So upset for my son

sunnysusie as the mother of a son, and from listening to friends, I don't think it is uncommon for men to go into panic mode at around the mid-thirties and feel "left-behind". There are no quick fixes, all you can do is encourage him to remain open to opportunities to meet people and as swanny says, a friend of mine's son who was very shy and geeky, and very much a loner and a bachelor, met a woman when he was in his early 40s and went from "no hope" to married with a child in the space of a year.

I had a similar conversation with my own DS, probably about the same age, and I quietly resigned myself to never becoming a grandmother. I tried to tell him it just hadn't happened yet, and that that didn't mean it never would. Lo and behold, within a very few years he met THE right woman and started his forties as the very proud father of my darling DGS.

Why does he feel he will never have a girlfriend etc ? Has he been hurt in the past or finds it difficult to make relationships? There are so many unknowns here its difficult to offer help or advice. Having your support whatever his problems are will be the greatest help.