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| Thu, 01-04-2007 - 9:49am |
Hi everyone,
How are you all? I've been on NS for what's going on my 4th month and I like it!! The reason I'm writing on this particular board though has nothing to do with my weight. I'm just wondering if anyone here has the same issue, feels the same way, or has any uplifting suggestions because I could sure use some!!
My problem is that I've been down for a long time now because I've been unhappy about the fact that I just turned 30 in August. I still live at home because I cannot yet afford to move, and most of all, I've been single for a year and a half and I cant seem to find someone that I am compatible with. This makes me so sad. I just feel like something is missing. Its very hard for me to go out and meet people because I only have a couple of very close friends and they are all either married or they might as well be, and they are not into the "going out" scene (club/bar) and frankly, neither am I. I tried to meet people online (been trying it forever) and I've just been having such bad luck with it lately. I don’t know what to do anymore! I'm just so down and out about everything lately, I feel as though I'm just not where I want to be. Like I'll never get out of my family's house and I'll never meet my "one". It's depressing too because 2 of my good friends just got engaged (one of them being a man in his 50's), and my best friend is 5 months pregnant with her 2nd child. I just feel like I'm destined to be that third wheel forever :(
Sorry for the pity party rant, I just needed to vent a little today.

Hey there... I know exactly how you feel.
Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~
Anna
I know exactly how you feel. I was just feeling the same way this weekend. I'm 31 and have been divorced for a year (no kids). I thought that by now I would have at least found a guy to go out and have fun with. And the one good friend I had who is my age and not married just left town for a while. But I'm hanging in there and keeping busy does help me forget that I'm lonely. I'm lucky that I have support from my family and can call them to talk about some of these issues. I am doing online dating, too, but nothing has happened yet. If you have speed dating in your area, I highly suggest trying this. I tried it last year and it's fun and you get to meet a lot of guys at once (up to about 12). Also, it's good because you meet them face to face and not online. I met a nice guy doing this and we went on a few dates.
Also, you might check out the website meetup.com. They have all kinds of cool groups to join--even singles groups.
Good luck!
Michelle