I am only 6 months into my RTW. Currently i work on yachts and using that as a medium for travel. I am 27 and my brother just currently got engaged. He is younger than me and it got me thinking. I am going solo, not by choice, and it got me thinking alot about what i want to do. I am just looking for other stories on how people were able to cope with the lonelyness that accompanies one on this trip.
Thanks
Christopher

Age has nothing to do with loneliness. I´m 60, 3 months into my two-year RTW and loneliness gets to be a real bitch at times.

I hope you don´t think me presumptious, but it seems to me that what you are actually questioning is whether or not your choice to travel is shutting you out from the type of committed long-term relationship that your younger brother has found.

While it is true that people can find one another on the road, the very nature of travel, the variety of options, the differences in budget and time, can make it very hard to connect to someone who might be a long-term partner.

That said, the experience of long-term, independent travel is one that few people get to experience and one assumes that it will make you both a better person and a more attractive potential partner.

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Originally posted by Tammy Blue:
That said, the experience of long-term, independent travel is one that few people get to experience and one assumes that it will make you both a better person and a more attractive potential partner.

Loneliness sux on the road, but that above quote is pure brilliance.

Well, I am not on a trip. I have been dreaming about taking off on a round the world trip for years. I am only 23 (just turned in September) and I own a house and live with someone. Sometimes all I think about is selling my house, breaking up with my boyfriend of almost 2 years and going on my trip.

My advice to you is that even though you may get lonely sometimes, you will be able to look back and feel satisfied because you went on your trip. That is something that worries me- I can't imagine my life without going on a trip, but I have a boyfriend that doesn't want to. So, the moral of the story is, you will find someone. It can be lonely when people around you get married and are in serious relationships, but you will find the right person, and when you do it will work even better because you will have completed your dream of travel.

After living with my brother and his fiance for the last week i have made the decision that you are right. i have watched them argue over nothing and it scares the hell out of me. i am not putting my dreams on hold to fall in that situation. i agree. this is my life and i am persuing my dream. so many of my friends are lucky that they found the one they want to spend the rest of their with. I will not slow down or settle down. Rather i am going to keep running until i find someone to run with and then we will run the world together. tomorrow i am flying to europe to sail a boat back to fort lauderdale. from there i am getting on another boat. whos coming with me??

I wish I could. Perhaps one day. Have fun!