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Re:Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social by WolfDale775 on Monday August 22, 2016 @05:26PM (#12339568)
I'm 24 and I am (almost(?)) where you are for something more than couple of years now. Except(?)I have a girlfriend so I guess this "saves" me a bit.

Many times I catch myself thinking about contacting some of my old friends or some people I got to know the latter years, to do something more than the usual stuff I get to do with my girlfriend, but I don't.

I haven't figured out if I'm the picky b@st@srd or my "friends" and people I know are the issue.

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Re:Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social by BurningFrog on Monday August 22, 2016 @05:56PM (#12339742)
Having your girlfriend be your entire social life is one big single point of failure.

It's a bit like having your life's savings only in stocks of your employer.

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Re:Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social by Retra on Monday August 22, 2016 @07:56PM (#12340278)
If a poor man is happy, who are you to tell him to get richer?

For me, being in the same situation, my partner is often more company than I need or want. And I only see them on weekends.

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Re:Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social by catalinbraescu on Monday August 22, 2016 @10:15PM (#12340916)
"my partner" = "them"?????
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Re:Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social by Retra on Monday August 22, 2016 @10:29PM (#12340963)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
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Re:Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social by NhanH on Monday August 22, 2016 @10:27PM (#12340955)
"Them" is used here as singular non-gendered pronoun.
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Re:Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social by ams6110 on Monday August 22, 2016 @11:23PM (#12341162)
Which is incorrect and confusing usage. The GPs partner obviously has a gender, so "them" is wrong.
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Re:Loneliness Is a Warning Sign to Be Social by jondubois on Monday August 22, 2016 @06:55PM (#12340031)
The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. - Andrew Carnegie
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