No friends do I care????

Becoming more reclusive seems common in later years, since for many people (like myself) most family members and close friends have passed on. I'm okay most of the time alone but I still want some social interaction, even if the people in my life these days would best be described as only acquaintances. To get that I attend church and certain group functions, lunches, etc.

Where a person lives - house, apartment - whatever, makes no difference to me, but I recognize those kind of people mentioned earlier in the thread who are snobs. In mmy experience, there are less of them than there are just regular people, who I gravitate toward. I won't allow snobs to steal my joy or make me hide at home alone.
 
I have my times when I love being with a friend or family and other times I need to just sit back and do what
I do and enjoy the solitude. I can't say I crave either one over the other. Just take it as it comes.
I do realize if I get to where I dread other people, for myself, I would talk to my doctor because of experiencing
my mother sink into full blown depression. This is not a hint or suggestion to anyone, this is my view of myself.

I have a neighbor that I will speak with occasionally in the yard, she has invited me over to chat a few times but
she loves to gossip. I won't put myself into that because you know how your words get spread around and all it
really accomplishes is that it makes the one doing the talking to feel better than others. Then you begin to hear
things that were said about you. So I guess I go with my gut on who to become friends with.
 
I have to add..further to my last post...that I'm totally energised by being around people...I'm like a duracell battery...where people recharge me... so once I've been out and been among lots of people, that reharge can last me for a long time
 
If I could meet a bunch of women like this, I'd love to at least mingle with them if not be friends:

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Unfortunately, around here just about the only women I've met like this are in their teens, 20s, 30s or 40s; most women any older than the 40s around here only want to talk about their grandkids or gossip about the "ungodly" neighbors. The few fun, interesting women in my age group find me dull or nonexistent.
 
I have very few face to face friends but one or two email friends who some days are my saviors, but for my son flashing through as he heads for work and returns to have supper with me I would be lost!
I had many fairly good friends over the years but moving through two countries and 10 houses spread across many miles did nothing to enhance that number.
Recently lost my closest friend (both in thought and location) at the age of 86 (I am working on it) and that was a tough one for we had been like brothers for around half those years. But I am in touch with my longest running friends over in England who I have know since he n I were electrical apprentice together in 62, at this point I am the oldies one I know. (not counting some of the folks here eh)

I wist I could say I was content sitting here or wandering in the woods alone for much of the time but for me it aint so so I am turning to the keyboard. Over the years I could fix just about anything electrical or mechanical but electronics and keyboarding are pushing my limits but I intend to keep pecking away once in a while here on SF.
 
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