Jones's struggles with finding a boyfriend are well-documented. Her being a virgin has a lot to do with it, something she has admitted to on multiple occasions.
The 39-year-old track-and-field athlete has been looking for a 'husband material' for a long time. And she has been quite open about her abstinence in the meantime.
In 2012, while on Real Sports on HBO, she admitted that being a virgin made her dating life very difficult.
A devout Christian who's saving herself for marriage, she said that remaining abstinent had been "the hardest thing" she had done in life, including training for the Olympics.
She had tried every online dating service and even Twitter to find 'the one' but to no avail.
This continued to be a thing until years later.
In January 2020, Jones, during an appearance on Kevin Hart's show Cold As Balls, joked that revealing she was a virgin had ruined her chances of finding a boyfriend.
"That was a mistake," Jones quipped. "That killed all my dates after that — like didn't even have a chance. Like before, at least I had a chance."
But, as 2021 began, she had grown tired of the whole ordeal. On a "life rant" she posted on April 14, 2021, on her Instagram, she confessed to being bored of dating.
"I think after so many times of getting my hopes up that I will meet your person... you just get over it. You give up hope," the athlete wrote.
It had been easier to date when older, but she still faced some issues with guys. One of the issues was that she was having to pick between two qualities in guys — "two extremes."
She was afraid she was losing her "last prime year" of her life to find a husband.
Jones hasn't stopped trying to find a boyfriend yet, though, as evident by her podcast-like replies to guys.
