Does not thinking about dating mean the bullies have won?

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A lot of my bullies would taunt me by telling me I was never going to get a girlfriend and was never going to get "laid". Even today I still get flashbacks of their taunts and insults. I really want to prove them wrong but so far I haven't been able to.

If I stopped thinking about dating, would this mean the bullies have won? I don't want them to celebrate but I hate how my efforts to get out of my rut have only lead to dead ends.

Out of curiosity..what have their lives mounted to exactly?
Outside of biological urges, what have these bullies fulfilled in life?

Hmm.

Well, he's measuring your life based on what he wants in his or what he views as important or accomplishments.
Many people do that, yet their introspection doesn't consider what makes you happy or what you want out of life.

If you want to live peacefully without the pressures of dating and you are doing this. Great, you're doing just fine. They may think they've won, but they haven't.

Winning...losing... Who cares what bullies think, anyway? Why feel you have to prove something to anyone?

As a musician I'm going through a dry spell at the moment. My classmates have gone on to get rich or marry up. They all have a fancy house while I'm stuck in the old double-wide. They have the manicured lawns they pay landscapers for, while I can't even afford to keep a walk-behind repaired long enough to get through a month or two--so now I have a yard full of weeds as high as the house.

So while I'm waiting for my lawnmower to get out of the shop, I'll record a track or two.

Now, let's be honest... they may all be rich, but what does that even mean? Student loans. Mortgage payments. Car payments. And the girls who married up are gonna be SOL if their husbands lose a job. Me? Van is paid for. House is paid for. Bills are paid up for the rest of the year. We got some extra cash coming in for kids' tuition. So maybe we don't have a lot of money, but we also don't have much responsibility, either. We're a lot less stressed than most people at or above our means. So who really won here?

No girlfriend? Be glad, because that means no DRAMA. No gf means you don't have to worry about getting dumped.

It's all a matter of perspective. I'm not suggesting anyone is better off alone and forgetting about it. I'm just saying there's always a positive where ever you are in life.

Jokes on them because I never wanted a boyfriend/girlfriend. I'm asexual.

When bullies do this, they attack what opportunities you missed in life. Added, the bullies may be insecure with problems in their own personal life. Why focus on the opportunities you missed? Why not focus on the opportunities you do have, and go with them?

^ not saying you have to.

bullies feed on insecurity, self hate and obvious vulnerabilities, though. but you may be able to come out on top, above the bullies if you do manage to find success in other areas of your life.

if at least the fixation on dating lessens, maybe that can go a long way?

My older brother used to terrorize me a lot, especially in regards to wanting a girlfriend as well as trying to be an individual. He's better now but I still get flashbacks of how he treated me.

It doesn't mean the bullies have won. It means you've let yourself lose.

Don't give up.