I understand. I tried marriage, didn't work. Dating, engagements the same. I've learned to like my own company for the last 5 years, however, it would be great to find a male friend with similar interests, no commitment other then friendship.

Well... Being single is not really a bad thing, it really depends on how you could couple and make out of it and as long as you are happy.

I love being single. I have lots of fiends. A huge family who insee all the time I just wish it would be ok to say “today I am really lonely “. And it wold be nice to have someone to talk to on that level

Yes it gets very lonely being single. I've been married and divorced, and you know what? Although I love my single life too, I would still rather be living with someone. I liked it better, even though there are ups and downs, but I'd rather still be with someone.

A recent (within the past year) issue of Scientific American had an interesting article about loneliness and even suggested that being with someone that you didn't get along with was preferable to living alone. I have been alone for almost 25 years divorces from a childless marriage. These things weigh on me at times despite the the fact that I have always strived for personal growth. At the moment for m that was not enough. I am going back to the library and reread that store and search for the suggested further readings. About being alone, I will never give up hope that it may change some day and in the mean time I will not beat myself up about it.

I need a lot of time beening alone. I have been single for a long time. Now i meet someone who i feel something about. I feel better about my life.

It makes sense to someone who likes being single enough, I guess. The people who say, 'Go find a girlfriend or wife,' don't understand.

That is why i joined the group. For me , beeing alone is a shame, as if i was not god enough to be choosen, I know it may not be right, but this is what i think in my heart. I think i have a problem,

The thing is, there's a big difference between being alone, and being lonely.

@CaliCoco
I don't think you're right about not being good enough to be chosen. I don't think because you're lonely you are any less worthy than someone who has relationships. They may have social skills you still need to learn, they may have been in the right place at the right time, and so on. Western society values the independence of a person. This is not a bad thing but it's as though it's gone into overdrive and now we're not only very independent and free but isolated and dying of loneliness, islands unto ourselves for the most part. Suspicion and paranoia are at an all-time high and with good reason: nobody trusts anybody else.

If you are a good person you are worthy.

No I absolutely hate being single and am honestly angry that I am 27 and decent looking, and no one has married me yet. You must have a lot of courage to go do things by yourself when so many activities are geared for couples and groups. I don't feel comfortable going out by myself unless it is shopping. I would be terrified to travel alone. I only recently have gotten to go out and experience things because I have a bf. Everything is so much better with a partner to have your back. Then again I am not an independent person.

I feel you there's good days and bad days about being single. Some days I love the Solitude the peace the quiet the lack of drama. Other days I just wish I had someone to go to lunch with have a conversation with. It's really hard to meet people when you're my age. Still I would rather be alone then with a toxic person who is cruel to me. I think we all would love to have a best friend somebody to hang out with laugh with and then send home at the end of the evening LOL