janni1234

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• Over 70 years old and so Alone
  

  We need each other

  Posted by: janni1234

  Last Reply: carpediem17 10/03/2017

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  I hope to find others who are living with lonliness in their later years. I know I am not the only one. But the older I get the more it feel like I am. I look around and see families and friends socializing - being happy, enjoying each others' company - but there is never a knock on my door or a ring on my phone. If I didn't have the TV and the Internet what would I do? I remember the stereotypes from my youth, of the old folks sitting in rockers - she knitting, he smoking a pipe. How...

• Senior Health & Aging
  

  Spent Christmas alone - depressed

  Posted by: janni1234

  Last Reply: JAF805 11/28/2016

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  What can I say. Sold my nearby house to my son and his wife. They are moving from another state. She has been here, but he just arrived for a few days, before they both go back to tie things up there. They took me out for dinner Christmas Eve, but ignored me on Christmas. I spent the day watching TV show re-runs. Only call was from my daughter on the other coast. Life sucks. I wish this one was over.

• Senior Dating & Sexuality
  

  Are any online dating sites safe for seniors?

  Posted by: janni1234

  Last Reply: navigatinglife 08/15/2020

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  I'm not sure I actually want to "date." It has been six months since I lost my husband and I am lonely. I am also no "spring chicken" and should probably forget about this. But it would be nice to meet someone local to go out for coffee with, etc. I signed on with Christian Mingle and Senior People Meet, but many of those I've met have seemed a bit sketchy. A couple asked for my private email address, because supposedly their membership was running out or it was easier to write from...