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Seeing as this is basically a relationshit board, I figured I'd ask as someone from the other side of the equation:
Anyone else never really get this "lonely" feeling everyone always talks about? I mean, I have my parents and my siblings, I have friends and coworkers, hell just look at this miracle we call the internet. I can talk to people from around the world about specific interests I have that I may never find someone irl who shares that interest. All for free (excluding the cost of the internet itself I mean). I can play games with people online and form relationships of mutual respect through skill. Honestly several of my Steam friends are closer to me than people I have known and forgotten irl, to the point of even when I came back from being off of Steam for a few YEARS they remembered me and replied asking how my life was within the first day.
I just don't get it. I'm not autistic or anything either, I know that might be the go-to explanation, I'm actually sort of the opposite: I'm highly empathetic and feel other people's emotions to a degree. I have good social skills, if a stranger comes up to talk to me or I meet a new person I can naturally strike up a conversation with them without any problem. I have good manners and help people a lot, so I'm generally pretty popular wherever I go... basically I don't have any social problems. I'm not a basement dweller virgin or something. I also love flirting, but I've never really wanted a romantic relationship or felt "lonely". I like my freedom, in fact as I get older I've been working towards getting greater and greater degrees of freedom.
I guess what I'm asking though is, and maybe this is a bad place to ask considering the normal topics, but: any of you guys out there never feel "lonely"? I don't know whether to think of myself as lucky, weird, or both. Seems uncommon, but at least it allows me to do what I want and not be dependent on anyone. Pic unrelated.
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More people feel lonely than we tend to think.
I've gone through times where I felt like Mr Popular and times where I was just walking around by myself, and times where I felt terrible. Life changes.
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I used to feel lonely all the time. Very lonely. I browsed /r9k/ daily, I'd get angry when I saw people socialize in public, etc. Not anymore. I just have two family members and one friend I talk to occasionally, and all of them live at least several hours away. Loneliness is a stupid memeotion
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I personally get bent out of shape if I don't get time alone. Like I need it. Some people if left all alone for a day feel hollow I guess. If the house is empty I sing and dance while I do laundry. I love it. I enjoy it.
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You have family and a network of social supports.
Makes a lot of sense that you're not lonely.
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