Are you lonely?

United States
April 4, 2007 12:29pm CST
Do you have family? Are you ever lonely?
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21 responses
• United States
4 Apr 07
I am lonely even in a crowded room. Have you felt that way? Being surrounded by people, all around you and still feel alone???
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4 Apr 07
I feel that way all the time. I know how you feel.
• United States
6 Apr 07
I do too. I am like to be a hermit, and like it as it is comfortable and secure.
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
15 Apr 07
You probaly feel like that because you don't know anyone. everyone feels like that.
• United States
6 Apr 07
Hi,Margie! I am always lonely.I have a family but i may as well as have no one . My animal kids help me cope other wise i think i would go absolutely insane!
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
6 Apr 07
Hi Tammy. It looks like you and me have something in common. Hopefully you will come home soon and we can get together and watch a ballgame or something. I definitely know what it feels like to be lonely and it can be the worse feeling sometimes.
• United States
4 Apr 07
I have family... but I'm still lonely. My boyfriend travels as part of his job... and even when I'm around people all day... I'm still lonely when I get home and he isn't there.
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@mari61960 (4893)
• United States
4 Apr 07
Yes, I'm lonely...very lonely. I create my own loneliness by isolating myself. I don't know why I do it, maybe it has to do with depression. My two best friends now live 3000 miles away. I've been out of work for almost 2 years now. I home alone with the animals all day and most of the night. I have a lot of freinds but I don't reach out to them...I just wait for them to come to me...wrong I know but it's just how I've been for many years now. I have family but we just aren't close. If it wasn't for mylot the past few months I don't know if I would even still be on this earth. If I could turn back time....
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• United States
6 Apr 07
You sound like me. So, I understand. I hope MyLot is helping you a lot. Some great friends on here. Bless you, Hugs.
4 Apr 07
I do get lonely at times. I have no friends here in my adopted country. My family and friends are over 8 thousand miles away. My brother and I are very close, but I only get to see him every 2 years now. Well, as long as his finances can handle it. There is no one here to have girly talk with. I miss that. I realized just how alone I am when I was in hospital in December for foot surgery. My hubby was the only one who came to visit. I never received one get well card. I spent 6 weeks in a cast and I couldn't go out of the house. No one missed seeing me walking our dogs. No one on our road came by to check on me. That long 6 weeks really brought it home on just how alone I am here. I don't see that ever changing. My hubby is great though. I just miss having a woman friend that I can talk to. Guys just don't handle women talk very well.
• United States
6 Apr 07
I understand what you are saying. I only have my husband, but thankful for that. Well, you can have those talks with us or privately. Wishing you well and a wonderful day honey.
@1983tyler (507)
• United States
4 Apr 07
I have some family, but they all live far away. Sometimes I miss them, and sometimes I am glad that they live far away. I don't have any children. Sometimes I get lonely.
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
15 Apr 07
Yes I get lonely sometimes and I am married, my husband isn't to affectionate, I half to go and hug him most of the time. I think his parents didn't show him enough love so that is why he reacts like this.
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
4 Apr 07
No I don't As you know I moved away a couple of months ago but I have so much to keep me occupied I don't feel lonely
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@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
4 Apr 07
Hi Margie I have a big family and we are always having get togethers. We take turns having them and its alot of fun. I get alittle loney sometimes when my hubby is at work. But for the most of it I rather him be at work. Bring me the bacon.LOL
@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
4 Apr 07
We are a family of four. Funny thing is that I could easily live alone. I have enough things that I am interested in that would keep me as busy as I would like. I could get real used to having things were I put them later and a space for my things alone. However, since I live with hubby and 2 children we manage to share most everything. In time that will change somehow and someway. Lonliness is not an issue with me.
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@sigma77 (5383)
• United States
4 Apr 07
I often am living alone, but I am seldom lonely. That is a state of mind. Living alone might be a fact, but loneliness is a state of falseness created by the mind out of fear. The truth is that you are never alone, the universe and all that is in it is connected to you.
