Am I the only single guy?

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Atory

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I've never been married and have no kids. Can anyone relate? I've been reading Kindle books 📚 for fun, but sometimes I feel like it would be nice to share my feelings and emotions with someone. Most important to me is that when I am in a group that I am not just observing or participating but that there is connection. I mean that others are reciprocating by speaking and sharing their issues or feelings also.
They say most guys don't share emotions. Do you agree? Do you think 🤔 it is abnormal to be emotional as a guy?
 
I have been married, but my wife passed away some years ago. Even simple things like watching a good movie are better shared. I can do that alone now, but it took me a long time to get there. I still cannot travel (like a vacation) alone. Seeing beautiful sites by myself would not work for me, since it was the sharing that made it worthwhile. I cannot eat out in a restaurant alone. I only go when there is someone to go with me.
 
Pepper said:
I once was walking on a beach. I was sad that I had no one to share the stingray that washed up. I even looked for a stranger to tell
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since the x has been gone this last few years, I do that.. sometimes.. if I see something that I think I would want to tell someone.. and I'm on my own..I tell the nearest person


Of course, I live in the South so here if you speak to random strangers, they either screech with horror..... or call the police.... 🚓 so I have to run away a lot....😂
 
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Pepper said:
I never found the southern English to be that way. Probably expected from a crazy American to talk to just about anyone!
@hollydolly
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possibly...but relly you were at college so you were mixing with your peers regardless of nationality...

but the southern English are absolutely notoious for being stadoffish and unfriendly.... it's sad really...
 
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My ex and I split up almost nine years ago. Let’s say I miss the good early years of the marriage and when the kids were growing up. The ending was not good. Addictions. I don’t miss her.

All my male friends are married. They really don’t share emotional stuff (they probably do with their wives). It’s all talk about sports, market trading, travel, buying and selling this and that. One year a former member of our group disappeared and nobody would talk about it. I finally found out he un-alived himself. No obit or funeral - zip. Nobody ever mentions it. Like he never existed. Sad.

I think my kid’s generations (millennial/z) are much better communicating about emotion, feelings, and such…
 
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SunnySmiles said:
I'm currently single as well, yes it gets tough, my partner and I drifted apart before separating and things haven't been the same...just the way it goes I guess but I still like to share the stupid little things I care about with someone but increasingly there is less and less people to share it with.
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Well, you can share with the people here; most of them are good listeners.
 
MACKTEXAS said:
I have been married, but my wife passed away some years ago. Even simple things like watching a good movie are better shared. I can do that alone now, but it took me a long time to get there. I still cannot travel (like a vacation) alone. Seeing beautiful sites by myself would not work for me, since it was the sharing that made it worthwhile. I cannot eat out in a restaurant alone. I only go when there is someone to go with me.
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That’s sad Mack. Although I have friends to do things with, I sometimes want to do something on the spur of the moment and I just go and do it like eating out. I have went to movies and plays alone also.

If I take a vacation by myself, I take a tour that’s for solo travelers so that nobody else has a partner and people will be eager to talk to one another. I took an 11 day tour to Europe that was limited to 25 people and it was all women except for one man. It was a lot of fun and the age of the women ranged from 35–80. Everyone was very nice to one another.
 
The grass can always appear to be greener on the other side of the fence. Some look for partners, others look for the freedom of being on their own. I think this applies to all aspects of our lives.
 
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