Am I being overly paranoid about relationships?

I'm in my mid-20s and I strongly believe the people in my circle who have the best social lives have something to "offer" others, such as coming from rich families, having top notch jobs and income, being extremely attractive etc. I wonder if this is generally how life is moving forward? I'm worried that I won't be able to make friends moving forward because I don't have these things to offer, unless I somehow become very rich one day. I have a good (altho not jaw dropping) job and am average looking, and somehow I still don't think that's good enough for people.

For example, whenever I hear of constant flaking and ghosting between friends and even for dates, I feel like it's again because the person being flaked on isn't offering enough to the other person.

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Be yourself. Hit up the gym, be confident. Girls like confidence almost as much as anything else.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

We cannot change the cards we are dealt in life, just how we play the hand. Forget being from a rich family or being extremely attractive, instead focus on the things which are in your control such as your hygiene (and looksmaxing lmao), dressing, developing your personality, and increasing your earning potential. Once you start seeing value in yourself, only then will people see value in you. Sounds cliche but its true. 

 

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