Solitude preferred

rgp said:
Maybe think about it this way ..... every time you here that , they are likely going somewhere to help someone. So be glad they are not coming for you.
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This may be right, but nevertheless it causes stress if someone is susceptible for such disturbances.
 

While I enjoy my peace and quiet, I do have a few male friends here in the Senior complex who I enjoy immensely. We were all in the service and have the best times together. We share the same dining room table daily and kid our way through dinner. Sometimes we play some board or silly card games and the like. Goes no further. We know each other's families and party together a few months out of the year. But, we each know our limits and respect them. This is the life I am happy with today.
 
Pepper said:
My neighborhood is so noisy. Ambulances, fire trucks, anything with a siren disturbs me a minimum of five times a day; I've done the math. Not talking about a lone siren, oh no, they come in groups. I think there is a NYC thing that ambulances, police & fire must all attend a scene, so they travel together. The noise is unbelievable, esp. since NYC drivers do not give right of way to these emergency vehicles and everything gets to a standstill, unmoving, blaring noise. I sometimes make the noise even worse by yelling "Stop!" which of course is unhelpful and gives me stress.
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Here, if 911 is ever called, police, the ambulance and fire trucks are also dis-batched at the same time. All emergency vehicles have the right of way, meaning you have to get off the road to let them through. They have priority. If you donā€™t move over, you can be heavily fined and or get jail time.
 

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Lewkat said:
While I enjoy my peace and quiet, I do have a few male friends here in the Senior complex who I enjoy immensely. We were all in the service and have the best times together. We share the same dining room table daily and kid our way through dinner. Sometimes we play some board or silly card games and the like. Goes no further. We know each other's families and party together a few months out of the year. But, we each know our limits and respect them. This is the life I am happy with today.
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Sounds good to me.
 
Maybe some of us have that best friend that constantly tells us stuff but doesn't want to hear what we think. Haha
Maybe my pet peeve is the ones that live 20 - 30 years in the past & vividly remembering what they did on a particular
day for 20 - 30 minutes. ... The Pain, Oh, The Pain ! ... :ROFLMAO: ...

I sort of like my lonely Spring trips to my Lake home to deal with what Late fall Early Winter and Winter along with
the early Storms of spring have FX'd up. ... :cool: ... It's mostly a 5-hour trip so I have plenty of time to observe lots of
Country stuff going up there.

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I am an introvert, but I spent about thirty years in nursing, going from one minor success to another, which spurred me on so that many thought I was an extrovert. However, I found the need to change jobs regularly and thought that because each time it was a promotion, it was okay to be exhausted after each day. Staff and patients praised my creative, holistic and inclusive nature, and as long as my bosses were willing to use that, I was on a high.

Then came the day when new bosses said I had the wrong priorities, and it was like running into a wall. My health expired quickly, and I lost my ability to socialise. A psychiatrist told me I had drained myself of everything that makes life enjoyable in the service of others and needed ā€œtopping up.ā€

My health returned when I could retire with my wife and moved into a ground-floor flat with a garden. I returned to being an introvert and a creative person, and after a year, I could confront people again. Knowing what you need to flourish and realising that success can drain you is so important.
 
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." "All we are saying is give peace a chance." "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." john Lennon
 

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