Roommate to counter "loneliness" - Page 4

Originally Posted by The Wayfarer

Bringing in a roommate just to serve as a surrogate strikes me as somewhat of a bad idea and perhaps telling of a broader issue you may need to address with yourself. Do you find that you're codependent? Momentarily filling that void is just going to continue to bolster that problem, and not necessarily solve anything.

I've lived alone. I've lived with roommates. And then lived together with a girlfriend for three years.

Living alone was just dandy, and I quite enjoyed the privacy. But money became an issue so I resorted to the roommate thing for a minute.

Moved in with two of my closest friends and, after only three months, we all hated each other. I only talk to one of them now, and that's just very seldom. There's just something about being in that close of proximity with people and being financially dependent on one another that makes even the smallest things absolutely insufferable and grating. Like dude said earlier, "it's only a pizza box!"

Shortly after that, I got involved in a very serious relationship and we lived together for three years. That grew to become the norm for me and I got very used to it. After we split, I certainly went through a fit of loneliness. It was strange being alone for the first time in three and a half years. I go out, and I'm very social, but coming home to an empty apartment with no one to welcome me took a bit of getting used to again. It's been six months and I'm just now getting back in the upswing of being single and living alone. It's now the norm again and I actually quite like it. I think it's a matter of being comfortable and confident in oneself, and not needing constant human interaction. The privacy and freedom is great, and, of course, I'll bring over lady friends a couple of times a week to stay the night. It doesn't have to be so lonely in the single man's world.

Originally Posted by autobot_tom

i wish to live alone .