Sounds like a fun place!!!!

Yeah, and my room mate brought the fun to the US. The box of treasure she carries is beyond me.

LOL

Your room mate sounds like theres never a dull moment

You'd be surprised!

Has anyone seen my bannana?

Trying to go to sleep alone. Something about a female's heartbeat and breath beside/on top of me makes me sleep like a stuffed turkey.

Friends and family care, but they have their own immediate families to tend to and be most concerned with. There is just something about affection and companionate love that you can't get from family and friends. That's where the loneliness comes from; not being to share life and that deeper attachment with someone.

No one to hear my wonderful songs when I play and sing

not having anyone to steal the covers from.

no one to wake up to in the quiet of the night and snuggle up to and have them wrap their arms around me a drift back off to sleep

cooking for one

NOT "gettin any" on a regular basis!!

There is something about not being able to cook for a husband anymore that feels too painful and lonely. I try to close avoid doing it as much as possible, as a result. We usually visit close family or take out.

I lose my appetite and would rather not eat or cook than not to be able to share the experience with a significant other. I guess it is because, culturally, it reminds me of family. On a deeper level, I guess it brings back the pain of childhood abandonment, rejection - having no where I really belonged or was wanted.

What is that thing about orphans and failure to thrive? I think that on a couple of levels, I felt like an orphan as a baby, and an orphan when it came to my earliest peer groups. Life has always been lonely for me. I've had to learn to fend for myself emotionally; never letting anyone of substance get too close - 'cause the fear of reactivating that pain through rejection again is just too raw. To most I know in real life, I seem incredibly strong and independent. If only they knew the real reasons I keep to myself.

Wow - that was being pretty transparent, wasn't it.

That's why we should have the "webcam dining club"
and simultaneous vchat and movie watching society!!

no back seat driver?

LOL....I've heard this can work at times. It has been recommended for those in long distance relationships, or when separated by travel. It has to be difficult for them, too.

Still, I have done long distance, online. Did it for many years, in fact. It is just not the same as real time. Touch is far underated and people can starve from a lack of it - even a simple hug or touch of the hand or face. Again, there's that whole thing of infants failing to thrive due to lack of touch and perceived abandonment.

Sorry, I wanted to keep it lighthearted - just brought back memories of other "mistakes".

having a regular dinner date with friends at their place or mine...

all that freedom!!

I get it.

Something to ponder. Although I admit, sometimes I have felt the loneliest when surrounded by close friends. Other times, it has been a Godsend.

feeling lonely in crowd of people or even around friends IS the WORST