Loneliness Support Group

Loneliness is an emotional state in which a person experiences a powerful feeling of emptiness and isolation. Loneliness is more than the feeling of wanting company or wanting to do something with another person. Loneliness is a feeling of being cut off, disconnected and alienated from other people. The lonely person may find it difficult or even impossible to have any...

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kikinash
kikinash
Hey guys/gals... I'm new to the group and just wanted to introduce myself. My name is KiKi, live in Nashville, single mom (I have a 10 year old son). I wouldn't say I'm the "depressed"-lonely type. More just miss having a lot of friends around. I have ditched SEVERAL friends over the years due to a lack of them not wanting to grow up/be responsible (which is fine for them but I want more). Being the ONLY single person in my family and my VERY small group of friends doesn't exactly help things. So I think my loneliness kicks in at night I guess....
SunflowerDelight
SunflowerDelight
Welcome to the group KiKi! I hope you will find it helpful being in here and make some new friends as well. :-)
billwfriend
billwfriend
hi welcome to our corner of the internet....do you know about meetup.com? it is great way to meet local people in similar interest areas....I run a over 50 singles group in St. Louis....on www.meetup.com
kikinash
kikinash
Thanks Sunflower &Bill. :)

Bill I have heard of it but never tried it. I had decided like a year ago to put dating "on hold" again for a while. Thought if I stopped looking it might just happen....wrong! Lol
billwfriend
billwfriend
singles meetups are not dating sites...they are event based where you choose which event that the host of the meetup group chooses to put as a meetup...maybe a baseball game or something like dinner and a movie...then the whole group does see about the meetup and decides to RSVP yes or no....you do not even need to RSVP if you do not want to go....but you choose which event to go to and meet others with similar interests like maybe a group of backgammon players or other board games players who meet to play games at someone's house....or a restaurant....it is loads of fun too...I guess I enjoy it a lot by showing my enthusiasm for it...LOL
annettearizona
annettearizona
Hello Kiki and welcome!
We never know when we will meet up with Mr Right-just seems to happen without us even trying sometimes :)
So you are mainly lonely in the evening when your son is in bed not wanting something....so if we keep calling out "MOM" "MOM"
will that help :)
angeleyes92
angeleyes92
I know what it is like to be a parent and be lonely. Kids only do so much. Even though I'm married my days are long and lonely. I drive my kids to school and college and work and that is about it for my days. When college is out, one mom and I get together once or twice for coffee but she is in college and can't hang out when I'm home alone. I do find working on crafts helps kill the time along with listening to music. Being on here helps some too
kikinash
kikinash
Bill...took your advice and joined meetup. Joined a few groups so far but all of their events are while I'll be out of town! Go figure huh? I'm sure they'll have more in the future. :)

Annette....lol anyone screaming MOM in my direction always get my attention! So it might just work. ;)

Angel....I understand. My "social life" revolves around my kiddo. His parents have become my friends (which helps a lot that I actually like most of them!) lol I'd like a set of friends apart from school/baseball ya know?
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