Boredom

Yall aint got notin on boredom. I have counted the pattern on the wall, there are 172 stars and if you count that half one bent round the door then it is 172 1/2. The highlight of the day is watching a cat poop in the litter box. I used to have another but he died a year ago and I miss him so much. I play shootem up computer games but I have played them so many times I can do it with my eyes closed. I never married so there are no kids, no ex, no gf. There is no family left. My car needs major work and since I have copd and been in and out of the hospital I have major bills to pay. I am on o2 part of the time so if I go any where I have to drag a tank along. I don't sleep well most of the time due to restless leg syndrome and my breathing on top of which I get severe leg cramps. This forum is okay but I prefer one on one chat like irc. I get over the air tv, all of three channels. I left this town 50 years ago on a grand adventure in the navy. Half way around the world 6 times, war and a couple dozen different civilian jobs in different states and now I find myself back here. There is no place left to go.
 

I'm not so much bored as unenthusiastic. It's mostly down to the weather making it unpleasant to do all the outside work that needs done.....
repairs to the workshop roof, a fresh coat of paint on the summerhouse, prepare the vegetable plots etc... Oh, and wash the car and the campervan too.
 
Seems like there's always something that needs doing or fixing around here. That's ok with me, feel like I'm accomplishing something and it's way better than having to go to work.
 

Hi Deucemoni, Pleased to meet you, I'm so sorry that you never got the opportunity to marry or to have a partner in life but hey please don't give up hope. Even though my circumstances were different to yours i was still able to find a wonderful man of whom i've been married to and i intend to keep for the rest of my life. My first marriage was when i was 25 and then i divorced the s.o.b at 26 due to him being a womanizer and sleeping around behind my back. because he was my first boyfriend and then husband i didn't date anyone after that and just gave up on all men all together and thought that they were all alike so i stayed celibate for 25 years and have now found the love of my life and am happily married to a wonderful american man. The funny thing is we met online at a seniors forum the forum was called Buzz50 but we both left there due to privacy rights and facebook as the site owners were allowing all our forum messages to be uploaded and read on facebook. My husband too is an ex vet and to me he's the world, he's the air that i breath every morning and the stars i see every night. he's my protector, my partner, my lover, my companion, my best friend and my husband. So what i'm trying to say is never say never and never give up hope as you never know whats around the corner.
 
I work full time plus right now so I don't have much time. I have thought of this though when I fully retire.

I worry about isolating myself and have thought of a small older dog when I'm fully retired to force me outside. I wonder what the cats would think of that?!

I'm not worried about boredom. I like to knit, crochet, sew, read. I think I could keep occupied. Certainly keep the house cleaner.
 
Get up and going for a brisk walk sounds good, but what if you can't, either by disability or desire. Boredom is not just finding something to do, frequent boredom is a sign of depression. No, this is not just get a kick up your ass, and get moving thing. It is a real medical problem, like high blood pressure, diabetes. There are real changes in your body with depression. We are at an age when friendships become fewer and fewer. It's also when our bodies have more problems. We're not 18 anymore! Depression means you don't have the mental energy to do things. If your blood pressure was sky high, you wouldn't expect a crossword puzzle to help? You should see a doctor. Depression is very common in our age group. It's like gray hair.
 
Hi Fuzzy, I hear you about depression, but this is just simple boredom. Usually i have a lot of things to do but when the weather gets in the way and you can't get out of the house it gets hard and i tend to get bored. I mean sure there is the internet and forums and online reading and such but eventually all these things become mundane and then you sort of get sick of them so being the humans that we are we go out and seek other mental stimulation to keep that boredom monster at bay. at least that's what i do.
 

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