Shriya Pilgaonkar reveals secrets of her dating life: I haven't been dating all that much

Actress Shriya Pilgaonkar believes she was too hard on herself in her 20s and acknowledges that she has a different perspective on dating and finding love in her 30s.

"Your concept of love changes as you do as a person. But getting to know yourself better is the first step. I suppose that when I was in my 20s, I was still trying to understand who I was and accept some things. Possibly, Pilgaonkar says, "I was very, very hard on myself in my 20s.

As the 33-year-old goes on, "But in my late 20s and shortly before I reached 30, I felt this incredible sense of acceptance and self-love, similar to that of self-love all of my imperfections and everything. And I believe that has genuinely strengthened me.

The actor, who was most recently seen in an episode of the web series Dating These Nights, says: "I feel like every person has their journey with, you know, when they're going to find love, and social media and pop culture gives us this, has sold this notion of how love has to be, and you know that that's often not the case, there is no age to fall in love.

The actor of The Gone Game says in this passage that she draws strength from "actors like Neena Gupta who come out and publicly tell their story of finding love at a particular age."

So, even though I haven't used a dating app and don't date frequently, I have friends who have and have many entertaining anecdotes to tell. They are receptive to a wide range of experiences. Furthermore, I find that to be incredibly fascinating," she adds.

She may not be a big fan of dating, but she wants to keep her personal life hidden from prying eyes.

To be quite honest, I haven't dated all that much, and I don't want to discuss my current situation or anything like that... I find true delight in seemingly insignificant things; therefore, sharing a meal with someone is a significant event for me. It's not necessary to do something monumental. According to the actor, who has been in The Broken News, Guilty Minds, Haathi Mere Saathi, and Crackdown, "I know I like someone when I want to share these everyday ordinary moments of life with that person."

The pressures and expectations of society increase with age, says Pilgaonkar.

"It's not always essential to dissolve the marriage because love can mean different things to different people. And if someone doesn't even want to be married, that's their choice. I believe society puts a lot of pressure on people to make these decisions rapidly, especially women. And that's one thing I think the stereotype or that's a notion that we need to sort of move away from, you know, where we need to let people make decisions and not pressure them, you know, which often I think the narrative outside in the world makes you feel like that, to get married or to be single," she adds.