[futureqatif]

Alright, this might be the weirdest question you might have heard, but I'll be brave and I'll sort it out. I'm from Saudi Arabia and as you know people in Saudi are not allowed to date or have any kind of relationship before marriage. And two years ago, I got a scholarship to study engineering in the US, and through these two years of my life I've come to the point where I've changed a lot in terms of my view on life, relationships, and love.

I realized, for the first time in my life, that I've lived in an absolute solitude from the opposite sex that ruined my chances of dating an open minded person in the US. Blaming the society and my family is, of course, not gonna change anything now, and the best thing for me is to start over again and try to find the perfect person to spend the rest of my life with her.

But here is the problem though, "I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START OR HOW TO START." I'm really insecure and I have a very low self-steam. For almost two years I wasn't able to make any relationship because probably I'm afraid of women sometimes or just because I don't know where to start. I'm not that attractive and I'm not looking for a supermodel; I just want to find my soul-mate and live a normal healthy life. Do you have any advice for me?

Thanks,