The hardest thing about being single

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Matt62
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26 Jan 2012, 3:28 pm

No hugs or cuddling, or hand holding.
Yeah, I'm a guy. But I like these things! Especially from the opposite sex. I am really not very experienced sexually, so that is less of a factor as of today..

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26 Jan 2012, 5:49 pm

Waking up in the morning and the other side of the bed is cold.



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26 Jan 2012, 6:44 pm

For me it is that I have no one to kiss, cuddle or hug, no one to share life with and to make memory's with it would also feel nice to be loved not just liked , to not be the little brother or the good friend , to mean something more to people.



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26 Jan 2012, 11:50 pm

Dhrama wrote:
For me it is that I have no one to kiss, cuddle or hug, no one to share life with and to make memory's with it would also feel nice to be loved not just liked , to not be the little brother or the good friend , to mean something more to people.


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27 Jan 2012, 1:52 am

1. Nobody to cuddle, kiss, hug, or otherwise touch even if I don't have sex.
2. Having to watch the occasional public makeout session, with nobody to make out with myself.
3. Having to wonder if I'll ever be able to have kids.


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27 Jan 2012, 2:03 am

Comp_Geek_573 wrote:
1. Nobody to cuddle, kiss, hug, or otherwise touch even if I don't have sex.

that is the toughest part, to not get one's psychic needs for love fulfilled.
Comp_Geek_573 wrote:
2. Having to watch the occasional public makeout session, with nobody to make out with myself.

PDAs like that are not classy, and are no behavior to emulate. :hmph:
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3. Having to wonder if I'll ever be able to have kids.

is this a good time in this world to be putting innocent kids into it to be exposed to unknown dangers yet to come?



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27 Jan 2012, 2:40 am

auntblabby wrote:
The-Raven wrote:
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actually Im going to alter this, the hardest thing for me is going into baby scans as everyone in the waiting room has an adoring partner gazing at them, squeezing their hand and it makes me feel such a revolting, unloved loser. I expect the thing which will be worse than that though will be going in for my caesarian on my own, that will be so frightening and lonely.


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i'm sorry. :( how desolate the feeling. is there no way out of the C-section type of delivery?

I just have to wait and see, my placenta is too low, there is still quite a chance it may move, Ive got ages yet so loads of time to ruminate on it and scare myself, Im really scared of c-sections and they dont let you hold the baby for ages as it takes over half an hour to be sown up.

Im full of self pity at the moment.

any decent surgeon, on a first c-section with no previous scarring/adhesions, will be able to be in and out ["skin to skin"] in a half hour, tops. when i worked in L&D that was the average surgery time for most first c-sections. there is a uterine surgical incision and staple system which cuts time drastically, they make a small uterine incision, then they insert the device and it makes the bilateral incision and seals off the incision edges simultaneously. all that is left is to sew the uterus closed once the placenta is extracted and the endometrium is policed of any remaining placental tissue. you might ask the surgeon for a "plastic closure" [careful edge-to-edge tissue approximation using close-order fine sutures]. they can also suffuse the area with a local anaesthetic during the closure to minimize post-surgical pain if they give you a general. you should discuss this with your anaesthetist/surgeon during the pre-op. the thing to remember concerning c-sections, are that they will [unless it is emergent] give you regional anesthesia [something like a spinal or epidural] and you will be awake [but numbed from the abdomen down] during the procedure, and because of this they will at least give you a good look at your newborn, and they generally won't rush the infant out unless s/he is in need of neonatal intensive care for one reason or another. the present practice is to keep you and baby together from the get-go, as much as possible. you will have matching ID bands you will both wear for the duration of your hospitalization. during your recovery you will become acquainted with your belly pillow and encouraged to walk. you will make it through alright.

Thanks for that Auntblabby, that is reassuring :)



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27 Jan 2012, 5:20 am

Jackolantern wrote:
Waking up in the morning and the other side of the bed is cold.


This as well, not the best start to the day.


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27 Jan 2012, 3:13 pm

Existential terror. Staring at 4 walls of an empty apartment. Anxiety.

i don't feel like life has any intrinsic meaning and often feel overwhelmed by the stress of it all. Having someone to share life's ups and downs with ameliorates this feeling, but the reality is that i have Asperger's and won't find someone good who will like me too.....so it is more of an unattainable dream than anything else.



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27 Jan 2012, 10:06 pm

No tits.

Oh wait, here's some.
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27 Jan 2012, 11:02 pm

Not having someone I can cuddle in bed.



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27 Jan 2012, 11:29 pm

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No tits.

Oh wait, here's some.
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Actually, we got into bird watching a bit, I kind of miss it.



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27 Jan 2012, 11:30 pm

shrox wrote:
shrox wrote:
No tits.

Oh wait, here's some.
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Actually, we got into bird watching a bit, I kind of miss it.


Seems like something there would be clubs for, might be a good way to meet people.


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27 Jan 2012, 11:35 pm

Calluses.



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28 Jan 2012, 12:20 am

Not wanting to be single, but struggling to change it.



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28 Jan 2012, 12:57 am

coming to terms with permanent singletonness/INCEL, and finding workarounds.