I AM NOT THE OP.
Salaams sister,
I do not mean to belittle your problems, but would like to offer a sense of perspective for you.
Some sisters, despite having the best qualifications, do not have a job at all, and are way older than you.
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anonymous
All my friends are married and pregnant and I can't even find a good man. It's what I've wanted all my life to settle. I've lost hope.
You're in your mid-twenties and lost hope? Why? Because your friends are pregnant? My friends were pregnant a looong time ago, and are beginning to get the kids that they were pregnant with back then, married. Yet I'm still not married, and the chances are very slim (except if Allah wills).
You have much going for you. You have a nice job. You're nice looking. You're young.
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anonymous
I prayed my heart out last ramadhan, prayed Quran, sadqa and the man that came into my life wasn't the one.
You prayed your heart out last Ramadan? Some of us prayed our hearts out not just last Ramadan, but the last 20 Ramadans, and we still keep going inshaa'Allah.
But we do not lose hope.
Allah is all wise, and He knows IF something is good for us, and if it is good for us, He knows the right time to give it to us. And if it's not good for us, then He'll save us from it, no matter how badly we want it, and no matter how many other people have this thing we so badly want.
Don't look to those "above" you, but those below you. Those who aren't blessed with jobs, or good looks, or health, and give thanks to Allah.
And do not give up or think I prayed so long but got no answer. Keep going and don't lose hope, because you don't know that the response won't come tomorrow.
Trust in Allah and His wisdom, delegate your affairs to Him, make dua to Him, know that He is listening, and have your family do what they can to look, and in the meantime, remain firm and be patient.