When I was single there was never a certain time I'd feel lonely. Actually, I'd most of the time believe I was never lonely for a boyfriend. Generally, I felt lonely without the companionship of friends instead of a guy because I'd built myself up so much to totally not want someone.
But then I'd be at my friend's house and her boyfriend would drop in for 5 mins to give her the Cherry Ripe she'd been craving and I'd be like *sigh*.... or watching my brother's girlfriend sit through an hour of my dad discussing accounting with her to be polite and I'd be like hmm... ah, maybe that's something I miss. Just the little things that someone else would do for you.
But yeah, Christmas and holidays to be honest I never thought about it because I was always surrounded by friends and family.
So, I have another question to pose, there have been a fair few people who comment about "not wanting to be alone" "needing someone there" etc. But I have a real fear of being co-dependent. This ain't storybook psychology either, of course it comes from being hurt in the past. Does anyone else share this?
Edit: Leecie, in theory I kinda agree with you about the seasonal break-up thing. I broke up with my ex in January last year and although still hard to get over and messy, I found it so much easier it was summer, I was going out, we felt good about ourselves, and the majority of my friends were single. Definitely eased up the getting over part a lot, at least on the surface.