- Sep 23, 2005
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Hi all.
I know you don't know me. It's been a very long time since I posted, and before it was always in the committed relationships forum where I gave and received advice based on a relationship with a man I thought I was going to marry at the time. Well, we split up over 3 years ago, and I haven't had a date since. I've tried to make peace with it. I've put my singleness in God's hands - and taken it right back again as soon as I see a good-looking man or watch a romantic movie. I have this ache that just won't go away. I want to be loyal to God's will, and while I can quote you all the reasons why being single is better (quote Paul!), deep down, I have this deep ache of loneliness. I don't just want a romantic fling. I don't even necessarily want a husband right now, or at least in the sense that I'm so desperate to be married that I throw myself at every single man I meet. I want a man to be my partner in life and in love. And yet, I have just about given up hope that this is ever going to happen. Have any of you ever felt this way? If so, what have you done in order to get past this and make peace with your current single state?
I know you don't know me. It's been a very long time since I posted, and before it was always in the committed relationships forum where I gave and received advice based on a relationship with a man I thought I was going to marry at the time. Well, we split up over 3 years ago, and I haven't had a date since. I've tried to make peace with it. I've put my singleness in God's hands - and taken it right back again as soon as I see a good-looking man or watch a romantic movie. I have this ache that just won't go away. I want to be loyal to God's will, and while I can quote you all the reasons why being single is better (quote Paul!), deep down, I have this deep ache of loneliness. I don't just want a romantic fling. I don't even necessarily want a husband right now, or at least in the sense that I'm so desperate to be married that I throw myself at every single man I meet. I want a man to be my partner in life and in love. And yet, I have just about given up hope that this is ever going to happen. Have any of you ever felt this way? If so, what have you done in order to get past this and make peace with your current single state?