You can prepare when you are thinking of moving in together: make it your own shared place, respect each other’s space, share the responsibilities and make sure you can discuss anything!
Moving in together is a big commitment and you need to both be sure you are ready and mature enough to share all aspects of your daily life together.
Contact your old friends or visit relatives in your home town to spend quality time with others. Being in the company of people you grew up with has a satisfying and positive effect when it comes to coping with loneliness.
Why not do some volunteering at Christmas? Many places appreciate extra help at this time of year, you’ll meet new people and it may even lead to permanent work.
Being lonely at Christmas is not a nice feeling. Why not invite some friends round or go out? It’s a good feeling to be surrounded by your friends. They become your second family.
You may want to surround yourself with people who are moving forward in the same direction as you. Surround yourself with people who help you and believe in you, helping you towards being the absolute best person you can be. The phrase, “You are what you eat” is similar to “You are who you surround yourself with”.
Like we grow out of clothes, sometimes we grow out of people, too. That may sound like a bad thing to say, but it’s true. In middle school you may have grown out of the group of friends you had been with since preschool. After high school, you may have grown out of your friends from home and moved on to friends that you met at college. It’s perfectly natural as we get older to grow out of our previous groups of friends.
If you think someone you know may be experiencing domestic abuse, there are lots of ways they can get help. Check out www.leewaysupport.org to find out what support is available in Norfolk and Suffolk, or call them on 0300 561 0077.
Many domestic violence victims find it hard to leave – they may be frightened, they may not have anywhere to go, perhaps they have no money or means of support. But there is professional support available out there for everyone – men, women and children.
2 women in the UK are killed every week by a partner or ex-partner, making domestic abuse the largest cause of death worldwide in women aged 19-44 – greater than war, cancer or motor vehicle accidents.