end of dating game

when i tell people i'm actively looking for a boyfriend, they say i'll find one when i'm not looking. which i love, cos i spent a lot of time not looking, and nothing ever really happened (despite there having been possibilities - but they all vanished into thin air). so i decided to take matters into my own hands, and i've spent over 6 months meeting people on the net. on the positive side, i met some of them for real. but so far, i'm still at ground zero. and then, i see my friends, who were more or less looking for someone, or not, and suddenly, they've all met someone and while there's nothing really serious going on yet, they seem well on the way there.

obviously, nothing i do works, whether i do nothing or lots. this is why i'm giving up.