Would you consider me a recluse if most of my human contact is here?

Ralphy1

Ralphy1

Well-known Member
I consider myself semi-reclusive and semi-alcoholic, and it is all your fault! Yes, you keep me at home a great deal of the day and your thoughts drive me to drink. I hope that you are satisfied...
 

LOL!

No, Ralph, I certainly wouldn't. In my case I'm crippled with arthritis which makes walking more than a few yards very very painful and as for booze, I decided to cut all alcohol out of my life on my 65th birthday and I did.

So would I consider you a recluse?

No sir, I would not. Differently communicative perhapse but recluse? Nah. Not for a moment.
 

You should be for a job well done, with a little help from others that shall go unmentioned, but they know who they are...
 
Although I hate to say this to you (and all my friends here on the forum),

but I actually DO take breaks from the keyboard to eat, read the newspaper, visit the loo, watch Jeopardy and such

other mundane things.
 
26 years ago, I bought this place. It's at the end of a cul de sac with only 4 houses on it. My place is totally secluded. Back then I had an "ex" before she was an ex. I had a job, and job related pals. Both of those are gone due to my spinal deterioration. For most of the day, I'm the only person here. I can stand on my porch and scream, and now that winter is here, ain't nobody going to here me. Most days, I'm too weak or in pain to go out. So, yeah, this is my main place for interaction with others.
 
I'm a recluse most of the time, too, Ralphy and see nothing wrong with that. The world out there is a nasty, scary place!! I know there are good things out there too but just drive around for awhile and people honk at you and call you an #$$%^^%@ and flip you the bird. I prefer to stay inside much of the time. I have my smart tv, my pet children, food, Christmas lights glowing, pot of coffee brewing and it's nice in here, real nice!
 
The meds preclude any alcohol, it would be really nice to have a pina colada.

Don't complain about ageing, some folks don't get to try it.
 
If I ever fully retire, I'm thinking I may need a dog to force me outside. Wonder what the cats would do? I know I have very reclusive tendencies.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
26 years ago, I bought this place. It's at the end of a cul de sac with only 4 houses on it. My place is totally secluded. Back then I had an "ex" before she was an ex. I had a job, and job related pals. Both of those are gone due to my spinal deterioration. For most of the day, I'm the only person here. I can stand on my porch and scream, and now that winter is here, ain't nobody going to here me. Most days, I'm too weak or in pain to go out. So, yeah, this is my main place for interaction with others.
Click to expand...

Hope you have a good day now and then so you can get out and around others. We've got some cold weather headed down from Canada this weekend and someone said this winter is supposed to be very cold so that limits my getting out too. Would one of those scooters be of any benefit to you?
 
Thank goodness my health is generally good, and does not significantly limit by day-to-day activities. I walk a couple of miles most mornings, and do my own yard work and home maintenance. Certainly my life is a lot richer, though, by being on this site and Facebook and a couple of others. But I do miss that everyday face-to-face, human interaction, and tentatively plan on moving back to the mainland in 2017.


And I've recently quit drinking wine, etc., at home. Slippery slopes and all that.

Mahalo
 
I'm pretty much a homebody/recluse/hermit too and am over worrying about it. I did question it for a time, but now that winter's here I'm happy to stay here on my computer, reading, or watching a movie.

I do work 25 hours a week so do get some human interaction there, but serving and talking with medical marijuana patients who are generally very nice gentle souls. I'd miss that.

I've worked from home many years and was even more of a recluse. That must be when I started talking to myself OUT LOUD (or is it "aloud"). When I get home now I'm generally in for the night. A lot of weekends I don't leave home from Friday night to Monday morning. It takes a lot to get me away from my woodstove and recliner. I may have one drink every six months,if that, but then I have access to legal cannabis daily which is way better for my mental and physical health.
 
Hoot N Annie said:
Thank goodness my health is generally good, and does not significantly limit by day-to-day activities. I walk a couple of miles most mornings, and do my own yard work and home maintenance. Certainly my life is a lot richer, though, by being on this site and Facebook and a couple of others. But I do miss that everyday face-to-face, human interaction, and tentatively plan on moving back to the mainland in 2017.


And I've recently quit drinking wine, etc., at home. Slippery slopes and all that.

Mahalo
Click to expand...

Good health is a definite plus, stay active. I understand about the interaction, definitely a readjustment. I hope 2017 is a better year for you, Hoot!
 
Oy, that I am perpetually surrounded by company...pets and daughter even try to follow me to the bathroom. But slightly alcoholic and don't call oldest son or best buddy as often as I should...but yup I identify.
 

You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top