Alonewith2cats
Well-known member
Hi,
I live alone with 2 cats. They're adorable. I love them. They miss me when I'm gone. They need me. They love me and they sit on my lap and cuddle with me. But they do not replace human beings so I do get very lonely. I try my best to be a tough sugar-free cookie about it. In German there is a saying "I'm not made of sugar." This means I'm not that delicate. This has nothing to do with sweet. I live independantly, I work full time, I tried taking up hobbies to keep busy. I've been studying German, Spanish and a few french words too. I love food so I try out recipes such as Asian stir fries, italian recipes. I've learned to bake marble cake, rum raisin cake, apple or peach crumble. These things keep me distracted from my loneliness but do not really solve the problem. I bought myself a zoo and Sea World membership to encourage myself to get out of the house and see all the beautiful animals but I am less motivated to go often when it means I can only go by myself.
In spite of being strong, I often have these moments when I have crying spells. Usually I am home when I do it. But once I was at a restaurant dining alone and I couldn't stop myself from crying. It was embarrassing but I got a free dessert out of it because the waitress felt sorry for me. I didn't do that on purpose. Last night after eating my veggie fried brown rice with 2 eggs, soy sauce and siracha and watching a netflix movie and finding hardly any new notifications or messages on face book I had another crying spell. I couldn't stop and this morning I have very puffy eyelids. So I guess I'm not as tough as I would like to be and I need some support.
I live alone with 2 cats. They're adorable. I love them. They miss me when I'm gone. They need me. They love me and they sit on my lap and cuddle with me. But they do not replace human beings so I do get very lonely. I try my best to be a tough sugar-free cookie about it. In German there is a saying "I'm not made of sugar." This means I'm not that delicate. This has nothing to do with sweet. I live independantly, I work full time, I tried taking up hobbies to keep busy. I've been studying German, Spanish and a few french words too. I love food so I try out recipes such as Asian stir fries, italian recipes. I've learned to bake marble cake, rum raisin cake, apple or peach crumble. These things keep me distracted from my loneliness but do not really solve the problem. I bought myself a zoo and Sea World membership to encourage myself to get out of the house and see all the beautiful animals but I am less motivated to go often when it means I can only go by myself.
In spite of being strong, I often have these moments when I have crying spells. Usually I am home when I do it. But once I was at a restaurant dining alone and I couldn't stop myself from crying. It was embarrassing but I got a free dessert out of it because the waitress felt sorry for me. I didn't do that on purpose. Last night after eating my veggie fried brown rice with 2 eggs, soy sauce and siracha and watching a netflix movie and finding hardly any new notifications or messages on face book I had another crying spell. I couldn't stop and this morning I have very puffy eyelids. So I guess I'm not as tough as I would like to be and I need some support.