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This country has changed, and not for the better.....many places just not safe.....walking into the womens room, you just dont know who you will find. OP it`s not you....DH and I don`t like to go out much either.
Working part time and going to a senior center regularly does not strike me as reclusive. My sisters seem far more solitary than you are at ages 67 and 62.
No I don’t stay home any more than I always have. I went to Europe this year and last year. I walk my dogs daily and talk to people that stop to pet them. I still go out with family and friends.
For my wife and I, it's not being around other people, it's no longer having the patience to deal with waiting for a table, in a line at an event. No more concerts, or even movies for that reason. If we go to a restaurant and there is a line at the door we move on to another. This is why so many of us older folks go out to dinner at 4:30-5:00.
My time is the most precious asset I have, and I don't want to waste it standing around waiting.
I try to avoid going out to dinner on a weekend because of the waits. I don't understand retirees who only like to dine out on Saturday night, the most crowded night of the week.
My time is the most precious asset I have, and I don't want to waste it standing around waiting.
I try to avoid going out to dinner on a weekend because of the waits. I don't understand retirees who only like to dine out on Saturday night, the most crowded night of the week.
I don`t understand either....when you are retired....everyday is a Saturday.
Working part time and going to a senior center regularly does not strike me as reclusive. My sisters seem far more solitary than you are at ages 67 and 62.
Yes I suppose that's true...I think maybe I seek more controlled known environments where I can feel comfortable. I do think though if I had an apt that I truly liked and felt comfortable in I would become very reclusive as I grow even older.
I am 46 and feel that I am a very social person when I have the opportunity, however, as I get older, I think after a certain age, I would prefer to just be alone in a cabin in the woods and do whatever it is I want to do without being bothered by anyone.
One gets tired of hearing other people's problems,we are getting old,physically and mentally.
what is that saying-easy task becomes difficult task,difficult task become impossible task.
Our brain produces less dopamine which controls physical movement,memory,emotion and higher learning,if it gets worse,then we could end up with Parkinson and/or Alzheimer disease.
I think being more reclusive as you age is normal. Your friends have died or moved. Those remaining are people you didn't really associate with anyway.
I know I have, although I might be sort of a special case. I was a local elected official for over 20 years and active publicly for over 30 so a lot of people knew me.
It got so intrusive that I couldn't take a walk without someone wanting to talk. Mrs. NBP and I even stopped eating at restaurants in Town on the rare occasions we'd go out, because there was always at least one someone who felt that interrupting our dinner, after they'd finished theirs was a good time to ask me why so and so was allowed to do this, or why another so and so wasn't allowed to that or t complain that the garbage guys hadn't forgotten to take a beer can out of their recycling when they dumped the bin.
So we started to go 15 or 20 miles away and, wouldn't you know it, there was always someone there who had to come up and talk during our meal.
So, since I've retired from public life, I've become very withdrawn. Yet people still email my oldest son, who is now involved, thinking he is me.
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