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  1. TheSolitaryMan

    Perfect example of how society feels about beauty (or lack of)

    IMO this is more an example of how people on the internet are just massive dickbags :rolleyes:
  2. TheSolitaryMan

    Self Esteem has gone M.I.A.

    Hey mate. Gonna number my points to make them clearer. 1. Why did you pick LordofLosers as your username? For me that's pretty telling of your "MIA" self-esteem. If you see yourself as a loser, everyone else will be happy to make that assumption too. And it becomes a self-fulfilling...
  3. TheSolitaryMan

    Is online dating really that difficult for average guys?

    Good God, man, share the secret with me! :P I uploaded a photogenic (and to be honest, slightly gigolo-y) photo of me working outside in skimpy clothing on my profile the other day. Surprisingly/depressingly, this apparently worked wonders and I had two short conversations and a bunch of...
  4. TheSolitaryMan

    Dating sites are pointless.

    Callie's a smart woman, and I think it's unfair to dismiss her points out-and-out like that, even if you make a few fair strides with your argument too. And I flatly say this as someone who has been rejected for most of their life, ha ;) I think the depressing thing about dating sites is that...
  5. TheSolitaryMan

    Loneliness: did it ever leave?

    Thanks guys, some really helpful replies :) See, this is the weird thing. Sometimes I'll finish a week or two and not think about it at all, everything seems fine. Then I'll just think "Hang on a minute, I spend more time staring at sheets on my desk than I do actually with human beings."...
  6. TheSolitaryMan

    Is online dating really that difficult for average guys?

    I dunno. I've had notifications a couple of times now that say "You have a new Match Message!" and then when I check there's nothing at all. Which seems weird. Plus I had to reinstall the app about 4 times just to get it to find matches in my area. Blergh. I certainly wouldn't recommend it...
  7. TheSolitaryMan

    You know your lonely when

    Ah, I feel ya buddy :( If it helps, you're a great dude and you were always nice to me on here. You deserve better. I do both of these. A friend of mine gave me a weird look recently when I said I was eating at a bar alone, and I didn't understand. I've been alone for years, why is eating...
  8. TheSolitaryMan

    Is online dating really that difficult for average guys?

    If it makes you feel better, I've found Tinder is a really buggy piece of crap so far (on Android at least). I've heard that even if you change your pics to a supermodel, sometimes you'll just get 0 matches for ages because the matching system is messed up. I've also just tried "liking"...
  9. TheSolitaryMan

    Loneliness: did it ever leave?

    Hey all. Haven't posted for a while, but I always found this site helpful, so...here's a rather long story. Probably TL;DR tbh :P I remember four years ago I was starting university. I was badly overweight, cripplingly shy and had surprisingly little social experience. I had few friends and had...
  10. TheSolitaryMan

    Dating sites are pointless.

    So far I have to say I've found dating sites are only really useful for wrecking your own self-esteem. I used to consider myself an alright looking guy. I've got a pretty decent physique now, and I don't look like the a pile of horse manure. Even so, I've intermittently used dating sites for a...
  11. TheSolitaryMan

    You CANNOT Win As a Single Person

    Thing is, people are totally full of bull***t when it comes to the reality of relationships - which is, IMO, that they're almost entirely coincidence and lucky chance. Sure, like Poker, you can influence those chances. But it's still chance at the end of the day. You must essentially win the...
  12. TheSolitaryMan

    Want advice, will pay hugs/handshakes

    Very true. Thank you for the advice ^^ Thanks Eve. Yeah, I don't understand it TBH... :rolleyes: - Life continues. The most recent bizarre rejection came on a group club evening out. I had this pretty girl come over out of the blue, start dancing with me, start snuggling up to me, and then...
  13. TheSolitaryMan

    I'm 25, no luck so far. Is it too late?

    Hey man. I'm in exactly the same boat, minus a few short years. I feel that when I'm 25 I'll be in exactly your position too :) I feel like I know completely what you mean. I find the most frustrating thing is that people in my family, friends circle etc. just fundamentally don't seem to...
  14. TheSolitaryMan

    Want advice, will pay hugs/handshakes

    Well, basically it turned out the guy who cheek-kissed her is her bf. They're at that stage where they don't tell anyone and it's still apparently fine to flirt with other people for weeks even though they're committed :( She turned up with him at this group event a few weeks later and they...
  15. TheSolitaryMan

    Want advice, will pay hugs/handshakes

    Hey guys, it's me! Another rare Solitary log-on, another confused post in Relationships :D May I ask for some advice from you all? A few different perspectives should really help :P Girls keep flirting with me lately. I know for sure I'm not imagining it now, though for the longest time I...
  16. TheSolitaryMan

    Romance? I am absolutely alone.

    Never give up! I want to too, sometimes. Even right now, actually. But to give up is to just accept without resistance that this is how the world is now, and that's a great tragedy. Latest photos of my prospective girl have just appeared all over my social media feed. She's laughing and...
  17. TheSolitaryMan

    Romance? I am absolutely alone.

    I know, right? Fun Story 1: I went drinking with some friends recently. A mate of mine, by all accounts a decent fellow, was describing his new iPhone app. Apparently it sends you a picture of someone within a 20 mile radius. If you "like" it and they "like" yours, it hooks you up with each...
  18. TheSolitaryMan

    Romance? I am absolutely alone.

    Man, I really did hope I wouldn't be posting here again for a while. But I just feel completely like crap at the moment, frankly, and I need to share all the bottled up melancholy! I'm in my last year of college. In a few months I'll be 23...and yet I still haven't had any kind of non-platonic...
  19. TheSolitaryMan

    Questions for the Women

    Theoretical question from a newbie: Do you like guys who cook? I love cooking and I'd like to do a meal for a girl one day. Just sort of meet her for an evening, have some wine, follow a fancy recipe from one of my cookbooks, that kind of thing. Problem is, I think it's equally...
  20. TheSolitaryMan

    Girls and Phone Numbers

    There was this party recently with this girl I have a bit of a crush on there. She invited me along completely out of the blue, so I didn't really know anyone. Anyway, I spent most of the evening getting to know all these friends of her's. At one point, I was talking to someone I'd just met and...
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