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Taking Trips By Yourself Alone
By NailTech
@NailTech (6874)
United States
August 4, 2012 6:41pm CST
I have a long time friend who has been penpals with me and a group of others for a long time, we're all on FB now. She has always loved to go on trips alone but alot of the time she meets other friends here and there too so I guess it isn't that big of a deal to her. She might not have many local friends or so it seems ( like me). My question is how comfortable would you be in taking these trips by yourself but to meet other online friends or penpal here and there along the way too? She does this fairly often, like every few months it seems. I wonder how she can afford it other than being a manager of a library and living with her mom at around 49 or so. She is also unmarried with no kids so I guess it is easy for her to just take off as she pleases too. Would that be a fulfilling life for you? She is not interested in dating anyone and has never been married. I find it somewhat odd but we're all different individuals I guess. She is not overly attractive but she thinks of herself as fun and attractive I bet anyways.
4 responses
@Raine38 (12387)
• United States
5 Aug 12
That is so admirable of her. That might have been fun and exciting. As much as I want to do it, I don't think I can. I have a terrible sense of directions that even if I have been in a certain place before, I would need directions again so I wouldn't get lost in going there. Also, I get so lonely easily, just the hours of travelling alone is enough to make me feel sad. I always travel with my husband.
Travelling alone is not for me, I think. But if given the opportunity and enough courage, maybe I might do it.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
5 Aug 12
I can't either, am not even interested in travel that much really. Perhaps if I had all the time in the world and nothing else to do but I can't.I couldn't travel alone due to loneliness as well. I would need to take a companion of some kind.I suppose she is used to it though, doing it for so many years and many times.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
7 Aug 12
hehe, what a unique reason for not going alone. You can always ask someone to take the photo but then again I wouldn't cause I'm too shy to do so. The person I'm talking about in this discussion isn't all that shy it seems and either has her friend she met take pix or she doe the picture taking of the scenery, sites, etc. by themself. If your sister had a self timer on her camera would she go it alone? My camera has one of those. The timer is very short though.
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
5 Aug 12
Every one has his way to live. Maybe she is the kind of person which is different from us. She just dosen't think like us. She likes to be single, she likes traveling alone, she can get a lot of fun. She is not just like us, but she is happy.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
5 Aug 12
Yes, she is pretty happy at least from what she types etc all the time. She has this crush on a American Idol contestant and often goes to see his shows with other fans she knows. That helps her break the ice with them, and be amoungst people who "understand".
@pahak627 (5347)
• Philippines
5 Aug 12
From your statement, she has all the time to travel because she is still single and don't date with anybody most of all, i guess she is financially stable. Good for her. In my case, I can not do what she is doing. I may travel alone but only once or twice a year not always due to some commitments and my family.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
7 Aug 12
Yes she seems to be financially stable and all the right circumstances to do as she pleases. I'm thinking this is one reason why she stays single, no one to answer to, etc. Often she jokes about not wanting to grow up too so I wonder if it's really a joke at times, in one way. I am just glad it makes her happy. It must be nice having next to no commitments that you can take off as you please, in her case. Not many people can do that. No one ever seems to get jealous of her, whereas with me I'd have so called "friends" acting jealous for sure.
@ARIES1973 (11944)
• Legaspi, Philippines
5 Aug 12
I think that is also fun! But personally I can not do that. I have to consider my family whenever I have to make a decision regarding traveling and having a vacation. But for a single woman, it's quite okay. She should also give herself time to relax and enjoy. There are so many promos being offered by some airlines and travel agencies. You just have to book it in advance.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
5 Aug 12
It can be fun if you have the means, most don't though that often. It seems she sometimes likes to "brag" about it and that for me is the turnoff point. Any type of bragging is just obnoxious, as if she needs to put herself on a pedestal for people to notice her. I think she is almost addicted to travelling. But to each their own, whatever floats their boat, LOL.
