I\'m used to being single, but it seems to hit the hardest around the holidays, particularly Christmas. I have been somewhat depressed and lonely the past few days since all of my friends are in relationships or married. So I do not have anyone to spend time with or even vent to.
How do you singles deal with the holidays or distract yourself from being lonely?
Ah don\'t worry about it. Just know you have hobbies and things to occupy you outside relationship stuff, least I hope. If you do, you\'ll be fine. Life is about distractions. If you got something to preoccupy your mind after a nuclear explosion, you\'ll be fine. No worries
Myself, like you i\'m in my early 30\'s and I\'m single.
Things to avoid: 1) Alcohol (can make things more depressing),
2) Relationship based Christmas movies
3) Kids (if you want but don\'t have them)
4) Spending time with friends and family that lord their family and relationships over you. aka; minimal time at family dinner if you have one
I don’t think about it, I just want good food and presents . But I’ll admit, that the only time I worry about being single is on Valentine’s Day. Or used to that is. Cause being in social groups and everybody rubbing it in on “oooooh look what my SO got meeeee ”. That used to affect me a lot. Cause people would feel sorry for me whenever it was never really necessary. Now, it doesn’t. I don’t go to social groups (cause I don’t have any friends). That now I see it as “oh cool stuffed animals. Candy 50% off? Yum more love for me”. Lol