lonely

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aw william jones man :(

So I was gonna post this on the GURL thread, but then I thought "If I think this is gender-land-grabbing bullshit, wouldn't it be better to get other perspectives?"

http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/love,-sex-and-relationships/are-women-lonelier-than-men-20130618-2ofn3.html

The title is deceiving; it's not about "are women lonelier than men" but "is loneliness worse for women than for men." I mean, I dispute the former utterly; this thread certainly shows everybody in their loneliness. But the latter... I suspect it's complicated. I certainly think that society treats the condition of "being on your own" differently for the genders. On one hand, there's such a prevalent and accepted view of a male "loner" as Being A Thing, while an unaccompanied woman is a vision not of strength or resilience but portrayed either as victim, or the subject of fear, loathing and demonisation. On the other hand, I suspect that the portrayal of "women" as "the social gender" makes it harder for men to admit to or try to ask for help with being lonely.

Anyway, you know how much I hate pieces like this which unnecessarily gender Things Which Are Not Gendered. But there's a rash of "loneliness and how it diminishes your life expectancy" articles lately. And FFS, like it's not bad enough feeling the stigma, and the embarrassment at having to admit to Being Lonely, but now I have to worry that it will kill me, too.

Aeon Magazine did a similar piece a while back, which was much better written IMO:

http://aeon.co/magazine/being-human/olivia-laing-me-lonely-in-manhattan/

one of those "sad loser surrounded by companionship" days

even after Jesus Christ superstar

People who spend all day posting to ILX definitely aren't lonely

broad statement

i cried all the fucking way thru Jesus Christ Superstar

well if that's not what alw musicals are for then idk what

truth

the last JCS I caught had an absurdly nourished Jesus I found it difficult to fully engage

cast for this was great tonight, including my two

rah so

srsly tho the Romans never built a structure woulda held this guy up for three days

what roles did yr two play?

Han was in the chorus and Jay was an apostle. it was a big production for an amateur drama school, used the city's main theatre. set still wobbled a bit tho.

awesome

at least you aren't don henley

small blessings

this would explain p much my entire PC MUSIC posting spree fwiw

met my best friend today. we meet in small installments. it's nice and i enjoy it. but now night has settled - long, dark, abandoned. is this a state one must grow accustomed to

sorry this is so egotistical, something will happen to make me feel less lonely soon, others are suffering more, i'm just attention spoilt. um i'll be in other threads

I love to be alone, I have gone to Silverdale for peace and quiet. The noise of others is deafening sometimes

^me too and i rarely am these days and i fear it is actually killing me

lj yr polysyllabic spree brings content, and content is king, regrettez rien

My son's school requested some photos for PECS assistance and two of the categories they gave us was Family and Friends and we have had to explain that outside of the school he has no friends at all and none of either of his parents families give a fuck about him, so there are no photos we can add as family and friends other than me his mum, me and the fucking labrador! It only bothers me that by the time I am dead this will be a problem and he will be truly lonely.