Which do you think is worse?

This is an interesting statement to me. I never really looked at it that way.

 

Don't blame me if it makes you feel worse... :leaving:

 

Haha, no it actually made me think about it a different way.

Anywho, I'm about to make a last minute trip to Chicago. So, time alone for a bit.

 

I think its worse being around people who make you feel alone.
Being alone on the other hand can be fun.

 

That's the thing. I don't see being alone as an evil at all. I need it, and I enjoy it. Whether or not I have people whom I love in my life.

 

I also enjoy being alone. I hate being around people who's company I don't enjoy. Nobody got time fo dat

 

I have no problem with being alone.

 

i'd rather be alone than with most people. although being with the few people i truly enjoy being with is better than being alone.

 

I find that being Alone is the Best company one can wish for - One is never really alone - it just seems that way - MeThinks
Often I bemoan the fact that without female company there is a lack of Romantic comfort.
Without male company there is the lack of competitive stimulation to succeed in work ethic
Without a Crowd, ones voice is lost in the Wilderness.
Though I'd rather be seen as a "Fool On The Hill" than a Sheep within a flock of staidness, convention and (to many) normality
- Or maybe, - Just me, and not bitter, then?

 

I hate being alone, but I haven't really been around many people who made me feel lonely. Hell, even with my husband, we spend a good 80% of our time in our own little worlds on our computers and I still don't feel lonely.

 

Definitely being around people who make you feel alone. At least when you are alone you can be yourself and do whatever you want to do. It's hard to do that around a bunch of people you don't like.

 

Oh god. Very simple question for me. If literal physical people made me feel alone, I'd choose to be alone for the rest of my life. That's a horrible feeling

 

I think people tend to connect being alone with being lonely. They are not the same thing. I have no problem being alone. I do have a dog and a cat so I am not truly alone. I don't remember the last time I felt lonely.

When I was younger I probably spent more time around people in general. Now I prefer to be around people I care about. I would much rather be alone than be around people I don't like.

 

I think that people's tolerances can change over time. In the past, I was in part of a large group. We'd go away on trips and stuff. But the reality was that some of us genuinely disliked other ones in the group, and for good reason. Now the group has split into factions. I prefer it with the remaining people being genuine. Actually, this has happened a couple of times, looking back.

 

I agree. :2thumbsup:


I think my bullshit meter had gotten really low over the years. I just can't take a lot of that these days. My patience wears thin when that kind of crap is flying around. :smash:

 

I feel less lonely on top of a hill looking down a valley than I would in a crowded pub. When I get home , once inside the front door I am in a world of my own.

 

I can spend a day or two on my own just fine, but thinking about being with people who make you feel lonely for 2 days... In reality though this rarely happens, and also when i am confronted with people who can make you feel lonely or uncomfortable I am usually not the first who is bothered by them. For example, the awkward silence seems to get experienced by other people sooner than me. It's only when they let me know (consciously or subconsciously) they experience the silence as awkward that I generally become aware of it too If you can't get comfortable in a silence you probably feel some kind of loneliness among the people you're with sooner.

 

Being around people who make you feel alone, no doubt about it.