Ok i dont mean to moan but briefly...

I lived with a guy for 6 years an our dog, a year ago i came home one night to find my house for sale! - so obviously he dumped me

He then went on to buy a new house, got a girlfriend who moved in very quickly and i ended up back at the parents

Moved out an moved town nearer to where i work a couple of weeks ago and while its great having my own space, i also work pretty much on my own so it gets quite lonely.

Have also lost touch with some friends, whom i admit i only knew online really but who have just disappeared which i guess is the nature of being online that people can and will do that

I sort of feel like my dog is my only mate at the moment and hes been quite ill, getting a new puppy in a few weeks but i am really starting to wonder whether i should just have animals LOL

I've been there! Well not exactly , but found out my boyfriend of 5 years had been cheating on me with a girl from his work for the last 6 months. Lost house we had been doing up , left stuff behind etc ( I moved out the next day while he was at work )

Then I met the most wonderful caring man who loves me and is what I call a true gentleman ( polite , considerate , loves my mum , and so on ) I now know what they mean about true love and in a way i'm thankful for the past relationship ending as it did as I know i wouldn't be this happy if i'd stayed there.

So just hang in there because you don't know whats round the corner.....and it could be so much better for you! :)

It mat not seem like it now but there is a light at the end of the tunnel! I was with a guy for 8 years lived away from home etc and we split due to his work commitments and my mother becoming gravely ill. Looking back now moving back to be with my family was the best thing I ever did..and I spent a lovely year or soo living with my mother before she died in 2008 aged just 57. Even  better I met a lovely guy a few months before she died and I'm happy to say we are getting married this summer and my mother approved!! lol
So hang on in there throw yourself into your dogs especially now you are getting a lovely new puppy..if you show get out there and meet new people at the shows and enjoy yourself as you never know what the future holds! Just enjoy and live life and look after yourself and your well being!!

I'm a big believer things happen for a reason! I also prefer my dogs to *most* people though!

Good point!!!

So sorry you feel down just now.  I think you need to get yourself out girl!  Are there any local classes / groups you could join as a way to meet people?  Even if you only tentatively fancy it, it would get you out and meeting people.  I think as we get older and our situations change, we loose touch with friends and new friends we make are usually in relationships so it's a different kind of friendship.  Is there anyone at work who you get on well with, who's single that you could go out with?

For more than companionship, I personally wouldn't rule out dating websites.  I know several people who've met on them and are now engaged / married / living together.

Good luck!

Simone :)

You know the important thing is having someone or something to love, it's what completes us. Doesn't matter what it is and well, your dog especially will always be there for you come rain or shine, there is always someone to love and love you back no matter what. So don't feel upset. :-)

But, new people also find a way to worm into your heart too, things change from year to year and we can go from having nothing to having everything just like that.

Stay postitive and keep content and things just come to you. :-)

>>By Dachshund  Date 23.04.10 09:10 GMT  I'm a big believer things happen for a reason! I also prefer my dogs to *most* people though! .Liz & The hairy Sausages .<<

So do i! :)

Do you like you?

I like others had a few relationships and ended up a single (divorcee) Mum of two. I decided men were out and dogs were in so I had dogs. Meet my OH doing charity work and we have been happily married for 19 years Thursday!!

I met him at a meeting, like the others said, get out do something different and things do happen for a reason. A mate I had stuck with this fella for a few years and I asked her if she could imagine being with him for 20 years + she couldnt became a bell ringer!!! I kid you not and has been happily married with kids to a stunning man for about 16 years.

Like yourself and be happy alone, then you will know your worth and they will be dead lucky to have a relationship with you!! You dont need a man, a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle, you will when the time is right meet your best friend and partner in life. But first be happy with you.