I have recently turned 30 and the longest relationship I have been in lasted 3 months. This is not a choice that I made but it just didn't happen for me. I feel extremely lonely (especially after coming back home) and it gets more difficult because most of my friends are getting married this year. How does one really meet people in India. Apps don't seem to work. At parties (pre Covid) people are usually too drunk, high or just judging others with their cliques. Any suggestions/ experiences?

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Explore the power of solitude and know it’s vastly different and more freeing than loneliness.

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Hmmm

I ended up returning home this year to caretake for my family, and in all of my years of dating and hooking up, in the moment that family was really taking away from my heart and soul...a great guy presented himself, and we’ve been talking for months now. I could have never brought him to me in the moment or way he came.

It’s a long ride sometimes, but just keep working and loving on yourself. When the time comes for another to run alongside you, they will come. I do not think it can be forced. 🖤

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Thank you—just going to enjoy the ride for now, and let things take their course. I don’t think it will last years, but it is nice for now. I hope something finds you to break up the monotony soon as well!

No suggestions, just a partner in loneliness 👍

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I turned 40 this year and not much has changed for me in the last 10 years...haven't really had meaningful ltr.

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So, how do you deal with it?

Welcome to the club

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