I really thought I found the one

[FireFox]

All my life guys my age group ignored me. As a teenager I was the invisible girl who never got asked out on dates, never had a guy chase after and make her special like all the other girls at school got to have.

when I started my job there was this male work colleague in his 50s who gave me attention, looked out for me at work, complimented me, quickly came running to help whenever I had a problem and we used to message each other a lot in the beginning until one day he distanced himself from me completely.

In the beginning I loved how he made me feel good about myself and it felt soooo great to have a man finally see me. We had good times before it all went wrong. It turned he gets with other women including employees in the company whenever he breaks up with his long term partner who has been on/off with for over 20 years. Once I worked out what he does he became a supreme arsehole and humiliated me at work even bringing our boss and the workplace into it. He caused me so much mental distress because of his lying and backstabbing and our boss partpicated with him in the humiliation of me too.

I really thought he liked me and I wanted a future with him. I will never be a man's special woman. I am unlovable. At 26 years old there is no man for me in this world. I feel like everyone is taken and its too over for me in finding love.

 

[Rocinante]

All my life guys my age group ignored me. As a teenager I was the invisible girl who never got asked out on dates, never had a guy chase after and make her special like all the other girls at school got to have.

when I started my job there was this male work colleague in his 50s who gave me attention, looked out for me at work, complimented me, quickly came running to help whenever I had a problem and we used to message each other a lot in the beginning until one day he distanced himself from me completely.

In the beginning I loved how he made me feel good about myself and it felt soooo great to have a man finally see me. We had good times before it all went wrong. It turned he gets with other women including employees in the company whenever he breaks up with his long term partner who has been on/off with for over 20 years. Once I worked out what he does he became a supreme arsehole and humiliated me at work even bringing our boss and the workplace into it. He caused me so much mental distress because of his lying and backstabbing and our boss partpicated with him in the humiliation of me too.

Sounds terrible
Luckily you're no longer in that situation. Sometimes people exposing how they truly are is the best outcome, as bad as it feels.
It's why I've quit socializing with anyone.
Sorry you had to go through this

I really thought he liked me and I wanted a future with him. I will never be a man's special woman. I am unlovable. At 26 years old there is no man for me in this world. I feel like everyone is taken and it's too over for me in finding love.

Same, I gave up on love and happiness. It is too late for me at this point in my life when everyone else/my peers are well adjusted and living normally