Unconventional

My roommate gave me the title's advice when I asked him about confidence. He said I had to fake confidence until I had it, in regards to relationships, because women are attracted to confidence.

I honestly don't have a great deal of confidence, and find faking it to be, well, fake. I don't like presenting someone I'm not. I am a lonely individual, but not a desperate one. I've resigned myself to the fact that I may very well be single for the rest of my life, and that bothers me only a little anymore.

What's ya'll's take on confidence? Should I fake it, or just wait for a woman to come around that can accept me for the somewhat unstable, slightly introverted eccentric that I am?