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We all experience times of loneliness differently. Some enjoy freedom and flirt with others. Others do not even think about it and live their solitary lives. However, many painfully perceive the absence of a partner. These feelings can be exacerbated at a holiday that glorifies love, union, family — at the wedding of friends.
Summer is the season for sunbathing, beach parties, steamy cocktails and weddings. Beautiful ceremonies, restaurants with delicious food and dancing until you drop. We become witnesses of these happiest and most memorable moments in the life of newlyweds and can truly enjoy them. On one condition: if we are not alone.
Otherwise, we, of course, can be happy for the bride and groom, but it’s unlikely to enjoy what is happening. There are happy couples everywhere you look. Everything about this holiday reminds us of our sad status, and it seems that we are the only ones who do not have a partner for many kilometers …
What can help you avoid depression? An evening at a bar in search of adventure? Return to Tinder? But what if you do not want a relationship, but at the same time you are oppressed by a feeling of loneliness? Here are three survival techniques for singles during wedding season.
1. Repeat to yourself: “It’s okay to be alone.”
You don’t have to be with anyone. If you don’t have that need, but you think you «should» find someone, chances are good that you’ll be in the company of someone who doesn’t care about you, stuck in a relationship that won’t bring warmth.
Being alone has its advantages. You don’t have to consider the other person’s wishes all the time. You are free to follow your dreams and make them come true. This applies to the choice of food, and trips to festivals — yes, anything!
2. Take the first step
Perhaps the wedding of friends will change the course of your thoughts, and you will decide that you are tired of loneliness and want a relationship. Well, great! Perhaps next to you there is already someone who makes you sympathetic. It’s time to dare and ask him or her out on a date.
If such a person is not around, try new dating formats: sites, “speed dating”. Try to be more open, communicate more with others — in person and on the Internet. You never know where love might be.
3. Switch attention and do your favorite hobby
If you have a lot of free time, you can throw yourself into your favorite thing — for example, return to a hobby. Haven’t learned how to play difficult chords on the guitar? Always dreamed of trying diving? Find something that you like that will make you forget about loneliness forever or at least until the next wedding of friends.