Today, I was so desperate for someone to talk to I called various restaurants pretending to be interested in ordering food, just so I could have a conversation. I called eleven different places. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was so lonely that I pretended I wanted to buy something from a telemarketer so that they would keep talking to me. FML
Today, I was so desperately lonely that I begged a telemarketer not to hang up on me. FML
Today, I felt so lonely that I went on an online chat website and pretended to be a girl just so someone would talk to me. FML
Today, my friend asked me to order take out for him because he gets nervous on phones. I called a Chinese restaurant, only to get nervous, and hang up. FML
Today, I texted my boyfriend, and he pretended he was a Burger King employee who found a lost phone, just so that he wouldn't have to talk to me. FML
Today, I was so broke and hungry that I went to Olive Garden and faked being stood up, just so I could eat their breadsticks. FML
Today, I pretended to be on the phone to avoid small talk with someone from my building. I spoke loudly into the phone while walking by them. My phone rang in the middle of my fake conversation. FML
Today, I'm so lonely that I created multiple fake accounts on different social media platforms, just so I can have people to talk to. FML
Today, I was so lonely I called my stalker ex-boyfriend. He was too busy to talk. FML
Today, I discovered I was at the same restaurant as my ex and his new girlfriend. Quickly, I picked up my mother's phone when she wasn't looking, and began to pretend to talk to a fake new boyfriend. Few seconds later, the waiter loudly asked me if I was done talking into the calculator. FML
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TCRII 30
Look for MeetUp.com groups or similar websites in your area. Plenty of activities with like minded people. Good luck.
Sonotsuave 37
I’m sorry and I hope you can get more social interaction; maybe join some community clubs or volunteering? Getting a counselor may help as well?
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RichardPencil 32
And no one seems to be in a hurry to comment on your story —- yikes! Our special tonight is lamb chops in a mango-chutney salsa. Will that be take-out or dine in?
Sonotsuave 37
I’m sorry and I hope you can get more social interaction; maybe join some community clubs or volunteering? Getting a counselor may help as well?
TCRII 30
Look for MeetUp.com groups or similar websites in your area. Plenty of activities with like minded people. Good luck.
Teri Green 9
I totally get that. if you're ever looking for an online penpal I'm down I ain't got shit going on in my life 5 days a week
Dave_Davington 34
Omegle.com. You're welcome.
StagGT 13
Have you heard of chat roulette?
bloopaloop 27
If you order food from all of those places and eat it, you’ll feel better. It’s called “eating your feelings away”
friendly_pixeh 7
And your best idea was to waste the time of eleven people doing their jobs.