Wanting a boyfriend.?

Okay, I am 16 years old and I know I still got loads of time to get a boyfriend and to not be worrying about things like this now, but I used to be boy crazy when I was younger, when I would like a guy I would fall hard. I finally got over that stupid faze a year or two a go. But lately I've been feeling this emptiness inside of me and I think it is the wanting to have a boyfriend and experience being in a relationship. Now I've been told many times that guys aren't worth your time at this age and that they mature when there older and I believe it and all but there's just that part of me that just feels the need to experience a guy loving me for me. I just don't get it though, I am confident and I know I'm a beautiful girl but it just seems no one I like would ever even think twice about dating me or that's what it seems like. I just would like to just be patient and not think about love and just let that amazing guy for me come when the time is right. Ant tips on how to try and not care about wanting some love?