Feeling lonely?

Hello Everyone! I just wanted to take the time and post about something that everyone goes through. Feeling like you're alone. Honestly I never feel that alone, because I try and surround myself with friends that make me happy. With winter break in full effect all of my friends have traveled home, and I'm left to just sit around at home. I can talk to my friends, yes, but a lot of the mare spending time with family/friends/significant others. I've also come to realize in my group of friends I am now the only one doesn't have a special someone. In all honesty, it can be hard when they break off into pairs to cuddle up during a movie. So, how do you handle feeling lonely? Do you feel lonely because you're the only single one? Or is loneliness a constant thing for you?

It sucks being the third, fifth, seventh, ninth, etc. wheel in a group setting. Most of my closer friends have had their current significant others for well over a year, are engaged, or have gotten married and started families. I try to keep my frustration buried on the inside and not let it leak out, but it's hard to not be vocal sometimes about how I can't find anyone or why nearly every time I do they aren't interested in me in that way or already have a significant other. That's the most frustrating thing to me. It hasn't been lack of effort, but just circumstances and bad luck. Being 33 and a gamer/geek isn't very appealing to women around my age. Most of the girls who might be more along the same lines of interest to me are way to young for me to realistically consider dating. I know I'm not an ugly guy and can offer someone a great relationship. I just need to find someone who can accept me for who I am that I feel I can also click with.

I have been dealing with loneliness for a while, i just don't pick up when people like me, the way i deal with loneliness is draw or try to play some online games where I don't have time to think about things.

Hmm the issue is that I don't seem to connect with those around me, even my friends and it creates an almost physical gap between them. Probably social ineptitude I dunno :P

@erm_pandas @Cecil I'm with you on both occasions and *especially* being the umpteenth wheel. In terms of being lonely, I try to materialize certain things being "better" than what others get to experience/have. "Oh! I have a dozen doughnuts all to myself and rounds of anime to watch! I don't need to feel so butthurt about every other friend of mine starting to date somebody!" "Oh, at the park with a group of 10 others. They all start making out at once? Screw that, they're missing out on fried Oreos and a decent carnival ride!" Not even in terms of relationships, but due to discrimination and bullying, I've tried to make myself feel, in some way, superior than others because of the choices they make, if that makes any sense. Like I was meant to be inferior. I don't have the same ideal now but, I don't know. ~T

>.< I've been alone for a long time not once have I dated a girl so yeah I feel alone. If you ever seen Welcome to NHK then that's how thing's are for me right now all but one thing is there. That girl that saves me. I'm so lonely right now I hate life and every thing but anime. Every day I wake up and try something new to better my self and my situation but it never gets better. My best Friend is a ladies man so he's always got a girl. He even tried to help me out but it failed. One time the girl ignored me and just started to hit on him. I try not to get mad at my bad situation but after so many times and for so long with over a billion tries it gets old. At times I wish I could just disappear.

When I'm feeling lonely I just talk to my cat, my imaginary friends, or inanimate objects. I'm pretty much never alone. :)