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dollie

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do you like going out all the time or would you rather stay home----i use to love to go now i hate going out i have to make myself go at least every 2 weeks
 

I usually go out every day. In the morning though and just to food stores mainly. I could shop for the week but then I'd get stuck in a rut and I don't want that to happen, although I'm in one anyway...kind of. :)

I really need to find something here in Fresno to do. I did volunteer work for a while but they wanted you to be on a certain schedule and I was finding that difficult so I quit.

Id love to find a volunteer position that I enjoyed and also one that I could do when I felt like it. Ive been looking at groups to join locally but haven't come across any that appealed to me.
 
I have to go out at least once a day. Otherwise, I'd go nuts, talking to myself. I live in a very friendly hi-rise, so all I have to do is go down to the lobby to meet someone I know to chat with, but I almost always
have something more than that to do, even if it's just a trip to the grocery. One nice thing about living in a planned retirement community like this is that there are so many activities, and such a variety of things to do. But I imagine if you have difficulty walking, and/or don't drive any more, that could be a problem. A lot of people rely on neighbors and friends for help.
 

I enjoy going out early in the day for a couple of hours while I putter around doing little errands.

I don't enjoy going out socially or in the evening anymore.
 
I would never leave the house if I didn't have to. Not sure when it started. In years gone by, home was the last place I wanted to be, now it's the only place I want to be. People tease me about it all the time but it is what it is and I'm fine with it. Don't misunderstand, when necessary, I go out for whatever it is I need to go out for but no sooner do I leave than I want to come back. I know it must be mental but it works for me :).
 
Macfan said:
I would never leave the house if I didn't have to. Not sure when it started. In years gone by, home was the last place I wanted to be, now it's the only place I want to be. People tease me about it all the time but it is what it is and I'm fine with it. Don't misunderstand, when necessary, I go out for whatever it is I need to go out for but no sooner do I leave than I want to come back. I know it must be mental but it works for me :).
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Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. I just luvs Home Sweet Home. I watch the local news on TV and see all the traffic reports and I remember how frustrating it was going and coming to and from work or just trying to get to a store and it makes me glad that I don't have to leave my house and fight all that mess and danger.
 
Falcon said:
If I could go out wearing my PJs, robe and slippers, I'd do it more often.

It's the preparation for the excursion that I don't like.
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I say go for it!!!

Remember Vincent Gigante?

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i know what you mean macfan-- home was the last place i wanted to be now it is the only placei want to be--i guess pushing 84 has something to do with it and i do have trouble with my legs as well as other problems---i do ride arround the block now and then and go pick up prescriptions--i do go to my doctor on this side of town and have to spend 3 hours there and always come home pissed--i guess i have to deal with it .
 
I like my home but I do like to get out every other day. I go for a walk in a nearby park, browse a couple of shops and do errands and go to the library quite often for books. I love to read so I can always do that when the weather isn't fine.
 
I find myself more and more liking to stay home unless I have a really exciting place to go. I no longer enjoy going to the mall unless it's a rainy day and I'm taking the kids to play in the play court. I don't like to go anymore just to "walk around".

I'd actually rather watch films at home than go to the theater.

I don't go out unless I have at least a couple of places I need to go, i.e., go the grocery store, then to the post office, then to the bank, then .... I'll plan my route carefully to go up one side of the highway and then down the other, making my stops along the way.

But, no, most days I'd just like to stay in in my baggy comfortable clothes and my house slippers.
 
I don't like to leave home at all. I can find things to occupy my time all day long and if the hubby didn't retreat to his recliner and watch TV in the evening I wouldn't even think to turn it on except for a very few shows that I like.Once a week I might go food shopping. Usually I don't have to get that much because we have to large chest freezers so I let my hubby do the shopping which he seems to enjoy. He was a cost accountant and he likes nothing better than to compare prices. More power to him,I don't have the patience. We travel to see our daughter in VA. about 3 times a year and that is enough traveling for me.
 
I need to get out in the mornings. I feel that I ned some exercise and fresh air. So, whether it is walking, cycling or gardening, I generally do go out. Even during winter when the weather is not great. I get wrapped up and out for a wee while anyway.
 
There was a time when I was as up for a drive cross country as others might be to go to the corner grocery. Over the years I have gradually geared down to where now I'm perfectly content to stay at home for days on end. Being 84 and no longer driving probably has something to do with it.

My daily routine is simple but I stay busy doing all the things there was no time for in earlier years.
 
its possible helenbacque i use to do the same thing . i would drive off into another state by myself and enjoyed it but not any more --i usually order anything i need on line or i go get my prescriptions filled which is a mile away
 
I go out every day and enjoy it, I take the dog for a long walk at the park, then do whatever errands I need to run at the grocery store, etc. Otherwise I'm not a big shopper, get what I went out for, get in and get out. Like Aunt Bea, I don't care to go out in the evenings or to social events much, but will now and then. On days when I don't go out at all, I feel kind of down...unless there's a snow blizzard going on outside, then getting cozy in the house is a treat, once the shoveling is done though. :p
 
Gee, I get a severe case of Cabin Fever if I don't get out of my little "golf villa" every day. I walk a couple of miles most mornings early. Run errands, go to estate sales, whatever at least once a day. And in a few weeks I'm taking a little road trip to see my parents and some friends - 2,000 miles each way. And yes I'm driving it because Hoot the Poodle is to old to fly. I'm now 71, and I suspect by the time I get closer to the eight-oh mark, I'll be less and less active. To quote Janis Joplin, "get it while you can"......
 
I used to love to get out and would get "cabin fever" if I didn't but it has changed. Now I would rather stay home than to get out and usually dread doing it if I have to. Is it age that has done this to us? I ask because I have a sister-in-law that is the same way. We were just talking about this a few weeks ago and she said she no longer wants to go anywhere and that she would rather stay home instead. She used to love to get out also. She is in her 80's and has been this way for several years.
 
I like to go out for fresh air and exercise every day, shopping or walking to the park or beach, sometimes I meet a friend for coffee or lunch but I've never been a 'night owl' and prefer to be at home in the evening
 
I prefer home to anyplace else. Like some of you said, I'll get as much done in one outing as I can, maybe 2 or 3 times a month. Evenings I go out and work in the yard, and I take my walk at around midnight. Even when I babysit the younger grandkids, if it's for more than a couple hours I go pick them up and bring them here...they're only 10 minutes away.
 
I feel the need to get in the car and go some where every day. If only a 1/2 mile to the grocery store! But then when I leave, I am anxious to get back home! And if we drive to a neighboring city for something, we always take the back roads. I cannot hardly stand the interstates anymore. And I don't like going out at night any more either. I like to settle in for the evening. Guess that is part of aging?!
 

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