I must've done something wrong

I am a firm believer in karma. You reap what you sow. I make a conscious effort to encourage good karma and thus am fully aware of my actions, good or bad. That said, can someone help me understand why I have such shitty dating karma? Seriously.

I've been in two serious relationships in the past seven years, both of which were when I was younger and way more naive. I was insanely insecure and irrational. I wouldn't have wanted to date me. But now, I've noticed my incredible growth and maturation; physically, mentally and emotionally. I'm much more stable, I think more rationally, and I can see other points of view without being blinded by my own. I still have some insecurities as everyone does, but I'm working on them. Additionally, I am pretty darn funny, easy going, extremely open, and I'm no hideous beast either. Am I crazy to think that I'm not such a bad catch?

I'm perfectly willing to be caught, but I am slightly picky about the catcher (who doesn't have standards to some degree?). I don't like to be continually groped, which one guy did on our first date, unless I grope back. I don't like to be smothered right off the bat, which one guy did, thinking we were a couple after two dates. Then again, I don't want them to be standoffish and not touch me at all (assuming I am undeniably attracted to them).

And there are those who caught me, but were reluctant to reel me in. These are the ones who baited the line, waited for me to bite and then weren't sure if I was a "keeper." They just kept tugging the line until I got tired and slipped away. This would include the player who thought he could juggle multiple girls, the pussyfooter who acted like we were just friends but would still put the moves on me, and let's not leave out the dipsomaniac who only wanted me when he was tanked. You see, I'm not a big advocate of the catch and release program, at least when it comes to me.

So what is it that I'm doing wrong? How do I find a balance between hands-all-over-me and I-want-you-but-not-right-now? I've traveled to the far corners of New England and now to Florida thinking that maybe, just maybe, the guys will be different. Yet in every place I've been, they're all the same. This leads me to believe it can be one of two things. Either I'm destined to have shitty dates for the rest of my life (that damn karma) or I've just hit a REALLY big rut and I'm bound to run into a "master fisherman" sooner or later...

...I guess that would also make him a "master baiter!"