Sending you a warm welcome Fleur.I lost my husband six years ago,so I am further down the road than you,but totally get being lonely.Sometimes I still feel like that but I have learned to cope much better with it over time.Finding this place helped a lot,Of course grief is the main focus but sometimes just having somewhere to touch base with the ordinary stuff is important too,so the everyday chat section is for that.We try to have an annual weekend meet up in a central place and sometimes local day ones too,its a good and safe way to meet new people and people who do understand grief.So online friends do become real world ones too.