I don't really think it's that difficult. I'm 19, but I only really accepted my sexuality last February. A month later I was in my first relationship, and I think we were really compatible. We dated for 5 months, and then I spent most of the rest of the year being heartbroken
By November I was ready to date again, but I was going to move away to college in January so I didn't want to get in any relationships and just dated around for a few months. Within a week of me moving, though, I got in another relationship. We weren't really a great match, though, but we lasted for 4 months. We broke up in May. I told myself I was just going to enjoy being single for the summer, but I got too curious and downloaded tinder within a few days. Two weeks after I had broken up with my last boyfriend, I went on a date with the most amazing guy in the world, and 6 months later we're living together and planning on moving away together next year. Maybe I'm just lucky but I really have never had any dating problems.