I've been alone for 3 years now. I'm feeling worse and worse about it all the time. I just don't know what to do. How long has everyone else been alone?

I've been single for 5 almost 6 years. The more time that passes the more accustomed to it I become. This is not a good thing because I don't want to go through life alone. Anytime anyone gets close to me or there is the chance for me to meet someone I run away like a scared child. This sucks but I think slowly I'm trying to change.

I have been single for about 2 1/2 years. I don't mind being single, well for the moment anyway. I have a few more goals to achieve before I start looking for new relationship.

haha... 2 yrs is long? try being alone unattached for your entire life buddy...then that is what i call long.

Entire life.

going on 21 years now. even if you write off say the first 14 years, then its 7 years and counting.

This post was last modified: 09-12-2007 11:30 PM by AngryLoner.

haha i am 22 going onto 23 for me =)... that makes 8 yrs nearing to 9.

I wouldn't say that it even counts until you are at least 18. That is the legal age of adulthood in many nations and the age of consent for many.

18 years old...still a teenager! A sophomore, thinking you know it all about the world when you might not have ever left your own neighborhood....town...city...state....country....continent....and most certainly, you've never left your own Planet! (I don't think there are any teenage astronauts, please correct me if I'm wrong!) I would say most humans are not even READY for a relationship until age 25 or so, give or take a few years. 25....beginning to be more mature, more ready to perhaps even settle down with a marriage or permanent relationship...rather than just running around having sex with relative strangers!

Well its been 23 year unless you only count after 18 then only 5 thought for sure I would have won this one but looks like keeper has me by a bit but I pass him up sometime =)

I think it's okay to be alone...but ONLY if you want to be.

If you are lonely for a romantic relationship, I suggest:

1.) Signing up for clubs and groups in your area for your interests--country music, dancing, Chinense, French, International Friendship Club, what have you. If there is none in your town, MAKE ONE! And advertise it freely on community bulletin boards, etc. There are probably many people in your town bored, too, if there are few social opportunities.

2.) Sign up for charity club, such as feeding the homeless, reading to the blind, helping sick kids at the hospital, etc.

3.) Sign up for church, temple, wat, etc. Some sort of religious or spiritual group in your town. Be careful of cults, though, since they tend to attract lonely people, loners, and 'different' folks and they often employ different mind control techniques such as isolating you from your friends and family, etc. If a group tries to make you avoid your loved ones, that is a warning sign.

4.) Get active doing stuff you like. Whether going hiking, walking, going to the movies, go to a museum, DO WHAT YOU LOVE even if you have to do it by yourself! Bring an Ipod, Cell phone, portable laptop, book to read, or even a journal and you are NEVER truly alone! You have something to 'occupy' you in a public cafe or library or bookstore--great places to strike up conversations, by the way!