I never met anyone who wanted a "relationship" who was into the same kinks as me.
I realized later on, that this was like the Drake Equation.
If you are not familiar with the Drake Equation, google it...
Trying to meet someone compatible, who shares similar world views, who has similar values and goals, seems astronomically small, and eventually, you really have to decide what is your true priority.
I've met men who had vanilla girlfriends. I didn't get it at the time, but now I do.
If you want a partner, someone to share life with, it's going to be very very hard to find all of that, and then someone who wants most of your fetishes or kinks, and you'd have to want theirs.
And, they'd have to be the top or bottom, to your role, too.
Someone who has a job and isn't sitting at home all day. If you work and earn decent money, you're at risk for someone hooking up with you to help out their finances, which is DIFFERENT than having a real relationship, and then deciding to see if it's advantageous to live together, etc.
Someone who has more goals than drinking beer.
Someone who isn't naive about modern events and affairs.
Someone who doesn't believe everything they were told is true.
I met one man who said, "I don't want this stuff in my home." So I guess he wasn't comfortable having it around. Maybe he viewed it like going to a hooker. He might like going to the hooker, but he doesn't want it in his home.
When I started out in this real time, many moons ago, I had one top tell me "not to look for love in this." He warned about how a lot of men would just use a woman, and wouldn't see her as "relationship material". Now, I realize on this site, there's some couples, but they are probably the minority out there. I ignored this guy's advice, but later on, I realized it was true. Even if you are not promiscuous, going and playing with others is seen the same way. Most people who are looking for a play partner are not looking for date or a relationship. They'll have you come around a lot if you can satisfy their urges, but you'll definitely spend your birthday without them, and you don't mean anything long term to them. They're always looking for a new person to play with.
I know a lot of people might say, "Oh, don't give up, it's out there." Well, it's not out there. Just like the wife who won't have sex with the men on here. I have a lot of interests and hobbies and not enough time for them, and if I met a vanilla man who wanted to be friends, who shared my views, (and had a job), I'd enjoy that.
In regard to the Drake Equation, the very small odds means one has to have their priorities.