I started seeing a counsellor in Dec. and she said that we will be finishing next week as in her opinion I am 'not accepting' my situation and am 'fighting it.' My situation is one of having no family. She said these things because I told her that I am doing online dating and she thinks I should stop. I do find my situation to be incredibly lonely, painful and frightening and I want to change it. I have had some not so good internet dates, but at the same time if I give up, I may well never meet anyone by chance. She thinks that because I am in my fifties that my chance of meeting someone is low. I can see her point, but at the same time I don't want to give up and to think that there will never be anyone to share my life with in a close and loving relationship. Having this hope of meeting someone is what keeps me going, that things won't always be as they are now. I do do other things-read in different languages, go out socially, etc, so I don't just sit at home pining all the time. But I don't understand her saying that by looking for someone I am not accepting my situation. I know my situation only too well and want to change it.