How is it that one can have lots of friends, and still be lonely? I miss Northie, who is hardly online anymore. I miss Chase, who “disappeared” when she had her baby. And I miss my father, who died in 1994.
My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.
Quotation from Spike Milligan
You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s.
Quotation from Robert Frost
cheer up dear you have me anyway LOL hugs
I lost my father five years ago, miss him dearly.
And friends? Friendship is work, no doubt about it – but that’s OK.
I miss my father, too. That feeling never goes away but it does get easier to bear. (Promise.)
As for friendship and being lonely? Sometimes we neglect to reach out to those friends – not sure why…
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For what it’s worth, all your readers here love you, and you can call on us anytime.
The challenge is in learning the difference between loneliness and aloneness. I haven’t managed that myself yet but it’s a matter of importance. Sometimes we’ll do anything rather than be alone with ourselves and nothing else.
Those sound to me like perfectly good reasons to feel sad and lonely, Sera. Don’t wallow in it, that leads to self-pity, but don’t fight it either. And you can call on me in-world for a virtual hug anytime
It is amazing how we can feel the loneliest in a crowd.
I miss people too. I need a social life, but it’s my job to make it happen. Get out of your cage and let’s explore the world!
Sometimes it’s hard for friends to all be in the same space and place at the same time. With fam it is so different – they are the constant – until we finally have to say goodbye. That’s the hardest thing. It will get better … hang in there.
I tend to not mind being alone. I can not contact my friends for up to a month at a time and still be fine. That has been a problem before since they start to feel i don’t care. It isn’t that i don’t care, i just get into these moods where i don’t want to be with anyone else. My ME time is very important to me. My best friends understand this.