I wrote a long, exhaustive story and realized it was unnecessary. Bottom line: I daily interact with a very negative woman, who is nearly verbally abusive (upbringing?) but who is good-hearted (motive matters greatly to me). The negativity is making me more and more depressed -- a big issue. But she's in her 70s, no family, still grieving over the death of her husband 7 years ago, and depressed herself (tho she wouldn't admit it). I just lost my 2 best and only close friends so I need new friends too. In writing this I realized that I need to arrange to see her less -- not daily, but maybe weekly. We'll do Thanksgiving dinner together, maybe Christmas or maybe not. And maybe we can have weekend breakfasts or other things.

And if she keeps making me totally depressed and angry I'll try to find a tactful way to back away.

Now could someone say something nice -- anything? Like, the weather was nice today, or I saw something cheerful today, or anything that's not negative? I'm STARVING for niceness or cheerfulness!