If you are single and have married friends, . . .

by compound complex 26 Replies latest jw friends

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  compound complex

  is your sense of loneliness (if you are lonely) heightened when you see what they share? 

  How do cope (if you ARE coping) with a sense of isolation, of not having a significant other?

  I know some single persons who are very happy as they are. Likewise, I know some miserable couples. We all know what the apostle Paul said on this subject so I'll skip that!

  Your thoughts and personal experience are welcome, whether YOU are a couple or you are single.

  Thanks.

  CC

  
  
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  DesirousOfChange

  Most of my peers who are single are single as a result of divorce. Most of them are not really "happy". I suppose that is why most people who have had a bad marriage and have divorced still try it again at marriage.

  Doc
  
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  compound complex

  Thank you, Doc.

  I, personally, can relate to what you have written. Some have not tried again, however.

  Hope springs eternal?

  CC
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  Magwitch

  I have been divorced for nine years after a horrible 20 year marriage in JWdom. My husband was the epitome of a male chauvinist pig. I have had some nice dating experiences and have met some wonderful men, but the thought of committing again has me running in the opposite direction anytime I get close. I do get lonely, especially around my happily married friends, but not enough to chance it again. 
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  Holden Caufield

  Me personally I prefer to stay single too much hassle in relationships anyway.
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  stan livedeath

  ive been married 3 times--for better and very much for the worse. i'd be married again by now except my partner lives the other side of the world still.
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  compound complex

  Thank you, Magwitch, Holden and Stan, for your perspective: enlightening, to say the very least.

  I'm already seeing that my own situation has hardly been intolerable. I manage on all levels, and I acknowledge your comments on the difficulty inherent in relationships, even when there is good compatibility.

  Gratefully,

  CC
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  Dismissing servant

  I did not marry in the "Truth"...and I have reamined single...I hate this lonlieness and not having a significant other.
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  OUTLAW

  
  

                          "Purple Sofa" put it perfectly..

       "It`s Better To be Alone,Than To Want To Be Alone"

  
                 
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  stuckinarut2

  I love your name Holden Caufield!

  Catcher in the Rye?