Ben Blog Post

Don’t lose your closeness with your brother. That is very important! My siblings and I are not close. I am a bit jealous of you and your brother. 😏 The dating sites are jokes, just as you portrayed in your audio. Even so, I hope you find someone to share your thoughts with. 🥰. I have decided not to look for anyone, if it happens, it happens. I will stay busy with working and grad school. Thanks for the giggle, I was imagining what it would sound like to be your neighbor as you record some of your audios 😆

I totally get everyone and can relate to Ben big time. I’ve lost two of my siblings. One of which was my twin sister. We were so close to each other. The best of friends. No one can ever replace that. They both decided to leave the family and haven’t talked to either of them in a long time. It’s sad. They’ve hurt the family on a pretty deep level. I’ll leave it at that. As far as being single, I never could find that perfect someone. I’d be happy to date you, Ben😘. Unfortunately, I don’t live in Australia. Hope to visit someday. My favorite place☺️. Anyway, I also came from a bad relationship and know what it’s like to be left broken and abandoned. I sometimes wonder if something is wrong with me that I can’t find that Mr. Right. Well, I do hope you find your Mrs. Right and hopefully she will value the treasure that is Ben. Thank you Ben for all you do. 😘

Rachel Baird

Totally feeling ya on missing family and feeling lonely. I think everyone can take a guess of what recent events destroyed my travel plans to visit fam and friends…😐 On the lonely bit, though I miss companionship, I’m personally not ready to try again yet. But I still hold hope for the future. For now, I’m just focusing on self-healing and making me a better me, so that I can be a great partner to whoever wants to sweep this weirdo off her feet haha! I hope you are able to see your family soon, as well as find that special someone! 😀 You’re awesome and you deserve someone awesome! ^_^

Vii

I know that can be hard! Hugs mate

Aww wishing you a speedy recovery mate!

Siblings are just the best 🤗

I’m glad my audios have been a bright spot!

Agreed to all!

I totally get missing your brother. A phone call or FaceTime just isn't the same as being together and binging on food and watching some feel-good movies. I always enjoy that time with my sister too, it's so relaxing and you get so many great laughs too. They can be your best friend, but also a voice of reason/knowing (since they grew up with you), and their words can be just as helpful yet tough (tough love). I also get the worry about possibly disturbing your neighbors. In the last 2 years I got new neighbors on either side of my house, and my anxiety went through the roof when they first moved in. If you're worried about the sound, might I suggest some memory foam or some installation material to help combat some of the noise you're worried you might be creating? You can find some pretty cheap stuff, for example, I used an old foam bed topper that was no longer being used to combat/absorb sound back when I was doing recordings for school. It helped both with the sound recording quality (less noise coming from outside) and helped me worry less about sounding weird to others outside my recording zone. Glad you're also feeling good enough to put yourself out there again. I'm also glad you took the time to heal, cause when you don't do that and you don't bring yourself back to a point where you don't feel good, then it's very hard to enjoy putting yourself out there for others to see again. Especially online dating, it's easy but it's also just as hard. I wish/hope you have a wonderfully successful adventure in finding love 💘

Sabrina Lorch

Sorry to hear you had such a bad breakup but it's good to hear you have taken the time you needed to heal and are now ready to get back out there. All the best to you on that journey. I need to get myself out there too. It has just been so hard to even think about it with this pandemic. It was hard even before because I'm also a caregiver for my mom so I have to make sure any man I find is understanding of that situation. Your audios have really been a bright spot for me Ben. Thank you for all you do.

Jay-quelyn

Good for you getting back out there! It’s not easy opening yourself up, but you’ll meet someone lovely! I’m sure of it! It’s so difficult being away from family. My sister and I haven’t seen each other in person since 2019. I miss her like crazy. She’s the biggest dork I know and I want to squeeze her! You’re awesome Ben. Keep being that way.

I also moved away from family and friends for work so I can definitely relate. Even with facetime and skype it's just not the same. I miss physical contact the most. My bestie gives the best hugs and I miss having sleepovers and watching silly romcom's together. I have still not tried online dating or even created a online profile. I have never been good at that stuff, but I'm happy to see you getting out there again. You deserve all the love and happiness in the world. Things haven't been real exciting here. I had knee surgery last month so I am not able to get outdoors and do the things I love like hiking and rock-climbing. It's frustrating but I have been getting back into art and cooking again which has been lovely. I love trying new things and discovering new recipes. I hope you and your family can be reunited soon. All the best Ben, and take care.

Ruby

I'm go to understand the missing your brother all too well come Monday. My brother leaves for Nigeria on Monday for God knows how long with his church missions team. I hate online dating but I don't know how you are supposed to meet people when the world is "normal" let alone under current conditions.

Janell Ruth Keller

Also feeling that need for some companionship. Never had it before tbh. Makes me feel kinda like I failed somewhere, ya know? Few years behind 30 and just never had someone I could call that. Not exactly in the area with the best opportunities either. Trying not to be too down cuz of it. Some days are way better than others. Only date I ever had flirted with and texted my friend the entire time (was a banquet type deal) sooooooooooo that don't help the lonely self depreciating brain cells. Work is good. Family great. Just a lil lonely out here. Glad you are doing well and are feeling good enough to finally get back to what you love. Hope you get to see the fam soon!!

Andrea C