Almost every woman who’s expressed direct and blatant interest in pursing something with me has either recently gotten out of a bad relationship OR was currently in a relationship – any ideas on what this says about me/what I’m doing to attract them and how to move forward?

To preface this, I’ve never had a girlfriend or been in a relationship before. I’m 24 and none of the interactions with the women referenced in the title or post moved into the “relationship” phase.

As mentioned in the title, nearly all of the women with whom this has happened have been very verbally direct in pursing something with me (romantic and/or sexual). I always found this interesting because I know that women, in general, tend to be more subtle when expressing interest in men, and aren’t usually the ones to initiate direct interest.

Over the last 4-5 years, I’ve noticed the ones who are very upfront either recently got out of toxic relationships or ones that just ended in a disaster, or (I would later find out) they were currently in a relationship with a guy. I just had a date with a woman from work today and I found out that she’d recently gotten divorced, and like the others, she made very clear first moves in wanting to date and see where things go.

Has this happened to anyone else? Any thoughts on what it says about me/what I’m doing? If I’m looking at my demeanor/personality as objectively as possible, I’d describe myself as reserved. I’m not particularly talkative or extroverted, but I’d say I am very easy-going and calm.

I’m still not sure how I feel about this. It’s nice having women show upfront interest, but it’s odd that all the ones doing it either recently left bad relationships, or were currently in one. Given that I’m the common denominator, I’d like to know what it is about me that attracts these type of women my way.

Any and all comments are welcome. Thanks for your time!