Entertainment TV Kate Gosselin Might Be Game to Date Again After Her Kids Go to College: 'Never Say Never' Gosselin is preparing to become an empty nester once her 18-year-old sextuplets move away By Emily Strohm Emily Strohm Emily Strohm is a Senior Editor at PEOPLE. She has been at PEOPLE for 11 years and has written nearly 40 cover stories for the magazine. People Editorial Guidelines and Kelly Wynne Kelly Wynne Kelly Wynne has been a TV writer at PEOPLE digital since 2021. Her work has been seen in Newsweek, where she acted as a reality TV and true-crime writer, Atwood Magazine and her mental health blog, The Chronically. People Editorial Guidelines Published on January 6, 2023 01:38PM EST Photo: Aaron Poole/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Kate Gosselin is keeping the door open to romance. Though she doesn't necessary see her future unfolding as a love story, the prospect of dating again isn't off the table for Gosselin, 47, as she prepares for her teen children to move out of the house. "I will never say never because I mean maybe, I don't know," she tells PEOPLE. "I don't know what it's going to feel like to be at home all the time by myself. Maybe I will end up being ... lonely. Let me just go hang out with a friend." As of her dating life now, Gosselin says, "I kind of stay to myself." Kate Gosselin Joined Rigorous New Boot Camp Reality Series Because She 'Wanted Cool Mom Points' Kate Gosselin. Amanda Edwards/Getty Gosselin is a mother of eight: 21-year-old twins Mady and Cara and 18-year-old sextuplets Alexis, Aaden, Joel, Leah, Hannah and Collin, whom she shares with ex Jon Gosselin. Because of her busy life as a mom, Gosselin just hasn't had the time or routine to consider coupling up. "I know I've said this for years and it's boring," she acknowledges, "but it's like, I'm not really a go-out, hangout-places person, so I'm not really going to meet anybody." Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. In 2018, Gosselin told PEOPLE that her kids were hoping she'd find someone — after she and Jon, now, 45, divorced in 2009. A similar thought crossed Kate's mind when her twins turned 18 and moved away for school. "It almost became like a worry for them, too — like 'Mommy, you're gonna be all alone soon,'" she admits. "But it was very apparent, now that they're older and talking about dating and how they're all gonna get married someday … it became apparent: They want someone for me. They want me to have somebody in my life." Pete Dadds/FOX Kate Gosselin on the Scary Injury That Forced Her Special Forces Exit: 'I'm Still So Angry' Gosselin put herself out there in an entirely different way recently when she filmed Special Forces: The Toughest Test, the boot camp-style FOX reality show that challenged 16 celebrities to endure extreme training in the Jordan desert. The series premiered Wednesday, though Gosselin was one of four participants who had to be removed for medical concerns.