How old were you?

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Single from the day I was born and will be until the day I die. Such is the life of a gay Catholic man trying to follow the Church’s teachings. I pray I’ll be able to persevere til the end. It seems to be getting harder the older I get.
 
You are not alone. I promise God hears your prayers and your sacrifices do not go unnoticed. I also realize that my words are of no consolation and for that I am truly sorry. I pray you find a soul who is willing and able to connect in ways that are both morally acceptable and also intimately. As a woman who has been married for many years, I assure you the most intimate ways of connecting to a lover are not sexual at all. At this stage of my life, intimacy rarely involves even being in the same room with my spouse. Instead it usually involves working towards a common goal and helping each other towards heaven. I pray you find the true meaning of love and the connection you crave. My heart hurts for all people who feel lonely. It is a very heavy cross to bear. I have experienced it at times in my life on a much smaller scale. You are loved. I hope one day you can feel that love.
 
There are many days when I wish God had called me to do just that. The grass looks greener over there than the yard I’m in right now.

He didn’t, though, so I have to do what he apparently wants me to do right now.
 
Yeah I’m sorry to hear that. I am getting good practice at being alone. I earn my PhD in singleness next semester. Lol

But on the bright side…At least you had someone for 23 years.

I think I’m gonna be alone for good

Bokbok
 
This thread is discriminatory towards those of us who are single and of the laity. 😠

I call for reparations. I’l personally take the beach-front property where I can be miserable all the rest of my single days.
 
Having money doesn’t make a person as happy as you think it might

Source: I have money

Bokbok
 
I took another path that led to a bad marriage and divorce, but a great son. At 22 I married a Catholic girl my same age. Thirteen years and a son later she filed for divorce. She fell away from the church. Six years later at age 42 I married another Catholic girl my age who was a widow and also had a son. She married me and fell away from the church. After bouncing around some Protestant churches, we ended up back at the Catholic Church. At age 60 my first marriage was annulled and my second marriage convaliated in the Catholic Church, and I became Catholic and both my wife and I are in good grace. Now we just have to get our son’s back in the faith.
 
From the time I was a young girl, I knew I wanted to be married and have children. In high school I began to pray for a happy marriage. When I was 18, (and a year out of high school), I went to a volleyball game where I pointed to one of the players and told my friend that I was going to marry that guy one day. Crazy! I had no idea why I said that. One month later, we met; three weeks later we were dating, and 9 months after we met, we were married (both of us were 19). We celebrate 32 years this February. And, it has been a very happy marriage.
 
Tis_Bearself said:
The grass looks greener over there than the yard I’m in right now
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I realize I don’t know the ins and outs of your situation, but have you considered whether maybe God is calling you to date again? Maybe he plans on sending a nice dude to keep you company. Never know.
 
I already told God if he wants to do that, he is going to have to put “nice dude” right in my path and make it glaringly obvious, because I’m sure not going to go looking for a guy at this point, for many reasons, including the fact that I’m not particularly lonely for romantic companionship and feel I already wasted too much time pursuing that when I was younger and have zero desire to waste time pursuing it now or put up with all the headaches that come along with it.
 
So…we shouldn’t look forward to a thread detailing your adventure on Tinder?
 
Saints preserve us, NO.
I thank God daily that app and all other such apps weren’t around when I was young.
I might have been tempted to go on them just out of curiosity and added more trainwrecks to the pile I already managed to rack up by conventional means.
 
We have a friend who is single and on all those dating apps. Last weekend, he was letting me mess around on his account and I was swiping right/left on different women. After about twenty minutes I realized I had confused which direction meant “interested” and which meant “not-interested” so i inadvertently matched him with a bunch of crazies.
 
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