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1 What Do You Do When You Feel Lonely?
Advice
2 You Asked: I'm Depressed Because I'm Alone
Advice
3 You Asked: I'm Struggling With Depression
Poll
4 This or That: Tons of So-So Friends or One Best Friend?
Advice
5 You Asked: I'm Painfully Lonely
relationships
6 Dear Poll: Are You Scared of Being Alone?
relationships
7 You Asked: I Can't Accept My Boyfriend's Female Friend
relationships
8 Do Tell: What Do You Dislike About Being Single?
Poll
9 True Confession — I'm Afraid of Being Alone
community
10 Sunday Confessional: I Stay With My BF to Avoid Being Alone
relationships
11 Money Can Buy Friendship, but Will People Buy It?
Rentafriend is a poorly done website with a dream: rent out "friends" for $10 an hour. Maybe it's more companionship than friendship, but it's paid-for company and it's friendly. Not that friendly though. Rentafriend insists it's not a dating site or escort service. In fact, anyone caught seeking more is removed from the site. Despite its scrupulous ethics, this Japanese-born idea may not take Read more
This week's confession comes from our anonymous Confession Booth group in the TrèsSugar Community. Weigh in with your advice below. My boyfriend is exactly the sort of guy I don't want to end up with. But we've just celebrated our one year anniversary. . . . The truth is, I can't imagine not having a boyfriend; what I would do in the evenings all by myself, how I'd spend my time without Read more
Over the weekend, I managed to catch myself a doozy of a cold. I've got a sore throat, aches and pains, and I'm suffering from overall fatigue. But after hearing the news that loneliness is contagious, I'd take these symptoms over the sadness that can come from feeling alone. A study followed 5,214 individuals and found that when people feel lonely they can transfer their feelings of "isolation Read more
Weigh in and tell us if you forgive or not forgive this True Confession. "I'm 33 with three young children and I hate my husband. I stay with him because I don't want to be alone forever. Who would ever marry someone with three kids? Can I be forgiven for living a lie?" Source True Confession — I'm Afraid of Being Alone Forgive? Not forgive? Undecided Read more
It seems like most of you like the freedom aspect of being single most, but that autonomy is often a double-edged sword. Though having the freedom to do whatever you want, whenever you want is liberating, a common gripe I hear about being single is loneliness — having no one to rely on, no one to spend Sunday nights with, and not having that special someone to call just because. The grass is Read more
Dear Sugar, I'm so incredibly jealous of one of my boyfriend's female friends, and I want to know how I can stop feeling this way. I'm not worried my boyfriend would ever do anything inappropriate, I know he only has eyes for me, I just get really angry and hurt inside when I know they're hanging out. Due to the way my life is right now, I'm lucky if I get to spend an afternoon with my boyfriend Read more
These days, if a woman admits to being sad about her single status or reveals that she's scared she might end up alone, she's suddenly considered needy or unempowered. Though we may not be rushing out to alert our friends of these thoughts for fear of judgment, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with feeling a tinge of trepidation at the thought of being alone — it's totally normal for Read more
Dear Sugar, I suffered from severe depression in high school and was given medication. While on the antidepressants, I had a suicide attempt. After suffering severe withdrawals from the medication, I decided I did not want to go the medicinal route ever again. I recently moved with my daughter to a new city. I don't know anyone except her father, but we are just friends now. I have explored Read more
Over the past year, you've been really busy with work, a ton of family drama, and your new relationship. Now that the dust has finally settled and you’re starting to get back to your stress-free life, you feel a great sense of ease. But that momentary relief turns to disappointment when you try to get together with your old friends. Would it be worse to realize that you … This: Have dozens Read more
Dear Sugar, This time last year I was in love and in the process of moving to be near my boyfriend for a new teaching job. I got a place of my own, which turned out to be a good thing since he broke up with me early in my first term of teaching. Ever since then I have been having waves of depression. As I'm new to the area, I've really had to force friendships with colleagues, and I always get Read more