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@AskAlly (3625)
• Canada
4 Apr 07
I am not lonely. I just crave the old days when the pitter patter of little feet could cause and earthquake. I sure miss those days. They were hectic, but passed all too quickly. I am I lonely? I sure think I have a case of empyt nest syndrome. But I still have family around me that are alot of fun to be around. I think I just feel nostalgic.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
26 Apr 07
I don't have family now...well my father's side..My parents were divorced when I was real young and the connection between families dissolved by the time I was ten..it was only by a fluke that I in a way reconnected with them only a few years ago, but we're not exactly close...my mother passed away only last summer, she had no brothers or sisters and neither did I--so as a child I grew up alone a lot since both my grandmother and mother of whom I grew up with both worked--so I did have a lonely childhood...but I turned that aloneness and channeled that energy by expressing myself creatively...As for now? I'm very comfortable being alone,since as I said I grew up alone a lot...don't get me wrong I do love people and the company with people but it's not like I'm desparate or longing to be around people all the time--besides I do have my two kitties..LOL..also the sad part of it, during the last few years of my mother's life, it was like being alone anyway...as she was kind of out of it..to put it mildly.. Also, since I have so many interests and projects I'm always working on being a Renaissance person, I just don't have time to be lonely..Loneliness can be a state of mind too...when I was younger I often felt alone or lonely even if I was in the midst of a crowd
@Chryssi (828)
• United States
25 Apr 07
I used to be so lonely all of the time, as my family has passed away, and my dad and I don't communicate. He just never has time for me. Since I've met the love of my life, though, everything has changed. He's always near me, because he wants to be, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I am definitely lonely as I am living alone and have no wife or girlfriend or any pets yet. I will not be as lonely starting tomorrow as I have a roommate moving in which will help with my expenses and also will have a pet cat soon that my brother and his wife are giving me. I will have a pet cat to keep me company when i am alone. My parents live pretty close so I see them on weekends and holidays. I will probably travel to Texas more to see the rest of my family.
@hopeful28 (1439)
• Singapore
15 Apr 07
Yes, I do have family but I am staying by myself now. Most times I am not lonely but there are times especially when I am not feeling too good emotionally or physically then I do feel like I am all alone.
@Sweetpeas (738)
• Australia
12 Apr 07
I do have family but yes sometimes i feel lonely. Especially now that im the only one of my friends that has a child so they tend to lead different lives and i dont get to see them very often anymore. Also my fiance is off at work and allthough i have a lot of fun with my son i sometimes miss my friends and adult company.
@KupoSin (680)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I do have a family, but i always feel lonely. When i was growing up i never really had a connection with my dad since he always had to work and came home late at night. My mom was the one who took care of me. My brother was always fun to be with, but now he is at college. My mom works now that i can stay home alone. When i get home from school, i listen, and all i can hear is the silence that sourrounds me. I was recently invited to a party, there was a lot of people there, but yet i felt like i was alone. im not really the social type of person and parties arnt really my thing. Luckly, i al greatful for meeting a new friend. Shes is always there and cam make me laugh and i appreaciate every second i can spend with her. After i met her, everyone says i had changed. I use to be disclosed from talking to anyone besides my usual friends. Ever since meeting her, ive been a bit more socialable and opened with my feelings towards her. Ever since meeting her, the lonelyness has lessened. I sitll feel lonely when im not around her or any of my friends. But those are the times when i rather be alone. i guess ive felt both sides; hte side of lonelyness and the side of having everyone.
@bunalice (315)
• China
12 Apr 07
wow,I have many friends,we play together each weekends,and also I always telephone home talking with my parents about my work,my happiness or sadness.Of course,I also talk much with my boyfriend everyday to share our happiness and sadness.so I think I am very happy but not lonely.
• Australia
12 Apr 07
yes i'm pretty much lonely i only have 2 friends offline, both of them i can't really *talk* to i don't fit in anywhere...even online. family! ha my parents think i am a loser and my sister's a trailor trash hoe, haven't spoken to her since 1999