Topic: Is this part of the reason why you're single?
MirrorMirror's photo
Mon 07/20/09 04:51 PM

I haven't seen this asked, but have you ever felt like that you were never really accepted into the close social groups in your area? Maybe you moved there recently or lived there long and yet somehow you feel like an outcast?

Or somehow you think you're different , I don't know religion or ways of doing things, ethnicity, color of your skin etc.. somehow you feel like you're left out for a particular reason you are different than the others?
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msmyka's photo
Mon 07/20/09 05:13 PM
MIRROR! That's a horrible thing to say, and at the same time it's HILARIOUS coming from you rofl

no photo
Mon 07/20/09 06:35 PM

I haven't seen this asked, but have you ever felt like that you were never really accepted into the close social groups in your area? Maybe you moved there recently or lived there long and yet somehow you feel like an outcast?

Or somehow you think you're different , I don't know religion or ways of doing things, ethnicity, color of your skin etc.. somehow you feel like you're left out for a particular reason you are different than the others?


Yup. I was never a part of any clique at any point in my life. I wasn't a part of the "pretty people" crowd, nor was I born into a buttload of money, or a jock, or a part of the popular set.

John Donne once said "no man is an island" in one of his poems. Let's just say he's never met me.

luckyguy2008's photo
Mon 07/20/09 07:45 PM

I haven't seen this asked, but have you ever felt like that you were never really accepted into the close social groups in your area? Maybe you moved there recently or lived there long and yet somehow you feel like an outcast?

Or somehow you think you're different , I don't know religion or ways of doing things, ethnicity, color of your skin etc.. somehow you feel like you're left out for a particular reason you are different than the others?


Partly, but it could be my fault too. I am picky about people!

FearandLoathing's photo
Mon 07/20/09 08:15 PM

I haven't seen this asked, but have you ever felt like that you were never really accepted into the close social groups in your area? Maybe you moved there recently or lived there long and yet somehow you feel like an outcast?

Or somehow you think you're different , I don't know religion or ways of doing things, ethnicity, color of your skin etc.. somehow you feel like you're left out for a particular reason you are different than the others?


I don't fit in most places out in public...not that it bothers me or has stopped me from dating, doubt it even did anything for the relationships failing...matter of fact I'm confident it had nothing to do with the failures.

I'm me, and not a lot of people like me for who I am...each have their own reasons, but they don't at all bother me.smokin

ClayFace2009's photo
Mon 07/20/09 09:53 PM
I think I'm still single for the following reasons:

1. Partly choice

2. Being naive and inexperienced when faced with possible signs of a female being interested

3. I haven't been understood with my values and standards

4. I simply haven't met the right lady, too.

JustAGuy2112's photo
Mon 07/20/09 09:55 PM

I haven't seen this asked, but have you ever felt like that you were never really accepted into the close social groups in your area? Maybe you moved there recently or lived there long and yet somehow you feel like an outcast?

Or somehow you think you're different , I don't know religion or ways of doing things, ethnicity, color of your skin etc.. somehow you feel like you're left out for a particular reason you are different than the others?


Dude. I was TOTALLY an outcast when I was younger. No different now.

misswright's photo
Mon 07/20/09 10:21 PM

I haven't seen this asked, but have you ever felt like that you were never really accepted into the close social groups in your area? Maybe you moved there recently or lived there long and yet somehow you feel like an outcast?

Or somehow you think you're different , I don't know religion or ways of doing things, ethnicity, color of your skin etc.. somehow you feel like you're left out for a particular reason you are different than the others?


I got kicked out of the good girl club for doing too many bad things but I do too many good things to get into the bad girl club so I'm clublessohwell

The word loner comes to mind. Or recluse, hermit, anti-social freak but okay, outcast works too. bigsmile drinker


ematwo71's photo
Mon 07/20/09 11:08 PM
Thats why we are all here we are the special ones nobody wanted

JustAGuy2112's photo
Mon 07/20/09 11:16 PM

Thats why we are all here we are the special ones nobody wanted


Hmmm...ya know....that's actually pretty profound.

Everyone is always telling us that we are " special " and that we deserve someone equally " special ".

no photo
Tue 07/21/09 12:56 AM

To be honest I've never really have been in a social group. Not even in school. I like to be myself and if people like that then thats cool and if not thats cool too. You shouldnt feel left out. And why would you want to be just like someone else?


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TexasScoundrel's photo
Tue 07/21/09 02:13 AM

I haven't seen this asked, but have you ever felt like that you were never really accepted into the close social groups in your area? Maybe you moved there recently or lived there long and yet somehow you feel like an outcast?

Or somehow you think you're different , I don't know religion or ways of doing things, ethnicity, color of your skin etc.. somehow you feel like you're left out for a particular reason you are different than the others?


Nope. I am single because I want to be single.

EquusDancer's photo
Tue 07/21/09 05:31 AM
I could real easily do the hermit thing, 580-1000 acres come out once a month for supplies.

My friends are online for the most part.

Though in fairness, I seem to know a lot of folks, mostly men, from when I worked at the local lumberyard. I get a fair amount of hellos when I'm out town. Shrugs.


snarkytwain's photo
Tue 07/21/09 06:12 AM
Edited by snarkytwain on Tue 07/21/09 06:17 AM
I have two choices in social groups here. One is the group of my 24-year-old friend who introduced me to everyone last summer. They're fun when that's all I want, and some of them have kids (though none of them are primary parents), so at TIMES we have some things in common, but mostly it's VERY shallow and it's beyond obvious that I'm a decade older than them. So yeah, it can be weird.

Then there's my sister, whom I adore hanging out with. She's only two years older than I am, and we have TONS in common now that we'reold enough to have worked out most of our sibling rivalry stuff. Problem there, though, is she now has a boyfriend whom she adores, which makes me third wheel. That always sucks.

But here's my best friend, my big sister, and I:



I can honestly say she's the only one who really GETS me.

Unfortunatley, our tastes in guys are WAY different, as are our tastes in lifestyle (she's wine and cruises and I'm coffee houses and indy films), so there's no way she can set me up with anyone she knows. laugh

lilith401's photo
Tue 07/21/09 06:40 AM
Not really. My main problem seems to be that in general, it's hard to meet people with integrity and who live by the Golden Rule.

It would be nice to actually meet people who are kind and generous in spirit, and a whole group of them? Forget it... laugh

snarkytwain's photo
Wed 07/22/09 06:18 PM
Sadly, this is so true. frown Especially with women... which is hard to admit.

auburngirl's photo
Wed 07/22/09 07:00 PM
I have felt like an outcast before. Nobody really knew what to do with me after my husband died. I wasn't part of a couple any more. Friends don't know what to say so they fall away. Older people would say aww hon you're so young (I was 35 at the time) you'll move along.. Even family didn't know, do we mention his name??? Will that upset her? OR will she like that we are remembering him?? It was a tough time.

snarkytwain's photo
Wed 07/22/09 07:09 PM

I have felt like an outcast before. Nobody really knew what to do with me after my husband died. I wasn't part of a couple any more. Friends don't know what to say so they fall away. Older people would say aww hon you're so young (I was 35 at the time) you'll move along.. Even family didn't know, do we mention his name??? Will that upset her? OR will she like that we are remembering him?? It was a tough time.


I'd have to say I wouldn't know what to say either. I can't even imagine...

Sigiere's photo
Wed 07/22/09 07:45 PM
Yeah, this is me lol

Monier's photo
Thu 07/23/09 07:08 AM
This thread reminds me of a headline from The Onion:

'Outkast, now accepted Worldwide'