A loner here. I had a family, I had friends, I had marriage/relationships. They made me happy at the time but everyone has moved on usually with partners and I haven't been taken along. Their choice. People I really cared about have died, can't be replaced.
Some people have used me, I've been rejected and I've finally had enough of all that. I did my best.
I don't wish to share my life [ie. face book] or be bothered now by people's dramas/manipulations/agendas or have opinions on my life choices chewed over by those who think they know me but don't. Socialising is a minefield, not comfortable in groups...at all.
I sound miserable, I'm really not. Perfectly content in my life, happy to spend days in my home and garden, reading, walking, my crafts, thinking, good food and appreciating nature and my life. I feel blessed. I have sons and grandchildren, they make me happy, they like me. It's enough and it's great. It's calm, no one interfering. 4 friends I interact with now and then [all well-balanced people, they took some finding!], it works.
The world is too busy, obsessed with money/things, never quiet, people needing constant stimulation and people around them. I like my life of solitude ... now.
Anyway, as you were. Happy to find this thread.