Everyone in my life seems to have partners and I’m still single. I really do just need at least one person in my life, kind of just at a point where it feels like there’s not really any possibility of that happening. It looks like people who already receive a good amount of affection receive more from more people. I feel like I keep getting pushed to the side and not getting a chance to grow as a person in that way. —Good thing I enjoy ice cream…
This article appears in Dec 8-14, 2016.


This self pitying is just sad. A bitch? Not really. Just sad and stupid.
I have a boyfriend.
Donate your time to a sunday tea time for the elderly. It will send yourself a powerful message that even during low times your heart has extra to give. Ill bet that You are a rich person if you count the things that you are grateful for.
Your neediness is obvious and so sad – perhaps this is the very thing that people shy away from. You might as well wear a neon sign to profess your singledom. Stop trying so hard to pair up with someone. From what I’ve observed over the last four decades, you’re more likely to find someone when you’re NOT looking.
Would you like some cheese with that whine?
probably at your workplace, there is a guy that is 30 something, socially awkward, and he’s been part of the ‘not getting any’ crowd for so long, someone has questioned if he is straight.
You know he is a nice person and a relationship with him will be better than most couples ever have, so go hump his brains out, and be happy with him.
There’s nothing wrong with wanting a partner, it’s part of the human condition to want to feel loved and accepted by other people. There are probably thousands of people out there who feel the same way you do, especially at this time of year. Head up, feet down.
Some of the happiest people I know are single.
No compromises, no power struggles, no disrespect, no couples dynamics, no snoring, no arguments, no drama. Just peaceful, easy living. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh…
Are you single because you keep asking and being rejected, or are you single because you don’t nut/pussy up and ask someone?
Try less ice cream…
Who are the homophobes who don’t like that I have a boyfriend?
Thought you was a chick.
I liked your comment MethinksYHZ, but like I said before there’s some kind of algorithm The Coast is using to add a dislike immediately after a like, such is what happend when I liked your comment. My guess is no one actually hit disllike.
@Ho!st Nah it’s just some lurking down-vote spammers.
Maybe but unlikely. Several times I’ve hit the like button and a ‘like’ and ‘dislike’ appear simultaneously (or vise-versa). It’s possible this isn’t something the coast is doing intentionally but it’s definitely a thing.
I have to agree with Ho!st… it seems unusual. And other boards require you sign in to vote and are identified as a like or dislike.
I feel ya OB. I’m in the same place