Late bloomers, how did you eventually find your partner?

I’m 27 years old and have never been in an actual relationship before. I’ve been on dating apps and gone on dates, but none of them evolved into actual relationships and I’ve given up on dating apps. I have this fear that because I’ve never had the chance to experience a relationship before, it’s just not meant to happen for me in this lifetime. I’m just feeling a bit hopeless at the moment. None of my friends know any single men who they could set me up with. I go to the gym, but people there are usually just doing their own workouts and not really approaching me.

I’m just curious to know if there are any other late bloomers out there who eventually did find partners and how they did it?

Ps: please don’t tell me that it will happen when I least expect it or that I should work on myself first :)