How to stop expecting to fall in love as a single person?

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Hey Redditors,

TL; DR – I am 25 F and l’ve been single my whole life. I have always imagined myself to be happily married by the age of 25, however I have never been in an actual relationship till date because I never found “the one”.

I know age really shouldn’t matter but naturally I just tend to worry everytime I think about it and it has started to affect the way I think especially whenever I go out and meet people because I always go with an expectation of meeting “the one”. Mind you, I am a student and work full time, so I barely go out to meet friends (maybe 1-2 times in a year) so social connections are almost 0 for me.

I’ve heard from a lot of people that love will come to you at the most unexpected time. I am also quite a religious believer so l know God will bring the right person into my life at the right time. Which is why I really want to stop expecting anything and just go with the flow. But I am unable to control this expectation that I have and it has really started to get quite serious because I spend so much time overthinking about it. I’m also really scared of never being able to find someone I love or who loves me back the same way.

What do I do? Any advice?