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I need very little human contact to be happy, as I'm a very independent and self-sufficient introvert (I can go days without leaving my house, as I have this past weekend), but even I need a little! A combination of pandemic cancellation of my routine group activities and an abrupt retirement deprived me of my usual sources of socialization, and I do feel that loss. I agree with the author that even casual, impersonal interactions when out in public help one feel "connected." IMHO, Internet transactions and self-service come with a cost...
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That was so nice to read. I know many very nice people who enjoy living alone. Too many people paint them as whackos to avoid. I find people like this to be quite pleasant and nice, having no desire to impress, or to overpower a conversation, or to gossip about others.
That was so nice to read. I know many very nice people who enjoy living alone. Too many people paint them as whackos to avoid. I find people like this to be quite pleasant and nice, having no desire to impress, or to overpower a conversation, or to gossip about others.
I find your thought in blue and also your belief of what other people think of or believe about people who live alone to be very bizarre... and also inaccurate about what people think of those who live alone.
36 or 37 million people in the U.S. live alone.
28 percent of all households in the U.S. are people living alone.
I find your thought in blue and also your belief of what other people think of or believe about people who live alone to be very bizarre... and also inaccurate about what people think of those who live alone.
36 or 37 million people in the U.S. live alone.
28 percent of all households in the U.S. are people living alone.
Anybody who wants to work after retirement because they like the human contact is welcomed to do so by both extroverts and introverts. It is always—always—more pleasant to deal with a worker who wants to do the job, as opposed to feeling they resent having to for financial reasons.
Pop was a bandleader, then salesman after the night clubs were dwindling. He was a quiet man, father. But he so enjoyed sharing his gift of music ! He played in a Dixieland band at the senior center, with other musicians, one a female who also played trumpet/cornet. He also drove cancer patients to their medical appointments.
Mom and Pop did make a few overseas trips, visited friends they made when they returned home. Pop moved go Heaven, age 82, Mom volunteered for the American Lung Association for almost 30 years she joined Pop, almost 94.
Volunteer I also enjoy; having worshiped with others today, especially talking to a veteran who served in the Korean War. People have such interesting stories !
As much as I enjoy others, Relish my time alone. There's Always a good book, my tweaking of "stuff", being on City-Data, reading your Posts. Majority interesting, caring, helpful.
I'm fairly extroverted (though with guardrails). As a recovering addict, the worst thing you can do is leave me completely alone and unattended. I'll start drinking alone.
I need structure. I need to be at the gym after work to lift at 5:30, done lifting by 6:15, cardio to 7:30. That's easy. Do I go home and cook from scratch? Do I go by the pub? The more grey areas I have, the worse I do.
At last an article that says older people can be healthy without much social contact, doing solitary activities they love without feeling lonely. It does say a little contact us needed now and then, and even casual interaction helps.
That would describe me. I am still working and that is all the social interaction I need. I do solo activities/solo travel and I am quite happy with being solo.
Not to be pedantic, but a "we" cannot be solitary; there are two of you.
You are technically correct, but like Three Dog Night sang,
"Two can be as bad as one, it's the loneliest number since the number one..un"
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