Hello.
First of all, I have lurked long enough to know AIBU can be a bit harsh and I don't mind harsh, but do please listen to me and see if you can understand or give me some useful pointers.
I'm now approaching the end of my 30s and am as alone as I can be. I do have friends, but I don't have a "group" I can really go out with - it tends to be that I'll go out for lunch with one friend, or go to see another, but never anything "big."
I'm also single, and I always have been and if I'm honest, can't see this changing.
Perhaps because I have a "big" birthday this year, I'm not sure, but I've been really thinking about how this came about when it shouldn't.
I think the problems started at school. I didn't fit in very easily, and there was some bullying at primary, but nothing major. At secondary though, things were just awful.
I think I became quite defensive and tried to convince myself it didn't matter as I was working hard and would get a good job and nice home and the family life I craved (my family weren't very accepting.)
Over twenty years later and I feel like an idiot when I realise those who laughed at me at school were right; I might once have looked down on those who left school at 16 and had children young but they celebrate their birthdays with friends and with family, have homes and children and partners of their own.
How did I get it so wrong?
And will I ever get a chance to put it right?
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sixoclocktea · 08/01/2016 18:06
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