What's my problem? Sick of being lonely

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Registered: 11-19-2007
What's my problem? Sick of being lonely
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Mon, 11-19-2007 - 8:58pm

This is my life in a nutshell...


From 19-24 (5 yrs), I was in a serious monogamous relationship with a man who was 4 years older than me.

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Registered: 10-14-1999
Mon, 11-19-2007 - 9:28pm

Advice? yes - but it may be hard to hear...


It sounds like you are afraid to be alone with yourself - likely because you don't like yourself very much. Serial daters do so to avoid their feelings - they jump from one person to the next because they can't tolerate 'bad' feelings - and as these relationships crash and burn faster and faster, the feelings they are trying to avoid get bigger and bigger.

Toni

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Registered: 11-10-2007
Mon, 11-19-2007 - 10:26pm

"everytime I begin dating a man, I immediately find myself a "back-up" a few weeks into it so if the first one fails, I can move right into the next one without ever feeling lonely, and until that one fails too, I move on