Dating is a complicated, frustrating and depressing experience at times. Even when you're not in a drought you're stringing along people you may not be very attracted to and these are always the ones who seem to get attached. Now you're in a dilemma where you have to keep up appearances or risk hurting someone that's actually good to you. The whole time you're thinking; "what am I going to do when someone comes along I really want to be with?" Even if you let the woman know what it is in the beginning emotions outweigh logic long term and next thing you know you have someone in love with you but they're more of a cool homegirl you're fukking. Men have a lot more tact regarding these situations because women have no issue going ghost on you once they get attention from someone they feel is "more their speed." Men will try to at least ease our way out of it gently.
Anywhoodles, beyond that, realistically speaking women are too emotionally damaged and ignorant to be taken seriously as romantic partners. You kind of just have to grope around in the mass of sewage and hope that you pull out a diamond or at best a less disgusting turd. If you're average that's pretty much your future as far as dating is concerned. You'd honestly pull more women if you lacked standard education and employment and fell to the lower extremes. Because women, just like every human, are more interested in the extremes than the average. An average looking breh with an average job, average house/apartment, an average car and average social life/social media presence won't even be able to attract average women. Well, not without great effort. You're invisible and your life is boring in a time where entertainment > et al.
If you're average I advise that you do things that can improve yourself overall and not just for the benefit of attracting the attention of women. Focus on your health and wellness, study and master your industry, and seek hobbies and interests that get you away from the matrix of Insta, Twitter and FB. Your quality of life will improve and women will become the accessory to your life that they should be and not a necessity that you feel empty and inadequate without. Easier said than done true but you have to take baby steps.