For me personally, love is forever. There are some girls where I can feel their spiritual presence despite being 3000 miles away in another state. It's very empowering to know someone special has such strong feelings about you. I love women and everything about them(their shoes, their hair, their voice..etc) and I'm sincere about it. Women can feel when you're like that. Now that being said, I will declare that whatever I feel and think does not apply to other guys. I know guys whose main priority is their golf game or making several million dollars tax free and building their mansion in Newport Beach, California. Chase put up a statistic where there is an excess of single guys to single girls in most parts of the United States, but I doubt all the single men are actively seeking life mates. What mom told you about there's someone for anyone is half B.S. In a pool of 10 girls, Chase could get most of them if he played his cards right and nine of the guys with no game would get none. Some of those guys may not be interested in love to begin with. Guys need to figure out what they want and how to achieve it. If you're trying to find a romantic partner because the culture says you should and that's not something that makes you happy, then you shouldn't pursue it.