Well,as a you are in friend list so i dont think u've no frnds bt i can undstand that u want som1 near u always like a gud frnd,a mate...so dnt wory,take my best wishes u'll get one.
And abt those all volunteer things,u've 2 be proud of coz those who r wid som1 bring smile to just one another bt u r bringing smile on the faces of many like in hospitals,gud luck my frnd...may i get strong like u :-)

well, bringing smiles to ppl's faces is very satisfying, but it can only do it for so long...thanks though.

well... cant say as i can give you anything encouraging... No one liner that will change your outlook on life...
But hey... Trust me when i say that i can understand what you are going through.
Im in the army and last weekend was a 4day weekend.
4 Days off..... What to do, what to do.
So i decided that after the rough couple of weeks i was having i would spend some time alone. And if one of my friends thought to call me to see if i wanted to go out then so be it....
Well... Story of my life... No one called. So i sat in my room 4 days bymyself. I left only twice the entire weekend. once to get food and once to get supplies for a school im going to this sunday.
And thats only one weekend. The only time ppl think to call me usually is if they want something from me.
A favor... Money... A movie to borrow... Etc...
So i get how lonley it can be having no one to really talk to. I have maybe 1-2 "good" friends.
But they only ever call me when they are bored and have nothing else to do (just love it when im the last resort). Or they wanna smoke and bum one off me.
You would think being in the military it would be a tight nit family.
!?!?!?BUZZ!?!?!? WRONG!!
Im so lonely that i resort to very bad behaviors out of lack of things to do but think about how my life sux. So though i may not be able to offer encouraging words... Just know.... Your not alone on how you feel. Though i know it dont help the loniness at all by me saying that.
Is there any hope for ppl like us??? Who knows...

well, im living on the hope that there is hope for ppl like us, but that hope is dangling on a very thin string....thanks for commenting.

I too have a list of virtual friends but its just not the same. You can talk to them but not hang out with.

When I was in college I did pretty much the same thing you do now. I went to class, tried to strike up friendships with my fellow classmates. I would go to and from class alone, eat alone, I was always alone.

I still have hope there will be friends for me. I know its hard to hope when you've been alone for so long, just keep hope.

And your life isn't meaningless. Your comments and advise online help others and possibly give hope.

Always have hope!

Strider

yea, i supppose, thanks.