I rarely to never feel lonely

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I love being alone. I crave solitude. I wish I could be a total hermit living in a condo and have food and stuff delivered to me. I like being with my dad and or cousin sometimes and even like a good hug (mostly for the feeling of pressure) once in a while. But I mainly want to be left completely alone.

I concur. I find that, the older I get, the more and more that I REALLY value alone-time for just myself.

Yeah definitely.

Me too.

I wish I have such fulfillment in long terms. And I kind of wanted more of it.

It's not easy to maintain being alone from where I live, so solitude is pretty much a luxury.
I would like more than a whole day without human contact as much as a day without sneezing, but that never happened to me.

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I love being alone too. It's annoying when people automatically assume that I'm lonely.

I don't think I've ever felt lonely. It is said that if you spend too much time on your own you will lose your mind , I think for some this is the case but for me if I was the last person earth I know I would not feel lonely or lose my mind , in fact it would be beneficial to me - maybe I'm just antisocial

I never feel lonely when I'm alone, but I do when I'm with people - maybe that's feeling excluded rather than lonely, though, I'm not sure. I prefer being alone.

I don't "like" being alone. I just can't deal with being around people for a long period of time.

You are very young, give it a few years. Still young enough to make changes

Being around groups of people and family gatherings make me feel alone. I'm unable to connect and feel out of place like a weirdo or alien. I enjoy being alone but sometimes I get so lonely it hurts. Sometimes I wish I had some people I could connect with and share my thoughts and ideas.

Same here! I am an introverted, non social hermit. There is a difference between non social & anti social. Anti's don't like people--they tend to be hostile, sometimes violently so. Non social people just prefer being alone, but don't hate people in general.

My situation is complicated by having an extroverted, gregarious father, who cannot comprehend any introverted person being happy to be alone. He is in his early 90s, & I am in my late 50s, & even after more than 5 & a half decades, I am unable to make him understand that I like being alone. It is very frustrating at times. He is always after me to have more contact with the family, and with other people, as well. I do post here at WP, & at other web sites, so that's some contact, I do have a little contact with family, & I do talk to people when out running errands every couple of weeks. This is more than enough social contact for me.

There is nothing wrong with being a solitary type of person, as long as it doesn't make you unhappy, or violently angry on a regular basis. If being alone does make you unhappy or violent, then you are not a natural introvert, and perhaps should try having at least a little more contact with others.