Start seeing a therapist. There is nothing wrong with you. You are just going to the hardware store when what you WANT is a loaf of bread.
In other words, you are chasing after what you want in the wrong place and in the wrong way. A therapist is an expert at knowing what works in life and what doesn't, and in letting YOU talk openly about things .. so often WE teach ourselves when we listen to ourselves say it out loud. It is fine to be introverted.
Nothing wrong with that. But you say you prefer to spend your time relaxing at home .. but you are VERY lonely and want a man ... you are contradicting yourself. Did you catch that?
A therapist would, and would help you find out what is really going on there. Now, I am a introvert. I prefer to spend my time relaxing at home.
I am never lonely, and I do not care if I find a man or not. I am retired, and when I want connection I read out to family or a friend. I don't need to do it every day.
But your desperation for a man does NOT match your claim that you like being alone. You are not being honest with yourself about something, and you cannot find a solution until you understand what is going on in you. As for #2) all of us are continuously unconsciously reading the signals others put out.
Your signals are turning guys away. Your confidence should not take a nosedive IF your confidence depends on how much you like yourself. Don't be too jealous of people who are in relationships.
The first flush of infatuation is heady and exciting. And then it dies out and the problems start. 50% of all marriages end in divorce.
ONLY 12.5% of all marriages end up being happy and lasting, and it takes those couples 15-20 years to figure out how to make it work. Love is the hardest thing you will ever do, and success depends on how much you accept and like yourself, how happy you already are, and how well YOU determine what emotions you are going to plant into your unconscious (your emotional maturity and your skill at handling your emotions). Love can be very rewarding and soothing, but it comes with a lot of pain too.
There are pro's and con's to being in a relationship. And there are pro's and con's to being single. Whether or not you like EITHER state, depends which side of it you focus on.
If you are not happy being single, then you will not be lastingly happy being in a relationship either. And that is why I suggest a therapist .. to learn how to turn about your thought patterns and cognitive habits, because that is what ends up creating how you feel.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.