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PS I tried Googling AIA New here, and if your welcome was directed to someone else, I hope they thanked you for that, just as I am doing

The voluntary work I was doing provided a home shopping service for housebound people. A woman who used the service rang one day in floods of tears as her mother had died a short while before we spoke, and I really felt for her, thus I knowingly broke the rules and gave her my phone number so...

I owe you an apology. Only now have I realised that unless I click on 'Reply', the person I wanted to reply to won't know who I'm addressing. I replied to your message apparently randomly a few minutes ago. I am not a forum frequent flyer!

Me too! Though on reflection, how much did I REALLY want to live up to others' expectations. I'm persuaded that if I'm opposed to certain expectations, that's nothing I'm going to feel bad about. With decrepitude sometimes comes resignation...

I'm thinking that it's time to turn from today's royal funeral and see what else I ought to do

Thank you for your message. I'm sorry for your loss. A former partner died earlier this year; I wasn't expecting to feel anything, but it's a reminder of your own mortality, if nothing else. We must all cherish the contacts we have, don't you think?

Thank you for your message. Clearly, loneliness is not just an English disease... I've remembered the old saying that reminds you to count the fingers pointing back at one when one points at someone else. On reflection, I've not generally taken my fair share of the credit for the mess I'm in...

Jesse C, you are wise and generous, but some of us are too sensitive to tolerate others’ aggressive remarks. While I applaud your fairness, I have seen others saying things here that don’t incline me to be as open about myself as I had hoped I could be. I wonder if there is somewhere better?

Agreed, though we each have to cut our cloth according to our individual situations, Let's hope for a satisfactory outcome for each of us. I agree that meaningfulness matters, As does recognising that as humans, we're social animals, and social isolation can be damaging. I guess that's why we're...

Maybe that’s why there are so many cute pictures of little animals on the internet? Can’t go wrong with one of those, unless of course you have a pet abbatoir… And a deep hatred of political correctness and a tendency towards mindless violence… ACS

Thank you. I wonder if someone well-known said ‘life’s a *****, then you die’? Don’t you just hate it when some smart-arse tells you how something ends ahead of time? Of course, you may also know the misogynistic version? Life’s a *****, then you marry one… I hope I’ve not given offence, if I...

Well, at least you have a plan. I hope it goes well for you. I don’t yet have a plan. Thank you for replying, I hope we both get what we need in order to get out of the doldrums 🤞🏻 ACS

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landside, No escape from reality… Luckily, this is just a song; life is nothing like this... Are you trying to make a new life for yourself with new people where approaches to them just don't get anywhere? I'm probably my own worst...

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landside, No escape from reality… Luckily, this is just a song...

I found this forum all on my own. Okay, Google helped me, but I took that for granted. After all, I presume that Google works for top dogs, pariahs and everybody in between... I'll be 70 later this year, and I was wondering if others are here who are well beyond the first flush of youth? I was...