I have never been in the dating scene. In the past if I wanted to be with a woman - one would be shown to me or I'd have a feeling of well being way in advance of us - meeting, I often thought this one will be "the one". The universe wanted me to be more specific - like what lessons do I need to learn to allow us to be each other's "one".
My sense of you AG - that at your core you're a kindhearted generous guy. That other guy - that you once were was not you. Nevertheless the universe gives us opportunities at every juncture of every interaction with others to test us. Do we come from the whim of ego/self or do we respond from our core - pure self.