How long have you been single?

[Chriiss]

I had GFs when I was early teens but they don't really count as relationships. Soo Yee I've never had a proper relationship. Don't know whether I'd want one.

 

[Shift]

Like... four years. If a gay boy and the criminally insane count as boyfriends.

20 years, if you mean a proper boyfriend.

 

[Shygirl2011]

I had a relationship fall apart in November and then finally end last month, as for the other relationship- I still have some lingering feelings for my first bf. He knows though, he's real sweet about it. We are really close friends.

 

[Tiercel]

Far too long.

I'm still not sure if that's good or bad. I sure would like a more balanced perspective, though.

 

[brancot]

been single for about less then a month now .. she dumped me over txt .. longest relationship i had was my first one which was 2 years but i ended it cause i wasnt ready to commit and be married and have kids and she wanted all that .. i have had pretty much 7 month to 4 month to 2 week relationships since . and usually crappy ones from where they cheat on me or just find someone better or say im not outgoing enough or some crap like that .. so ya think im doomed in the relationship department .. but ya dont mean im gonna give up still have lots of life to live and maybe there is someone out there that will love me for me someday .. i can only hope .

 

[WeirdyMcGee]

was in one relationship for 8 years and have been single for 2, now. Will remain single forever.

 

[GoBlue72]

4(or 5) years I think. The years really do fly by as you get older. Better to have them fly by with someone, I would think in most cases.

 

[JamesSmith]

I've found out that love is for people who actually have their life together. I'm far from that.

 

[Kinetik]

About five weeks. Life's a little boring now but at least I've got time to work on myself. I've sacrificed too much in order to have relationships in the past. I actually had to take a few weeks off from this forum as I was really down about the break-up last month, but I'm finally starting to feel good about things again, so hopefully I'll be around more now.

 

[BlueDays]

I thought the first and only relationship I had that ended 7 years ago, would make me want to be single for the rest of my life.
However after 7 years of being single, I am starting to warm to the idea of accepting a relationship if one ever came along.

 

[conscious_mindz]

Ive been single for almost 4 years & cant see it changing anytime soon, so ill hugg pillows & pretend sum1 loves me, AAGGGGGHH im sad

 

[bsebring]

I hate february and it's stupid valentines day :/

 

[Anti Matter]

3 years. It's awesome.

 

[A friend]

You've got to find the things that you love to do. The things you have a passion for and immerse yourself in those. Pets are great too. You can love them and they give you love unconditionally.

My advice is to learn to love life, there's so much more to it than whether you are single or not. You're lost if you continue to see life as some sort of incurable disease simply because you are unlucky in the dating stakes. Being single is not a disease in need of a cure

You might get to a point in your life when your appreciate your idependence. I know I have. I've always been single, I didn't go to the 'prom', because that sort of thing bores me to tears and I don't lose any sleep over it. It ceased being an issue long ago.

I respect this statement almost more than anything else.

 

[Kathryn]

I have been single all my life and I'm almost 20.
I think that some of the people on this forum should hook up, we are all pretty much the same when it comes to dating lmao.

 

[Kathryn]

Sometimes I look at a person I like(without talking to them or even meeting them, of course) and i think, "just give me a few days, please. I could make you happy for the rest of your life." I really want to love someone, but I don't think that the majority of people have the same poetic ideas about love that I do. I am just a hopeless romantic.

 

[GoBlue72]

I hate february and it's stupid valentines day :/

I've never celebrated a Valentines Day with a girlfriend. I never dated anyone around this time of year, or had a relationship long enough to make it back around to V-Day the next year.

So, not sure if this has been touched on but how do people feel when they see couples together walking hand in hand or kissing, etc? At first I feel hopeful by comparing myself to the guy in the relationship and thinking I could've landed the girl. But then my comparing/negative side comes out and I just get frustrated, telling myself what an idiot I am that I'm not with someone. I used to be fine with my independence, but too many years alone maybe are wearing on me.

 

[A friend]

I have been single all my life and I'm almost 20.
I think that some of the people on this forum should hook up, we are all pretty much the same when it comes to dating.

Hmm....

Sometimes I look at a person I like(without talking to them or even meeting them, of course) and i think, "just give me a few days, please. I could make you happy for the rest of your life." I really want to love someone, but I don't think that the majority of people have the same poetic ideas about love that I do. I am just a hopeless romantic.

Well...If you think you're a hopeless romantic, that won't help getting a love life. I gave up now because it stresses me out too bad, and all the girls where I live are taken. But that doesn't mean you have to give up too.

Think positive, and life will get better.

 

[NVN]

26 years. 26 years. 26 years.

 

[Graeme1988]

My whole life. 22 years, 23 years come the end of March.