Have You Ever Stayed With Someone Just So You Wouldn't Be Lonely?

[LonelyJoe]

I know I've done this once or twice and I regret it. Sometimes though it just seems more comforting to have someone than not to have anyone at all. I know that still doesn't justify it at all, but I still did it. Anyone else have this type of experience?

[Cinnabella]

Not me, why would you do this without love? :-S

[Vicky Bradshaw]

For years I was so afraid of just being in my own skin so i would be with others just because they wanted me. I'm now just with me living and breathing scared and yet proud. I cant share me until I know who I am.

[Vicky Bradshaw]

Because it fills the empty holes in us left by damage to long ago to remember why they exist.

[hello1]

YES, it is pathetic really

[DarkHelmet82]

no... whats the point

[BrokenHeartSMB]

I'm actually surprised that the voting is as close as it is... I honestly would have thought that more people would have stayed with someone so they wouldn't be lonely. Fear of being alone is a pretty big motivator for a lot of people... *raises his hand* I stayed with someone for years, eventually getting married... although there certainly was a point where we were in love, our differences were too great, and at that point... we shouldn't have stayed together, but I think that a fear of waking up alone kept me (and maybe even her) in the relationship... eventually it collapsed, but not after a good number of years that could have been spent happier...

[vashti]

Everyone gets lonely at times, I think, but it is worse to be lonely when IN a relationship than to be lonely without one.

[sadie_genie]

No. I am very good on my own so I don't get lonely. Plus, I have friends.