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and posting internet messages doesn't seem to help.

Or what if Jesus was a cat and died for your sins 9 times!

"Pulling up the anchor, letting go the rope, Age rules over all things, fate rules over hope." - from His Last Voyage by Gentle Giant

Yeah, loneliness is cool! Like you say it sets one "apart from the masses". And "the grass is always greener"? Hell yeah! Everyone wants to be lonely! :D:D:D

SomeoneSomewhere, I don't think finding some women more attractive than others makes a person shallow, even if the attraction (or lack of it) is based on appearances. I think most people find themselves attracted (or not) by appearances and by other traits you might call "shallow". It is just...

Yes, I appreciate that you were sharing what works for you. Glad it works for you. You are one of the lucky ones. Your above question answers itself. Essentially you are asking "If nothing works, then what works?"

This self-discipline thing doesn't work for everyone. Like me. I have plenty of self-discipline. I go to the gym every day. I force myself to go even when it requires a huge force of will. I enforce dietary rules on myself to stay a healthy weight no matter how tempting it is to be a pig and get...

Two things: 1) Having been repeatedly negatively judged by people I really liked, I now find it impossible to just let it go as Gaga Snerd suggests. I think she is correct that it is generally healthier to not obsess over judgements by strangers. But as Yellowcat points out, some of us don't...

Of course it's not a crime. But for someone like me who, unlike you, does not have a "select" group of "quality" friends, but instead has none, it is a hell.

Yes, of course I realize that neediness puts people off. Hell, I am ashamed and embarrassed by any neediness that might show. So I have tried to not act needy, just be casual and relaxed and easy-going. In fact, I have even had new acquaintances remark that I seemed like an easy-going, regular...

When I hear people lament that they "don't have many good friends" it cracks me up because I have no friends. I go to no social events, I have no visitors, I don't "hang out" with anyone, no one ever calls nor do I call anyone. I occasionally meet my wife (who I'm separated from) for dinner...

Yes.