Howdy katheren, and welcome to the forum.
What Subhumanoidal is trying to say in his usual blunt manner is that we've already heard it all before. People have told us the same thing you just told us... well, I'm having trouble counting that high, but it has been a LOT of times we have heard it. And almost all of us have already lived through that part of life too. (I am a notable exception, having reached the overripe old age of 43 without even having been on a date, and no real interest in pursuing the matter.)
So when you say something like what you just said, you can probably expect a lot of reactions something like, "Yeah, yeah, we've heard it all before."
Please don't let that dissuade you, or chase you away from this forum. I promise we're not NEARLY this grumpy about most things. I suggest you read threads and post comments in already existing threads for a while, so you can get a feel for what kind of people you are talking to here before you post more new threads of your own.