Dear Nicola, I feel like a loser for having no-one to go on holiday with

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Dear Nicola,

All this holiday talk in the news is really getting me down. There has been so much in newspapers and on TV about how the pandemic has affected holidays and whether you should or shouldn’t go away. On top of that, there are also Whatsapp groups with friends complaining that family holidays have been ruined and smug pictures on Instagram for those who have made it abroad.

It all just makes me feel like total crap because I have no-one to go on holiday with. I know I can do stuff alone but I don’t think I have the energy. I just want an all-inclusive beach holiday where I can just do nothing. It’s harder and more expensive for singletons and I just want to go with someone but all my friends want to go away with their significant others.

Does this ever bother you too?

I feel like a loser.

Marie