Loneliness

[sammijoe]

Feeling lonely. Kids all occupied or asleep. Fed up with dating apps. Washing machine beeping at me. Who would like to chat?

I'm off to bed I'm afraid but just wanted to say hi. Loneliness is the worst

Loneliness sucks as a woman in her 40s. Kids, can’t get out, full of energy & libido 😆
Never mind. I’ll just sit & watch crap

I hear ya. Being in your forties is sometimes living in limbo or in a void of you are at a certain point in your life. How old are your dc?

im in my late 40s, youngest is 14, I’ve 4 altogether although two are in their 20s and one is 17, they’ve all got lives, jobs or are out with mates. I’m widowed, can’t go anywhere because of the dogs and I definitely feel life is passing me by sometimes

My DC are all secondary age. But still too young to leave for extended periods…
Sorry to hear you’re widowed and feeling similarly stuck.
I know my time will come but you need to moan every now and then. I don’t begrudge my kids anything.

same here OP

Feel tired tonight and work has been so crap this week.

Sorry to hear that @CatrinVennastin
can we have a good old vent?!! It might help?

I’m just going to bed too. The joys of single parenting which mean I haven’t got time to meet people which would help the loneliness.

i realised recently that I make a lot of effort with some people and it’s not reciprocated so I’ve started pulling back. of course that means I have even less contact with them.

it’s hard and I can totally empathise

I’m also just wondering if loneliness is just a completely normal human feeling after you’ve grown up, had failed relationships and realised you’d rather not be around most other humans too much as they continually disappoint and irritate?

I’m half joking but when I really listen to what most older people have to say about others, I wonder if they just tolerate people rather than really enjoy their company (bar a few exceptions)?