Living 'alone'
- Thread starter Noodley
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Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
You need to lay off the skunk and do something a bit more mellow Noodley. 
Know what you mean. I spent a lonely week at work after Christmas, despite having dozens of folk around me.
Know what you mean. I spent a lonely week at work after Christmas, despite having dozens of folk around me.
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Noodley said:
Life goes on much the same really.
I spend a lot of time alone but I am not lonely as such.
But of course I have a family so that sort of tempers the fact that out of 16 hours awake, working and being without company for 8 or 9 hours or more doesn't seem unusual because I have loved ones around at other times. If I was single and didn't have that support I think I would go mad to be honest.
Odd then that I should be keen on cycling which I do for the most part alone.
On the other hand as Longers said it can be very lonely in a crowd.
But of course I have a family so that sort of tempers the fact that out of 16 hours awake, working and being without company for 8 or 9 hours or more doesn't seem unusual because I have loved ones around at other times. If I was single and didn't have that support I think I would go mad to be honest.
Odd then that I should be keen on cycling which I do for the most part alone.
On the other hand as Longers said it can be very lonely in a crowd.
addictfreak
Guru
- Location
- Boldon, Tyne and Wear
Noodley said:
Its bliss mate, sadly just a distant memory
Kirstie
Über Member
No matter who you have around you, you only have yourself at the end of the day. So I know what you mean.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I have lived on my own for a long time now and have been retired for the same amount of time and I can go days without speaking to anyone, and I have wondered if one can loose the art of conversation, I don’t know if that is possible ??.
I don’t feel lonely as such, but there are sometimes that I would like to tell someone of what I have achieved i.e like a long bike ride, kayaking, fishing, but you come home and just keep it to yourself.
I don’t feel lonely as such, but there are sometimes that I would like to tell someone of what I have achieved i.e like a long bike ride, kayaking, fishing, but you come home and just keep it to yourself.
ComedyPilot
Secret Lemonade Drinker
- Location
- The Kingdom of Yorkshire
numbnuts said:
You've got us?
beanzontoast
Guru
- Location
- South of The Peaks
I was alone quite a lot as a child as, going to school from an outlying area, most of my school friends were 10-20 miles away in the evenings and at weekends. I never thought myself particularly lonely - I had schoolmates living on farms who were even more cut off from company than my situation - but there were times when it would have been nice to have people nearer.
As an adult, it can be easier said than done to join groups, especially if your work cuts across leisure time. You tend to find that many adults have long established friendships from school days and being a 'newcomer' to their circle of friends can be tricky.
As an adult, it can be easier said than done to join groups, especially if your work cuts across leisure time. You tend to find that many adults have long established friendships from school days and being a 'newcomer' to their circle of friends can be tricky.
