That last reply was pretty harsh, but coddling you isn't a good strategy either. The point to be made here is that, while loneliness can be pretty crummy, it's not doing you any good to define your own happiness by other people. You need to learn how to be comfortable alone and how to enjoy yourself and become someone you'd love to spend tons of time with before someone else will truly feel that way about you. Once you're in a comfortable place, it's simply a matter of putting yourself out there and creating as many opportunities to meet/connect with people as possible. There's nothing at all wrong with trying to meet new people on here or otherwise, but it's all a matter of intent; just be a cool person and be interested in connecting with other people and with enough luck, everything else happens naturally.
>>2 I've found that being in a long distance relationship with someone you're really close to allows for a really cool balance where you don't feel the stress or the need to be constantly talking with someone. Unfortunately, distance brings its own host of problems too, so when you DO really want to be with someone you oftentimes can't, which is also stressful.
