I just realized how lonely I am.

[Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill]

Probably the rum speaking, or possibly the coke (cola, just to specify) but I realized how incredibly empty my life is.
Any friend I've ever made either doesn't talk to me or lives over a thousand miles away,. my friends at uni are just classmates that I never speak to outside class, the only people I remain in constant contact with are my parents and aside from them my closest friends are a bunch of anonymous people on the internet. My social life is so depressingly empty that I'm not sure what to do, every attempt I make to be part of the crowd is just met with apathy or is ignored. I feel so hopeless.
Spoiled middle-class me complaining about insignificant problems. I'm a lost cause.

[Yami Daimao]

Jan 26, 2013 0:00:59 GMT -5 Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill said:

every attempt I make to be part of the crowd is just met with apathy or is ignored.

Heh. Story of my life.

[mcmahonfan85]

(warning: language)

[xCompackx]

Just putting this out there, but people on the internet isn't a bad way to make friends. I can sometimes relate to how you feel and there are ways to create bonds with people.

[Mac]

friends are friends.. I sometimes wish I had more close friends, but then I realize I like being alone too much.

On the flip, my wife is in florida this week and Im kinda lonely.

[agent817]

I am the same way, except I am also dealing with a female friend who is lonely herself, but more or less in the sense that she needs a man in her life. I can relate, except I get annoyed by her texts telling me how unloved she is and I get sick of it. I try to feel for her, but when she has all this emotion and depression going on, not to mention her pining for a guy who she feels abandoned her, it's hard for me to care.

Because you mentioned the part about apathy, I am the same way. I sometimes wonder if I am just not that charismatic that when I was part of the newspaper staff last semester, nobody joked with me on some things or was treated like everyone else. Is it really bad that I am just a reserved and calm type, rather than what is perceived as "outgoing"? I can joke with people, but I just choose to be a calm type.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

I know the feeling bro. 26 and I've never had a girlfriend, most of my friends have moved away and the ones that still live here I don't really get to see very much because I have school and they have their own lives. hell I don't even see anyone outside my immediate family very often, and I was hoping to make new friends and maybe meet a girl when I went back to school, but its become increasingly apparent to me that I have zero in common with a vast majority of the people in my class, and the one girl I thought I was making progress with, whose into a lot of the same stuff I am... is a lesbian, so that's not gonna happen. and I don't have much in the way of readily expendable income or time right now so I don't really get out much. that said, you can't let it get you down. I think of the people here as friends and I get a lot of my social needs out of coming here and talking with you guys. the trick basically, and I know it sounds cliche is, well when you're alone, do something that makes you happy. there's no reason to sit around being miserable all day, if no-one else is around do something you enjoy. last night after work I came home, and just sat in my basement apartment watching movies and reading, and I had a great time. there's this idea that if you're all alone you're not allowed to have fun, and honestly it's a load of crap. some of the best times I've ever had were when I was sitting alone watching TV or reading up on TVTropes or some other fun time-waster.

[fuzzywarble, squat cobbler]

Look at the bright side. At least you have your Rebecca Black videos.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

Jan 26, 2013 13:05:17 GMT -5 fuzzywarble, squat cobbler said:

Look at the bright side. At least you have your Tori Black videos.

fixed for me.

[Hit Girl]

As time goes on, it's likely that more friendships will be online. The internet allows you to gravitate towards people of similar interests, with a much wider pool of people than you would normally encounter in person.

[emoney3265]

Make attempts to hang out with your friends from college. Who knows, you'll probably meet many people you'll like hanging out with. Just put yourself out there outside of your comfort zone.

[Deleted]

I'm the same way since I'm always working or not married or in a long term relationship to have someone who keeps you busy and ailenating most of your single friends. But you don't live a thousand miles away from me

[Talent Name]

I feel the same way, I tell my therapist this and she is was like why do you feel this way I told her I don't understand people which is true. I only really have friends on the computer and if I talk to people in real life they tend to be older than me and most regular people are put off by my sense of humor and also I am highly socially awkward