Does contracting cause loneliness?

[Andy2]

team with with other contractors at client site and rent a flat together. In the evening you can watch tv together , go for drinks or clubbing , play sports or even cook together in the evening. I did that in one of the contract and it was loads of fun.

[BR14]

team with with other contractors at client site and rent a flat together. In the evening you can watch tv together , go for drinks or clubbing , play sports or even cook together in the evening. I did that in one of the contract and it was loads of fun.

eekeek

what a terrible thought

[Mordac]

eekeek

what a terrible thought

He did say "cook together".

[NotAllThere]

Okay, the post about depression got me thinking...
Has anyone else felt this way?

I usually found the first week of the weekly commute a bit of a downer, but things soon picked up once I got into the routine. Twice I found lodgings with a family, which was pretty nice - decent bit of income for them, and somewhere warm and friendly with good home cooking of an evening - but mostly I'd stay in small hotels with a bar and a comfortable lounge. If it works out, you'll be on friendly terms with the locals and the staff. At one place, I'd enjoy a whisky with the hotel chef after the service was finished.

However, as many here have publicly stated many times - I'm very happy in my own company. At least, that's what I think they meant...

Loneliness is your future.

But look on the bright side. You could be a miserable tosser like Zigenare - where loneliness isn't just his future, but his past and present.

[Tindog]

I'm thinking of doing that. But I think I'm right in saying that most flats for rent are for minimum periods longer than the typical 3-month contract, so you are running a risk that you won't get extended (actually you are running a risk of early termination in all cases)

Have a look on SpareRoom - you can usually find rolling 1 month tenancies, or sublets. Look for anything with "short term lets considered" too.

I picked up mine and the landlord agreed to a 3 month + rolling 1 month instead of 9 months, as I'm taking off travelling in December. Private landlords are usually more flexible than agencies. (And house-share agencies in London are usually tulipbags anyway)

[Zigenare]

But look on the bright side. You could be a miserable tosser like Zigenare - where loneliness isn't just his future, but his past and present.

It has its advantages.

One being that I don't have to socialise with turds like you.