Yeah man I agree. Reading this forum and past experiences have really been an eye opener for me. Iv decided that I'm just done with online dating iv closed the book on it. I can't let this decide my happiness. I'm focusing on applying with the police and getting even more shredded and just keeping my head high for myself. If I do not meet a woman or have a relationship I'm done being upset by it.
I wasn't going to post today, but I'm concerned because I saw during my lunch hour that you're receiving a lot of garbage advice.
First, good job on applying for the police and trying to get more fit. It's important in life to be focused and to be healthy. If you are unemployed long-term, you will be idle, and idle minds go insane. At least as a police officer you will keep busy in a job most people respect, which does some good for the world. Police officer is also a job with long-term security. The pay is not wonderful, but the benefits certainly are. The province of Alberta is also kind to its public servants.
You have some sort of issues with your father that you've discussed a little here and there. I don't know what the details are. I do know that it seems like a lot of people on this forum have issues with their parents. With my father personally, we were never close. He wasn't awful, but my mother did some gatekeeping around us and thus he never got really involved. My mother however was completely insane. She would be late for everything, she's dirty, a packrat, not very smart, and she would be screaming at least an hour a day. We grew up in this apartment building in a working-class neighbourhood of Montreal, and the other residents would organize petitions to have us kicked out. They were tired of my mother endlessly screaming at the top of he lungs. Nothing was ever good enough for her. I recently sent her photos of my sister with her two babies, and her first comment to my sister was that she looks fat in one of the pictures. A sane mother would give compliments on how beautiful her grandchildren look.
A lot of us have issues with our parents, it's f*****g damaging, but you shouldn't let it destroy you.
As for you quitting your online dating, in all due respect you didn't give it an honest chance. It's not enough to match with these women. You have to talk to them and ask them out and then meet them. I'm not sure you did that. How many of these matches did you actually meet? How many women did you swipe? If you give it a month and it doesn't work, then sure take an extended break and focus on other things (I might do that too), but it makes no sense to give up given your performance after 1 week.
Question: What do you think of men who give up on weightlifting after 2 weeks because they didn't see gains?
As for the women you matched up, they are hot and you clearly have high standards. I didn't see any ugly women in there. All of them are above average.
Keep in mind only one poster here has told you that these women are ugly and that's Cope. He has unusual tastes in women, he prefers masculine-looking women, which you clearly do not. Given that you're selective, and that you have different tastes, it's normal that he doesn't find your matches attractive.
tldr;
1) Good luck with the police
2) Don't give up
3) Don't listen to what the bizarre extremists has to say about women.