Lonely. My wife is on a one week trip to Italy with a good friend.  Ages ago in my father's company, I had the opportunity to travel the world; South Africa, Japan (twice), Europe and spots inbetween.  It is her turn to see the world but now I am here in the house bored out of my mind and very lost indeed.  I joined the Empty Nest group but my goodness this house is now empty totally. I am also confronting a horrible fact of time.  We have a May-December marriage and she is 65 now and suddenly I am very aware that I will be here probably after she is joined elsewhere.  I am confronting this for the first time and am most unhappy about it.  Now I suspect I know how one feels when one partner goes to the other side.  Not good.