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Whatever you do, don't learn to cope with being alone. I did, and it was my biggest mistake.
by delichon 8mo ago
Whatever you do, don't learn to cope with being alone. I did, and it was my biggest mistake.
- sillysaurusx 8mo agoWould you mind going into more detail? Why was that a mistake?
- delichon 8mo agoBecause if I had not I would have instead done the hard emotional labor of pursuing love, instead of becoming an isolated old man waiting to die. Being alone all the time is a kind of poverty, don't kid yourself. A lone billionaire is less wealthy than a beggar with a loving family.
- sillysaurusx 8mo agoThank you. Really. I took that to heart.
- card_zero 8mo agoNotice though that no specific reason is given: > hard emotional labor ⸻ that's not a selling point, > isolated ⸻ necessarily, that's the same as "alone", > waiting to die ⸻ not necessarily, why? > Being alone all the time is a kind of poverty, ⸻ "alone is bad", how? > A lone billionaire is less wealthy than a beggar with a loving family ⸻ "company is worth lots of money", how, why?
- bblb 8mo agoAre you me. And it's not even depression and bitterness anymore. It's beyond that. It's the final form in the 50 yo wizard meme. This life is not something you want to pursue. There is nothing romantic about a hermit. Choose another path.
- dooglius 8mo agoDon't take this the wrong way, but it seems like you did not actually learn to cope