What do you not-single people do?

[MaxP]

Little off-topic, but for those of you who are separated, maybe without kids, what do you do with your time?

No idea. I seem to spend a lot of time doing not much that is constructive though and that annoys me.

Perhaps everyone else is off in second life or WOW? Whenever you hear reports of online games players it seems they can't get enough free time to spend in their alternative worlds.

I am only working part-time right now, so the free time is killing me. It is Friday night and I am bored to TEARS!!!!!

I can't read anymore self-help books. TV is driving my mind to a numb state. My husband took our friends with him (they were mostly his to begin with). The few friends I have made over the past year have been a great help, but you can only call/bug them so many times a week. Everyone my age (36) seems to be married with little kids.

Ponygirl, as you know I am in exactly the same position. If my wife knew how many self help books are stashed away she would think I am sooo sad. As you say, there are only so many TV programs to watch too. I need to interact with someone, to talk or just know that they are around. Also, entertaining yourself (that sounds bad!), can be so expensive.

I volunteer one night a week. Working out is starting to make me feel self-absorbed. If I lose any more weight I am going to be invisible.
Ideas, folks?

What kind of stuff do you help out with? That's not something that crossed my mind. I just think about the various courses I might like to do, but I'll have to wait a couple of months for things to start up over here after the summer holidays. One problem I think I have is that I've lost a sense of what I find fun. I want to find that again. On a related note, I've been out with friends a couple of times recently and am struck about how different my interaction with them is to that with my W. It's like the person I am has disappeared from our R. I make people laugh when I'm out and about, I don't know where that's gone from my R.

I miss the intimacy most though. That's the real killer.