Nothing like the sun to make you feel lonely….

[Flowersdie]

I fucked up this Bank Holiday and didn’t make any plans, it snuck up on me. My children are with their dad. I’m alone and watching/ hearing about everyone else’s fun plans in the sun.

I do have friends - it’s just these moments, when you find yourself alone for three days because you didn’t plan, that hit hard. I’ve been invited to a gathering tomorrow night but I barely know the host and don’t want to rock up to a busy pub alone…

Anyone else relate and want to cheer me up?

(ps the answer is not a partner, I don’t want one!)

Still rather spend a weekend alone than with a, well, B.

I used to feel like you Op still do occasionally.

My teens are 16 and 19 and do their own things now, my two eldest have left home and I’m widowed. I used to find sunny weekends and Bank holidays hard as I couldn’t bear people being happy in their gardens with family as it was so stark to me how lonely I was. (I have no parents and my brother lives abroad and I have very little contact with him)

I like my own company and I do a lot of gardening, joined a walking group and meet up with friends occasionally. Sometimes if they want to go and do things with the dc.

I still hate parties and gatherings, I can never shake the feeling of feeling the odd one out

Thank you for all the lovely comments.

Am totally ignoring couple of raging idiots on here, best tactic!