What does "lonely" mean to you?

Lonely to me is what my marriage has become lately. I am married to a wonderful man and we have an absolutely beautiful baby son. But for the last month or so, we dont talk to one another, we dont spend any time together, he rarely makes it to bed because he is playing on the downstairs computer. In fact tonight it the epitomy of lonely. I actually emailed my own husband. I was upstairs and he was downstairs and I am tired of yelling over the stair rail if I need to talk to him. We used to have long conversations about our hopes and dreams. Now it seems that we dont talk except for him to ask for something from the store, or for me to tell him he got mail and that kind of thing. I feel very isolated and alone without the companionship that used to be there. How was that for a thoroughly depressing rant on lonliness? LOL

the work lonely to me means that I am alone. That I feel alone. That I have the want for someone to be there, but there is no one. Like an empty void I have a need for it, but because it is not there, I am lonely. I think mostly about a partner with this word. The need or want for a partner who is either gone, or does not exist, and I need it.

lonely is when you are bored and have no one to assocaite with.you are lonely

I think lonely means different things to different people. I also think that lonely takes on a different meaning depending on the situation. I think the general thought for me is that lonely is feeling neglegeted or out of the loop even when around people. In need of touch or comanionship. I find that I am not really lonely too often but I am vey outgoing but lately it has been so cold here is West Virginia that I am not able to go out much and loneliness may just set in for me really soon. LOL

lonely to me means that when you are alone somewhere and you wish someone you knew was there with you. you miss their company and you want to see them again. it can also be that when you have no one to talk to but want someone to talk to.

To me, "lonely" is that moment of time when nobody EMPATHISE with you how you feel at THAT moment. You can have all your good friends or family members physically around you, but if they don't understand why you are feeling that way at that moment, you will feel lonely. The one who truly undestands will be able to say something that makes you cheer up and feel relief. That is the time when you know that you are not lonely anymore as there is someone who truly understands your problem and can give support in whatever way, be it moral, spiritual or give a hand to help. I believe that no one person is "lonely" all the time, even when that person is alone. It is more of the feeling of a need to be understood.

Loneliness is often the underlying background emotion to obesity and depression. Loneliness is different from being alone. Not everyone on their own will feel lonely. Many chronically lonely people will continue to feel lonely, even in a crowd.Of all the negative emotions, people seem most reluctant to admit to loneliness. It is often viewed by self as a character weakness. A lonely person may have a pet that becomes the focus of their emotional life.For example, one collegue whose husband had left her 2 years previously had suddenly found herself alone. All her friends were actually friends of her husband and all her social activities also revolved around the husband. When he left her,so did all her social outlets. Her loneliness was profound and she came across to everyone as clingy, insecure and desperate, which of couse meant that people stayed away from her. she bought a pet, which then became what appeared to be the sole focus of her life and soon her collegues were being driven mad by the daily updates in the dramas of this pet's life. Social loneliness stems from an absence of a social network. One close relationship can cure emotional loneliness. But one close confidant can't protect you from social loneliness when you have no other friends or acquaintances.

OK good discussion for me lonely is feeling that you want someone but you don't know who is he/she or you want to do something that you don't know that you want to do so you feel lonely

loneliness is having that need in you to be with someone, but nobody is filling up the requirement the way you want it filled up.. so, it does happen that in spite of being in the company of people you still feel some loneliness..it becomes worse sometimes when people ask you what the matter is, and you tell them it's nothing. your denial makes you even lonelier.

Lonely is waiting for any of your friends to give you a call even just to say hi, but no one does... or how about, trying to set a dine out with friends but everyone you invite tells you they're busy with work or they just don't feel like going out..

lonely is when you ahve nobody that you want to turn and talk to..it's a feeling when you feel isolated..when you feel that no one around understands you.