around comes around yeah?
 
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FireWire

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I consider myself good-looking and I am still ostensibly single.

Women seem to care more about confidence than anything else. If you master that, you can smack Brad Pitt.

Also, wear a UND hockey sweater. The ladies like those more. :p
Sorry to burst your bubble but they likely don't see that you're good looking. You have to get past that before they'll look at anything else.
 
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FireWire

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What I want to know is, how can you determine women are worse these days if you have always been told that you're not all that pretty? Is this just the 'longing for the olden days' type of thing? I would imagine girls from the 1960's, 1860's 1760's and on back had a segment of meanness in them. I'm willing to bet some men have said hurtful things to women as well! Maybe even right in this thread!
Because I've been around long enough to see the difference. They're just not the same as from years gone by.

Of course men say hurtful things to women but they just cry wolf about it.
 

Fenner

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Well friend I've been told by women for as long as I can remember (including childhood) that I'm not all that pretty and it was done in a way that was very harsh. The result is I've never been married and I've never wanted to be anyway. Women are just awful especially these days and if your looks don't add up to their ridiculous standards they'll be mean. The irony is that the cute girls are likely wondering if they measure up to a cute guys standards.

I've seen relationships that didn't work out and/or had problems and some were good looking couples so it clearly isn't about looks.

Having a girlfriend or wife isn't the be all of life. Marriage is just temporary institution in the current dispensation. Have you heard about the three rings? Engagement ring>>>>Marriage ring>>>>Suffering

This is what God has in mind for you whether it includes marriage or not:

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Sorry you've had bad experiences, but saying Women are awful, is not nice. We're not awful. Yes you've encountered some awful women, I've also encountered some awful men in my life. I've been groped, cat called and also told at times that I'm to fat, by a man here or there. I was objectified in a way. Do I hold it against all men? no.

Popclick is right on you're attitude towards women in general stinks.
 
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Fenner

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Don't feel bad brother - I put my picture up 1 day and lost 3 friends! Look - Being a part of this Body of Christ somehow or other helps transcend our love for others past a lot of faults and helps us find beauty that emanates from the soul. Not only that, but you look to be a pretty good guy and one of those people that at some point in your life, a guy like me will end up calling ....sir.

What?? You're not a duck???? I'm so confused!
 
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kenthomas27

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Of course, it's not unfair that I've never been given a chance is it? No we couldn't have that at all. That's too ethical to even contemplate. Neither is it unfair of the extremely callous comments that have been made.

My sour attitude is mainly towards single females and a few others that are just horrible. That isn't going to change anytime soon. I could change it in an instant but you need to understand that people reap what they sow. That was their attitude towards me when I was younger so goes around comes around yeah?
Sorry to burst your bubble but they likely don't see that you're good looking. You have to get past that before they'll look at anything else.
Because I've been around long enough to see the difference. They're just not the same as from years gone by.

Of course men say hurtful things to women but they just cry wolf about it.
Yeah! Just shoot these people!


Here -use my gun....

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FireWire

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Sorry you've had bad experiences, but saying Women are awful, is not nice. We're not awful. Yes you've encountered some awful women, I've also encountered some awful men in my life. I've been groped, cat called and also told at times that I'm to fat, by a man here or there. I was objectified in a way. Do I hold it against all men? no.

Popclick is right on you're attitude towards women in general stinks.
Oh well, their attitude towards me stinks too. I'm not going to blame my attitude for that. What if I come across or are introduced and they have a judgmental, condemning look on their face? Yes it has happened all too often. One time I was minding my own business. My fault? Nah. Nice? Heck no. There is no cotton wool with this one.

No wonder here the marriage rate is the lowest since 1973 and we have one the lowest birthrates in the OECD.
 
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I´d like to appologize for we, as ugly or rejected men: We´re not fair! Sorry! That´s true, and we cannot blame human race for rejections, backslides or lacks (that´s true, in my case). But I can assure CC´s readers that there´s something wrong, since the very beginning, and that´s SIN (a thing that twisted values).

If you have read novels like "Wuthering Heights" you can confirm where our treasures are: Just call it wealth, sex, beauty, etc. And I´d like to thank Firewire for reminding me these words: "...people reap what they sow...". I spent decades hurting people the way I wanted and the way I could. Those lesson and pains I received gave me the experience I needed to know and, in fact, I don´t think those affliction will pass away or cease, because I acknowledged I´m sure where I´m going and am convinced I´m crazy enough to avoid the "togetherness" of a family, and someone here has noted me detachment, a thing that´s making my way easier, though I can bravely long for that perfect love bond I haven´t found to glue. Perhaps I´m one of those Jesus thought of when telling His disciples: "Mat 19:12 For example, some men are celibate because they were born that way. Others are celibate because they were castrated. Still others have decided to be celibate because of the kingdom of heaven. If anyone can do what you've suggested, then he should do it."

To the rest of the world, as Jesus said, I would say: Luk 23:31 "If people do this to a green tree, what will happen to a dry one?"

Rejection -in its many forms- are ways of emotional castration, division, divorce and spiritual struggles, within men and also women. :(

It takes times to see it this way but, the deepest root of this is SIN, and the tearing down of the altars of our selfish EGOs.
 
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I´d like to add "WERTHER" (By Goethe), as another life drama, that shows rejection as it is, and these were written some time ago when writers had shown (their life) the way it is.
 

Fenner

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Oh well, their attitude towards me stinks too. I'm not going to blame my attitude for that. What if I come across or are introduced and they have a judgmental, condemning look on their face? Yes it has happened all too often. One time I was minding my own business. My fault? Nah. Nice? Heck no. There is no cotton wool with this one.

No wonder here the marriage rate is the lowest since 1973 and we have one the lowest birthrates in the OECD.[/QUOTE

I'm not sure what the culture is like in your country. I hear negative things about Americans a lot but it's not just the beautiful people getting married and having children here. I don't mean the inside beauty I'm talking about the outside beauty.

If people are judging you based on your appearance alone, shame on them. I know that is a brutal reality of the world we live in. I honestly mean this, based on your photo you don't look like bad looking to me. You look like you have a nice smile and nice eyes. I mean that sincerely.
 
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kenthomas27

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You know I just realized we haven't heard from Fan since the get-go. Poor guy is probably still running....well in the next county by now.

Anyway, one good thing about CC. Going back and forth between Singles and Prayer forums sure keeps my bi-polarization crisp.