Hi 4everlonely,
Meetup.com has a lot of activity groups with younger members (30's and 40's). You might want to give them a try.
Anyway... I just want to say, that I also have co-workers who are married with kids but we still find time to socialize. We just go out to lunch during the work week. Sometimes on the weekends we also meet (they bring their kids along) for a walk at a park.
Anyway... don't overlook older folks or people younger than yourself for friendship. I have friends in all different age groups. Also there are plenty of single, divorced, & widowed people out there (I read recently that single women now out number married women in the USA) so keep looking and you will find some friends.
Finally... I just want to say that if you are crying yourself to sleep every night (as you mentioned in your latest post), and feeling sad for long periods of time, then it sounds like there is another issue (a far bigger one) that is contributing to your sad mood.
Are you currently being treated for depression????
I am just wondering because depression can have a nasty way of making one see situations in life as being far worse than they actually are. It also can make one think that these problems are virtually impossible to solve.
Peppermint Patty
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Originally Posted by 4everlonely
acually i was just the opposite of emotionally needy, maybe that has been my problem-too strong,not needy enough.everyone i know have recently been shocked to here that i do feel lonely and depressed as i have hid it so well. its just recent that i feel such a need for someone special in my life. this is the only place i have been able to express myself freely without feeling like im just whining. I have done very well with my life considering my upbringing. I have always had confidence in myself and
always have done the right thing. now i just cry myself to sleep every night. i have looked into activity groups in my area, unforunatly it mostly consist of people 60 and older.which i do enjoy being around that age crowd, it is not a place for meeting people my age to go do things with. i also live in a dry county so there is no night life here not that i would be a bar fly but it would be easier to meet people. The people i do know such as co-workers are all married and have families so they are unavailable most of the time and i feel like a 3rd wheel.
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