forever alone

Always without company

Forever alone describes someone perpetually without romantic companionship, used with ironic self-deprecation about one's dating prospects or social isolation.

The phrase originated as an internet meme featuring a crudely drawn crying face, becoming shorthand for exaggerated loneliness: Another Valentine's Day forever alone.

Often used as a noun or adjective: I'm such a forever alone.

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no friends · hermit · unhopeful · isolation · alienation · relatability · irony · internet culture · terminally online · humor · rage comic · solitary · meme · touch grass · melancholy · longing · despair · basement dweller

Opposites
romantic relationship status

forever alonein a relationship

Committed to a partner

taken · happily married · partnered · loved up · engaged

social connection

forever alonepopular

Widely admired by many

life of the party · in good company · tight-knit · well-connected · beloved

temporal hope/despair

forever alonehappily ever after

Traditional story's final promise

meant to be

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G