Dooming myself

I will find love, just not for a very long time, according to Tarot cards. At first, I was indignant. How could Tarot cards know when I'll fall in love? It seemed definite, final. That I was told the cards' predictions aren't forgone conclusions didn't help. The cards just show what will happen if I continue down the path I'm currently on, the reader explained. Still sounded like doom to me. No way am I doing anything wrong, I told myself. It's guys and their historical penchant for being, well, too dumb to realize I'm here. I brooded over my decision to have my cards read in the first place....