deirdre
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I haven't been around here very long, but many of you are not totally isolated as I am. You have family. You have jobs. You go to classes....You have casual friends maybe. Some I think are only here to insist "You really haven't tried hard enough" and have the idea they totally know why you are so darn lonely and are not shy at all in offering an endless stream of "Do this and Do that" advice when they don't know you from Adam.
I am totally alone. There are various reasons. Unemployed. No money usually in the gas tank to go anywhere...and it is getting darn cold and at age 60 I am not bike riding when it is 30 degrees out. No friends here, I moved back to the metro NYC area, very foolish move at my age and just haven't been able to connect.
I am seriously thinking of heading for Port Authority bus terminal, either uptown or downtown and putting a sign across my chest: Desperately lonely and willing to buy you a cup coffee if you'll sit down and talk to me.
Don't think I'll have the nerve to do it though.(or the bus fare in, lol) But the past few years I have tried the volunteer thing, and outrageously if you aren't a member of the rotary club, junior league, church group, they really don't want to know you. Even the Salvation Army didn't need me. I have yet to find even a hospital that will let me come in on Christmas eve, day or New Years to just help out. You have to go thru orientation classes for a few weeks. Jeesh. I don't have gas in the car to get there, nor bus fare for weeks on end so I can help out .....
I so do not look forward to Christmas Eve, Day and New Years alone again. What does anyone else who is totally alone in this world do to cope with this upcoming season? I mean, are there any agencies that will come to you? I am so isolated and home bound, but not disabled or ill enough for most social service agency services...anyone know of any groups or people who just might stop by and talk for an hour???? I just don't want to be alone again.
I am totally alone. There are various reasons. Unemployed. No money usually in the gas tank to go anywhere...and it is getting darn cold and at age 60 I am not bike riding when it is 30 degrees out. No friends here, I moved back to the metro NYC area, very foolish move at my age and just haven't been able to connect.
I am seriously thinking of heading for Port Authority bus terminal, either uptown or downtown and putting a sign across my chest: Desperately lonely and willing to buy you a cup coffee if you'll sit down and talk to me.
Don't think I'll have the nerve to do it though.(or the bus fare in, lol) But the past few years I have tried the volunteer thing, and outrageously if you aren't a member of the rotary club, junior league, church group, they really don't want to know you. Even the Salvation Army didn't need me. I have yet to find even a hospital that will let me come in on Christmas eve, day or New Years to just help out. You have to go thru orientation classes for a few weeks. Jeesh. I don't have gas in the car to get there, nor bus fare for weeks on end so I can help out .....
I so do not look forward to Christmas Eve, Day and New Years alone again. What does anyone else who is totally alone in this world do to cope with this upcoming season? I mean, are there any agencies that will come to you? I am so isolated and home bound, but not disabled or ill enough for most social service agency services...anyone know of any groups or people who just might stop by and talk for an hour???? I just don't want to be alone again.