Man, I never realized their were so many of us around here!
Zen,
loved your post, I wish that I could find humor in this ritual as you have. And hell yes, I feel the same way about not letting society tell me what's "normal" for me, if I want to remain single than to hell with what anyone thinks of me.
Brad,
consider yourself treasurer.
It's amazing what similarities we all have with this issue, you could have been describing me in your post. I'll go you one better, i'll ask Ron and Parker to start another forum area called 'THE LONELY LOSERS LOUNGE'.
And as far as going out to meet my "soul mate" (I really dislike that term, it sounds too much like "cell mate"), go out where? If you mean clubs or other social gatherings like that, I won't because i'm not really into that stuff, so, in theory, my soul mate (who's supposed to share my same intrests) wouldn't either, right? So why would I find her at those places?
It doesn't matter anyway, I can go the rest of my life without finding anyone and be just fine with it, if it happens, great, if not, no sweat.
Patrick,
envy may be a bad color, but sadly it's one that many of us wear from time to time, we can't control it when the feeling hits us. Lonliness will do that to you if it really gets to you, and you start to think about other people and the fact that they get to cuddle up next to another warm body at night when all you have is your cat to lay next to.
I'm not feeling sorry for myself with that statement, I assure you, it's just something that alot of people feel, including me from time to time.
