Just joined so I'm introducing myself.
Watch this postI will be 67 next month and retired from the many different jobs in my working life. I guess that I didn’t ever find my calling. I went to university at age 59 but when it was over it was too late to launch a new career. I wanted to lecture but students don’t want to listen to old fogies, so sadly I put aside that idea and settled into life as an eccentric dog owner.
I live in a beautiful Lancashire valley surrounded by hills that demand they be walked/climbed, how could I refuse?
I would like to do a bit of cycle touring but a recent diagnosis of spondylosis and some hip pain means that I may not be doing a world tour anytime soon!
I’m keen to make some friends as I have been on my own for a very long time now, my daughters don’t bother much with me and I don’t have a partner.I didn’t expect to be so isolated at this time in my life, isn’t it strange the way family and friends seem to forget us when we get past 60?
I will pop in regularly and hope to strike up some friendships.
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Have sent a private chat message...Hope to hear from you. Regards Beauty.
not really sure how this site works.
happy to chat as soon as I work out how to do it
I have just joined today and looking to meet new friends or holiday companions .
I'm single and have been divorced for 14 years .
Anyway one in the area wanting to chat then just message me .
Welcome to ....all of us. Lucky you to live by the coast...? I'm further north in leafy Surrey, but always happy to chat and particularly looking for travel companions... Hope to hear from you but if not, all the best on here.
Hi, I know that you joined well over a month ago but wanted to say welcome anyway. I live in the Bournemouth area and it is rare to see someone on this site from the South.
I only dip in and out occasionally and still haven't got a clue how anything works but if you see this and want to get in touch, please do.
I hope you find lots of new friends on the site.
If you happen to see this message, you're welcome to get in touch.
Good luck!
Have sent you a chat, so that you know how it works.....If someone doesn't care to respond, it's more challenging. All the best
Sorry to hear that you feel somewhat isolated. My situation is very different from yours. People are strange......maybe the family don't know what to say or how to treat you....You are young and you have a lot of life left to live. Make your own decisions, but please not in anger. If you feel like a private chat, it would be great to hear from you. Hopefully, you'll receive some helpful replies on here, but always remember YOUR LIFE, YOUR DECISION and if you do decide to move, remember you take yourself with you...All the best
Id love to make friends and chat with you. You sound like someone i could chat with.
I too have never found a calling in the corporate world!
But ive always been psychic and work professionally as a medium/clairvoyant.
Which i suppose IS my calling!
Regards
Miriam
Welcome to the site......Fingers crossed you'll make some interesting contacts on here. Loads of topics to interest & reply to.
I'm down in the S.E.,, but hopefully you'll find some new pals closer to home. All the best 'Beauty'
Carole
My wife died recently and I find myself alone at the age of 65. This is not the sort of future I anticipated a year ago. I'm alone in the sense I am the only one in the house now. I have good friends and a loving family but it's not quite a same. I still work - run my own business - and that keeps me occupied a lot of the time. However, I'm used to taking 4 or 5 holidays a year touring mainly England and Wales and I cannot imagine doing that on my own. Truth is I miss female companionship and would dearly love to find someone possibly in the same situation as me to share those holidays with. Maybe just chatting here would be a good place to start.
UK
Welcome to ...all of us.
It's a ..../proverbial when you lose the main person in your life.....leaves a total vacuum. Sometimes it feels like you've lost your mind or a major part of you. The intensity diminishes with time, and life does continue. Many of us have experienced something similar.....so, if you reach out (as you're doing), you'll find someone who understands and can help you through.
I have a small and caring family but it would be great to chat to people of my own age. I’m interested in all kinds of things; reading, the cinema, music, walking and exploring places ( love an old building! ) and I enjoy getting out and cycling, just for pleasure, no Tour de France
Sad to hear that times are tough for you at the moment. It's not easy being an only...when you're the one expected to do everything... Hope you can find some extra reserves of strength from wherever you can. You don't mention where you're based, but there are usually local organisations which can help out.....Have you tried your library for starters...All the best Beauty
I joined earlier this month and this is my first post. I'm hoping find someone local who can help me to find a normal social life away from the increasingly draining end of life care role for my mother. Things get more than a bit hard at times doing that when single and having no siblings.
I do some voluntary work and am a Freemason but often would just like to meet someone for coffee and a chat or a day out not on my own. I'm only 57 and physically quite fit too!
Must get a decent photo of myself on here...
Great that you've found us.....Hope you can begin to cope with village life, slowly slowly & cautiously. Village life can be a challenge....lived in a small Kentish village in the 80's. Suburbia is far less so...All the best for settling in. Beauty
thanks!