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Uncle Al
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Found the pic and saved it to my PC. Reloaded as an attachment.
Big? Try massive. I'm a still-living exemplar of that.
Just because they're not in your circle yet doesn't mean the right people don't exist. I'd rather be alone than hide me just to have company.
I think ultimately to be happy, the me has to come out. Hiding away your real self is mentally not good.
The internet and social media hasn't helped Modoc. People are more reliant on the virtual world and have less actual friends. It's easy to say "I'd rather be alone" until you experience it.
Very well said, I totally agree! Around me, there are:Barleymower wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 5:47 am It's easy to say "I'd rather be alone" until you experience it.
I have more friends, pals, and acquaintances than I can shake a stick at, so I don't consider myself "lonely", but I am considerably "alone", in terms of a romantic interest or partner. I've also given up looking. The level of pain from repeated rejections is too high, so I'm just going to accept that I'm too weird for anybody is likely to gravitate to me. Solo flight out for the rest of the way.Spirou003 wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 1:38 pmI'm not yet alone, but I already feel a deep solitude, and it is so big that despite having noone I can be more than 50% myself with (worse is my brother since we disagree on most topics), I would NOT rather be alone. Today, my social circle management is a compromise between being accompanied by some "wrong" people, and going in depression, I'm already in a state where huge amount of activity is necessary to avoid it!