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MuseRider

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2. It is a real problem.

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Sat Apr 29, 2023, 05:10 PM

Apr 2023

I have recently started feeling really lonely. I will read through this and keep those points. All my friends were wrapped up into a couple of things I was deeply involved in my entire life. I had to quit for health reasons and now here I am. I am OK but certainly not happy or having much fun.

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How to feel less lonely as you get older [View all] usonian Apr 2023 OP

Yep, I know this feeling. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2023 #1

It is a real problem. MuseRider Apr 2023 #2

I have noticed that online communities like this one can help yobrault1 Apr 2023 #12

We take Spanish in a group of bad Spanish speakers. LakeArenal Apr 2023 #3

I sang in a church choir and in high school choirs wryter2000 Apr 2023 #4

If you are retired you have to keep moving. If you start hanging out with the old doc03 Apr 2023 #5

Canadian Rockies are highly recommended, as is a train trip through. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2023 #10

You're exactly right. We MUST keep moving!! oldsoftie Apr 2023 #15

Newly retired, loving it. Easterncedar Apr 2023 #6

I see myself more and more in this. slightlv Apr 2023 #7

My four fur babies are GREAT company Siwsan Apr 2023 #8

Volunteer, ride transit, shop at busy times, tutor children & adult learners. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2023 #9

Personally, I am never lonely. joshdawg Apr 2023 #11

Thats a great attitude. Very important too! oldsoftie Apr 2023 #16

I am a widow and 81. Mentally and emotionally, I am still 17. I lost my husband a year cornball 24 Apr 2023 #13

I've lived alone since 2017 Marthe48 Apr 2023 #14

All good advice. Schmice3 Apr 2023 #17

Dogs. Lunabell Apr 2023 #18