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Hello guys.
I'm a self-identified incel living in Somalia. I'm 20 years old, 5'10", around 200 lbs., and pretty socially awkward. I've never been diagnosed with anything, but I've always been the quiet, awkward kid.
I don't want to pretend I'm completely isolated or friendless, I have friends, I'm currently in university, and I'm doing well academically. On paper, my life is going fine.
The thing is, I'm also 20 years old and I've never had a girlfriend, never been on a date, and I've never even made a dating app profile. Until recently, that didn't bother me much. Then it suddenly hit me that I probably won't be KHHV forever not because I'm likely to start dating, but because arranged marriages are still pretty common where I live.
And honestly, that's what bothers me.
Whenever I think about eventually ending up in an arranged marriage, I feel terrible. It's hard to explain, but it feels like a blow to my sense of self. I struggle to imagine myself being comfortable in a relationship that came about that way. Maybe that's irrational, maybe it isn't, but the thought has been weighing on me.
I don't want to call myself a genetic failure, but it is evident that both my parents are 6ft+ and I'm stuck at 5ft10, It's also hard not to compare myself to my older siblings. Both of them were already married by my age. They were also over 6'2", while I somehow ended up at 5'10"
I don't know if I'm looking for advice or just venting. I just wanted to put this somewhere. More than anything, I hate the feeling that I might eventually have to rely on an arranged marriage just to experience being loved.
I'm a self-identified incel living in Somalia. I'm 20 years old, 5'10", around 200 lbs., and pretty socially awkward. I've never been diagnosed with anything, but I've always been the quiet, awkward kid.
I don't want to pretend I'm completely isolated or friendless, I have friends, I'm currently in university, and I'm doing well academically. On paper, my life is going fine.
The thing is, I'm also 20 years old and I've never had a girlfriend, never been on a date, and I've never even made a dating app profile. Until recently, that didn't bother me much. Then it suddenly hit me that I probably won't be KHHV forever not because I'm likely to start dating, but because arranged marriages are still pretty common where I live.
And honestly, that's what bothers me.
Whenever I think about eventually ending up in an arranged marriage, I feel terrible. It's hard to explain, but it feels like a blow to my sense of self. I struggle to imagine myself being comfortable in a relationship that came about that way. Maybe that's irrational, maybe it isn't, but the thought has been weighing on me.
I don't want to call myself a genetic failure, but it is evident that both my parents are 6ft+ and I'm stuck at 5ft10, It's also hard not to compare myself to my older siblings. Both of them were already married by my age. They were also over 6'2", while I somehow ended up at 5'10"
I don't know if I'm looking for advice or just venting. I just wanted to put this somewhere. More than anything, I hate the feeling that I might eventually have to rely on an arranged marriage just to experience being loved.





