Howd u meet ur mate?

Yes, getting out more would help a lot. I've been trying to work on that lately.

I'm lucky I'm living in a great shared house at the moment, with two lovely (also single) ladies. We keep each other company and have a laugh. I also have a good mixture of friends at the moment, coupled up ones and single ones, so I can do fun day trips and chilled out things with coupled up friends and crazy drunken parties with my single friends. I have a couple of older unmarried (& childless) friends that are pretty happy with their lives as they are and don't wish they were in relationships. Whenever I feel lonely about being single I try to remember that it isn't the be all and end all if I don't meet someone, I can still be content.