'I'm 32 and have never been kissed – I thought men would chase me'

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date.READ MORE: Phubbing is the latest dating trend - and it's causing people to get dumpedShe thought men would snap her up, but it simply never happened.Even so she's not ashamed of being a "late bloomer".Now she's taken love into her own hands, and she spent the whole month of January going on dates.It got to the point where the singleton felt she was "falling behind the expectations of dating in society", so she bagged a few dates and got her first kiss.

Allora, a marketer from Rochester, New York, said: "I’m 32 and I had never been kissed or been on a date until last month. "I presumed that women were meant to be pursued or some sort of meet cute would happen, but that never happened to me."I thought there must be something wrong with me."The hopeless romantic spent around 20 years avoiding the dating scene, and she "lost trust in love" when cupid's arrow never managed to strike.She put all her energy into her job and travelling the world – but she felt like she "wasted" years coming to terms with her single status.Growing up, she just thought she'd meet someone or be hit on by blokes when she was out and about. "I was crippled by a gender role.

The prince to princess," she added."When it didn’t happen, I did a lot of second guessing. I’d question - ‘am I good enough?’"I’d download a dating app once a year, have bad experiences with creeps and delete it without going on dates."Despite the lows, she knew she needed to put herself out there more, and decided to take the plunge.She said she needed to take action for things to change, so she decided to throw herself into dating.Allora added: "I spent so many years worrying about what people would think about me."It was self-sabotage.