Problem that strikes me every summer basically...

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Maigheo
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02 Jun 2013, 8:04 am

How do you get people actually to hang out with you if you feel like hanging out with people. I sometimes have those days that I look outside and think: Wow, it's such a beautiful day to spend outside with your friends. So I send them a text or message on Facebook and then get either nothing back or they turn me down. In the meantime I'm sitting waiting for responses. If that happens, what are you supposed to do to get over your feelings of loneliness? It's really annoying when this happens and it happens quite a lot. So I really would like to know how to deal with this.



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02 Jun 2013, 8:33 am

Go out anyway, take a book or plan somewhere to go and do it anyway. If no one else comes, send them a text afterwards saying what a nice day you had. If you go out you might meet some new friends too.



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02 Jun 2013, 8:37 am

Maigheo wrote:
How do you get people actually to hang out with you if you feel like hanging out with people. I sometimes have those days that I look outside and think: Wow, it's such a beautiful day to spend outside with your friends. So I send them a text or message on Facebook and then get either nothing back or they turn me down. In the meantime I'm sitting waiting for responses. If that happens, what are you supposed to do to get over your feelings of loneliness? It's really annoying when this happens and it happens quite a lot. So I really would like to know how to deal with this.


i have no idea. i am sorry. i never feel lonely. in fact, i am annoyed if anyone else "gate crashes" my time with myself. there are a number of people who are "straining at the bit" to come and spend some time with me, even though i prefer to be alone.

i entertain myself mainly with satiating my curiosities, and also i entertain myself with speculation, and anyone who accompanies me in my musings i see as a passenger in my train of proceedings.

maybe that is why i have people ringing me everyday and wanting to come and stay for a few days. maybe they are as bored as a petrified log in a barren rocky terrain, and i am always busy thinking about things that i want to know, and they see being with me as a holiday. i am sorry i can not say anything that may help you in a direct way.



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02 Jun 2013, 9:04 am

neilson_wheels wrote:
Go out anyway, take a book or plan somewhere to go and do it anyway.

Exactly!
Just go on about your business and enjoy the day. Back when I was younger I used to go to the mall or the library or in nice weather to the park. Sometimes you see other people when you don't expect it.



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02 Jun 2013, 11:42 am

Sometimes I wonder how it is to "just hang out" with someone.
How do people arrange it, and then, what do they do?
If I am around people it's for a specific purpose.
I do feel lonely sometimes, as everyone else seems to have people in their live. But my problem is more that I have no one to go to, if I am in trouble, or am feeling down. Mostly I am happy alone. I like to go out and discover new things, to read, etc.
I do have friends, but they live on a different continent.
Here, I find it very tiring and trying to be around people. Also I feel, I am disturbing them, which makes me feel even more uncomfortable.



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02 Jun 2013, 4:03 pm

NikitaV wrote:
Sometimes I wonder how it is to "just hang out" with someone.
How do people arrange it, and then, what do they do?
If I am around people it's for a specific purpose.
I do feel lonely sometimes, as everyone else seems to have people in their live. But my problem is more that I have no one to go to, if I am in trouble, or am feeling down. Mostly I am happy alone. I like to go out and discover new things, to read, etc.
I do have friends, but they live on a different continent.
Here, I find it very tiring and trying to be around people. Also I feel, I am disturbing them, which makes me feel even more uncomfortable.


You just call someone up and ask if they want to do something. To make it easier on yourself, ask if they want to do something you would be interested in.

The problem with not having any friends where you live is tough, I'm dealing with this right now as well. I would just go walk around or go some place you like to go, you never know if you'll meet a new friend unless you try :)

Also, you're not disturbing others, trust me :) Those are most likely fears getting in your head that aren't true.


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03 Jun 2013, 8:03 am

Yes, every summer I wish I had friends to have a picnic in the park with or share a pitcher of Pimm's sitting outside a pub.
It's kind of depressing seeing other people having good times. I'm getting sick of going everywhere alone all the time.



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05 Jun 2013, 9:37 pm

Don't worry, this happens to me also. I have only been out with friends three times. I now learned that I am better not going out with peers at school and,other such things so now all I do is be on wrong planet, go on YouTube, listen to Deadmau5 and UKF music, and go on Facebook. ...PM ME!