I wish I had a best friend too. I don't think I like people. It makes it hard.

I wish I had a friend period! I'm glad I know there are people that I can talk to that have the same issues as me.

There is some irony in this huh?

It's sad, I have a couple of really good friends, but I never feel like I can talk to them about the really important things like how I feel and what I'm going through. And though they are wonderful people, I always feel more alone when I'm around them then when I am physically alone.

I do have a best friend. We celebrated our 10 year anniversary on Halloween. The night that we met, we just instantly clicked. Within an hour of meeting eachother, we were saying things like "you're my new best friend". The ironic part was is that we weren't kidding.

He has his problems, I have mine, and we meet in the middle to share, live, laugh, love, and drink on occasion. You can't look for a best friend, you just know when it happens. It's kind of like when people say stop looking for love and it will fall in your lap. There is a certain truth to that.

Just be yourself no matter what. A best friend will love you for your faults, not despite them.

I can relate. I don't really have any friends to hang out with and dating has been just one disaster after another.

I'm tired of feeling so alone all the time too. There are days when I wonder what's the point of getting out of bed.

There have been many times in my life when I've felt so utterly and miserably lonely and the feelings of loneliness is something that is hard to describe.

When I was younger I was beyond shy. I was almost afraid of my own shadow but I don't know what's happened to me over the years, but I've completely shed my shyness. Now I talk to everyone whom I come in contact with.

At my job I talk to a lot of folks because I work in retail. I even talk to small children and babies. I love people now.

So what I'm trying to say is maybe you can start to say hello to safe total strangers. I think it can make you feel less lonely and who knows how your personality will develop if you start noticing others around you.

Just my two cents.

Hi there, I wish i had a best friend too and i am too looking for friends...its hard so i know how you feel.

sometimes u cant find your best friend. sometimes u just have to let THEM come to YOU. i remember when i met my best friend shannon =] it was the most randomest thing ive done to met a person. i was running through the mall with my sister && i was rounding the corner && i rammed right into him xD i ended up on top of him. .-. lol well after about 10 min. of appologizing i asked him if he wanted to come to the movies with us as a way of making up almost killing him with my weight xD && since then we've been friends && more than tht 2. so, the point is, the best things come unexspectadly.

I to understand its hard to find a bestfriend and for alot of people it is.To have a best friend is a very big roll that person should be someone u trust and loyolty for eachother. But your right it is hard to find people who are true and stratup these days. but there out there . you should just start talkin to people just a little casual coversation. sometimes u have to befreind a person and then u start to get to know them. I have one and she is amazin it took us awill to get to really know eachother. we both had to let our garde down to be true and strat with one another. But u will find that friend for u i did why not u. just stay stong

I know how you feel ! I had a best friend for almost 10 years and when she moved we were still able to stay friends. After a couple years she called in tears and angry saying she had caught her husband cheating on her. Needless to say my heart went out to her I I tried supporting her until I found out she was cheating as well and being just as unchristian and as wild as he was. I could no longer support her and the choices she was making. I had so much going crazy in my own life with our daughter that I could no longer handle her daily crises on top of my own so I had to walk away and the loneliness has been overwhelming as I don't make friends very easy. I got my self involved make warm items for the homeless shelters and orphans in Nepal. I can't work due to severe crohns disease so I am stuck at home and almost live on my computer. Wish I could be nearer to help. :-) Take care and I'm here if you need an ear.

HI Amber,

I read your note then the notes of others and there are a lot of us who are in need of a best friend, and a relational friend at that would be nice. I was told the other day that exercise does a world of good without medicines so I am trying to find an exercise buddy as I have a hard time getting motivated.
We are in trying times Amber, there has been a shift in the world and many people seem to be unable to focus on others because everyone is too much in need. I will pray for a respectful and genuinely honest person to come into your life. Know that you are here for a reason and though it may not seem like your life has meaning, it does. Be open to the good that will be coming your way but know the sun comes out after the rain. It is in the suffering times that we are then graced with beautiful gifts of character. If you believe in God, share your loneliness with Him and ask Him to pamper you so that you can see He is really there and has not forgotten you. Have a blessed week Amber!
Caeli

I have a family, and work hard, but still have no one at all to talk to honestly, i wish i did!

I do have many good friends, but I don't and never have really had a best friend that I truly feel is there for me, other than my husband, of course, but as far as girlfriends go, there's no one I can call my best friend and everyone seems to have a BFF. There was one comment on saying hello to strangers, and I disagree that will make you feel less lonely. I am not shy, and I do that - say hello to everyone I see, but only about 50% say hello back. Everyone else is so cold and hard, they refuse to acknowledge anyone else, and look right at me but do not return the hello. I am out and about a lot, especially since we have a dog, and some days this makes me feel even more lonely and frustrated. If you decide to try saying hello, just don't have high expectations - depending on the area you live in, not everyone will say hello back. Anyway, I do indentify with wishing for a BFF...I wish I had one too, depsite a full life the lack of one does make me lonely.