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23 replies

KidsED · 13/07/2024 17:57

Could do with a bit of company. I don't have any friends. I don't normally feel lonely but today I do.

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FoundObject · 13/07/2024 18:06

Well, do you want to make friends? Or will some kind of loose, usually temporary companionship like the kind generated by a hobby group or volunteering do you? Friendships take some work and investment.

cheapskatemum · 13/07/2024 18:20

Can you identify why you feel lonely today and not other days?

KidsED · 13/07/2024 18:23

cheapskatemum · 13/07/2024 18:20

Can you identify why you feel lonely today and not other days?

I don't actually know. It's not often I get to be on my own . And when I do i like it. Maybe there's no reason really

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BruceWillissDribble · 13/07/2024 18:24

Go on OLD and you'll not be alone ever.

Nami17 · 13/07/2024 18:26

KidsED · 13/07/2024 17:57

Could do with a bit of company. I don't have any friends. I don't normally feel lonely but today I do.

A cure to loneliness is a pet!

Nami17 · 13/07/2024 18:27

BruceWillissDribble · 13/07/2024 18:24

Go on OLD and you'll not be alone ever.

What is OLD?

BuddhaAtSea · 13/07/2024 18:27

Hi!
I just had a deep tissue Thai massage and I feel like I’ve melted into the sofa, can’t move. Oh, and I had a decathlon delivery for a very long yoga/pilates T-shirt and some straight trousers for Pilates. Because I’m a stone and a half heavier and still have the old clothes, I look stuffed in those.

What have you been up to?

KidsED · 13/07/2024 18:28

FoundObject · 13/07/2024 18:06

Well, do you want to make friends? Or will some kind of loose, usually temporary companionship like the kind generated by a hobby group or volunteering do you? Friendships take some work and investment.

No I don't actually want friends at all 🤣

I don't have any hobbies at all. I'm extremely boring.

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KidsED · 13/07/2024 18:32

Nami17 · 13/07/2024 18:27

What is OLD?

Yes what's OLD is it for old people 🤔

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BruceWillissDribble · 13/07/2024 18:32

OLD = Online Dating

KidsED · 13/07/2024 18:36

BuddhaAtSea · 13/07/2024 18:27

Hi!
I just had a deep tissue Thai massage and I feel like I’ve melted into the sofa, can’t move. Oh, and I had a decathlon delivery for a very long yoga/pilates T-shirt and some straight trousers for Pilates. Because I’m a stone and a half heavier and still have the old clothes, I look stuffed in those.

What have you been up to?

Sounds like you enjoyed that.
I have done sweet fa . Unless you include walking between the fridge and the living room

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KidsED · 13/07/2024 18:37

BruceWillissDribble · 13/07/2024 18:32

OLD = Online Dating

Oh no thank you I will never ever be that lonely 🤣🤣

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KidsED · 13/07/2024 19:30

I just ordered myself take away.

I need to feed the snakes to

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BuddhaAtSea · 13/07/2024 20:39

😂 sounds like you don’t know what to do with yourself! Funny, it’s all gogogo, and when we actually stop for a bit our minds take a while to catch up with the body.
Enjoy your take away!

KidsED · 13/07/2024 20:40

BuddhaAtSea · 13/07/2024 20:39

😂 sounds like you don’t know what to do with yourself! Funny, it’s all gogogo, and when we actually stop for a bit our minds take a while to catch up with the body.
Enjoy your take away!

I think that's it . My mind is confused . 😅

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Yupthatsit · 13/07/2024 21:16

Nami17 · 13/07/2024 18:26

A cure to loneliness is a pet!

I don't agree. I thought this and I've been more isolated than ever since doing this. There's little to no dog care available evenings and weekends so you might get out walking more but far less socialising.
Other pets might be different of course.

cheapskatemum · 14/07/2024 18:43

It sounds as if @KidsED has got pet snakes. How are you felling today OP (original poster).

KidsED · 14/07/2024 19:07

cheapskatemum · 14/07/2024 18:43

It sounds as if @KidsED has got pet snakes. How are you felling today OP (original poster).

I'm OK thank you. I did not wake up until 9.30 done a bit of house work. . Then adult ds came over. My younger children are home to. So no time to feel lonely now . Think it was just one of them days.

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cheapskatemum · 15/07/2024 17:40

Ah, that's good. I tell myself, "This too shall pass" on bad days. Fortunately, so far it always has. Enjoy time with your family & maybe plan something you enjoy doing next time you're due to be on your own. You don't have to do it if, when the time comes, you don't feel like it.

KidsED · 15/07/2024 17:52

cheapskatemum · 15/07/2024 17:40

Ah, that's good. I tell myself, "This too shall pass" on bad days. Fortunately, so far it always has. Enjoy time with your family & maybe plan something you enjoy doing next time you're due to be on your own. You don't have to do it if, when the time comes, you don't feel like it.

Yeah it was just one of them days. I normally like being on my own 😅

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BananaPalm · 03/11/2024 21:25

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread. Also married and with one DS. Just feeling very lonely today. No friends with whom I could just chat and vent. My two "main" friends live abroad and have busy lives and the rest are very nice people but are not ones I'd discuss my personal life with. Tried looking for online chats but all of them look dodgy (or with a fee attached). Anyway. Just wanted to put my few measly words out there. Thanks to anyone who read it. 🙏🏻

GameOfJones · 03/11/2024 21:59

@BananaPalm sorry you are feeling that way. I didn't want to read and run! There's always someone on here that will chat if you need to.

BananaPalm · 04/11/2024 00:01

GameOfJones · 03/11/2024 21:59

@BananaPalm sorry you are feeling that way. I didn't want to read and run! There's always someone on here that will chat if you need to.

Thank you so much for replying. You're very kind and it really means a lot to me. People here have more important issues to discuss so I doubt that anyone would be interested in listening to my mundane issues. They are also probably the same as any other lonely person's issues so nothing riveting to hear. It's just so hard to make real/deep/trusting friendships in real life when you're in mid-life (40 here). And there are days when it hurts so much more than on other days. Again. Nothing new. Same old story. Thank you again for replying...

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