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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Do you need a parent figure?

Lovingandcaring
Lovingandcaring

Hi, I am new to this site and to the loneliness group. My name is Lena, I am 51 years old, and I would love to be a support person/ mentor/parent figure to a young person, especially someone who has aged out of foster care. I can only imagine how lonely you must feel if you are in this situation, especially if you have no family. I am in Philadelphia. I am loving, caring, a good listener, and physically and mentally healthy. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me, we both have so much to gain by connecting. Take care - Lena

urbangardener
urbangardener
Welcome to this forum. I hope you will join in responding to other people even if they are not the population you mentioned. It’s a nice group here and I’m sure you could help a lot of hurting people here. Nice to meet you!
Able76
Able76
Welcome to the forum. Although I don’t need a parent figure and I’m almost your age I highly praise your intentions. I’m really miss my late parents.I wish they were around.
jbb24
jbb24
I’m not young enough to be your child but I’d love to be. How kind of you to offer that support to others ❤️ When I get feeling better, I will aim to do the same.
wolvessonata
wolvessonata
I do hope you have good intentions and mean what you say. Please be careful though. Your age and looking to talk to young people who aged out of foster care to be a parental figure online is alarming, very specific and suspicious. Especially when you say you both have so much to gain by connecting but don't explain why. If you really want to help those aged out of foster care there are plenty of legitimate and safe organizations that you can do that with. This comes off as very predator like to me. I do hope I'm wrong with my judgement and assumptions. But you have nothing to prove to me.
sonnycamehome
sonnycamehome
Unfortunately, I also feel a bit suspicious. This is an online forum filled with vulnerable people who have no way of verifying who you are and what your intentions are.

Perhaps a better way to fulfill your wish would be to offer your services as a mentor or countless other volunteer opportunities- of course, you would need to fill out an application and a background check, but assuming your intentions are good, these things should not be an issue for you.
urbangardener
urbangardener
Yes, there have been predators and scammers on DS lately. We never really know who is behind their nickname on here. This person could be a nice person or could be a scammer. Thank you two for being so honest and giving alternatives.
LoFlo
LoFlo
Wish you were in Atlanta ..such a beautiful thing to offer yourself...You Are One of A Kind!
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
Welcome to the board Lovingandcaring..... We all come to DS for 'peer support' not mentoring

It's meant to be an anonymous site for everyone to feel safe and secure

It's great to get to know members on the boards...

If you want to mentor in your area maybe something like Big Sister's or a local charity might be the way to go

DS is a great site to make new online friends though..... xo
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