The Conservative Cave
Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on August 08, 2009, 12:16:33 PM
-
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=281x1421
Oh my.
david13 (463 posts) Tue Aug-04-09 09:24 PM
Original message
I've been a loner for 35 years now? Well, it has a few ups and downs, right now I'm way in the down area, as I just turned 60 and have been out of work more or less for 4 years. A few jobs here and there.
But, it's not always easy. I can see why married/partner couples live longer. Mostly, I think they want to, for each other? I guess, but it worked for me up til this year, more or less. It's the difficulties of old age that are getting to me.
I don't know where to start.
It's a lonely group, there in the uncool loners's forum.
silverweb (1000+ posts) Wed Aug-05-09 12:27 PM
Response to Original message
1. I hear you.
Being out of work is probably a greater contributor to your depressive feelings than age, as long as your health is reasonably good.
And Happy Birthday! I'm also 60 (61 shortly) and have found that some of my life preferences have definitely shifted. I've become more of a loner and love it. Family and job never gave me much option before, but now I do have the choice and am indulging it fully.
Maybe in your case, it's time to become somewhat less of a loner, and start seeking out activities where you'll meet more people?
-
Those guys are due some end of life counseling
-
Convicted felons, sex offenders, aging queers.
Not a happy bunch.
-
4 years????? How on earth does one live? :evillaugh: to FGL.
-
4 years????? How on earth does one live? :evillaugh: to FGL.
Thats not me. When have you seen me complain about my economic problems? I juist cry silently in the night. :uhsure:
I'm not going to embarassment myself like a DUmmie.
-
Thats not me. When have you seen me complain about my economic problems? I juist cry silently in the night. :uhsure:
I'm not going to embarass myself like a DUmmie.
No way.
Unlike the primitives, we all have our futures to look forward to.
None of us know our futures, but it's reasonable to expect our own destinies to be better, more fulfilling, more enriching, than what lies ahead for the primitives.
-
By the time I get my degree from the U o P, hey its accredited, maybe the economy will be better or business will be outlawed... who knows which?
-
By the time I get my degree from the U o P, hey its accredited, maybe the economy will be better or business will be outlawed... who knows which?
Well, yeah, that could be a fallback future for you, sir.
You have greater talents.
There's a story, for example, behind the relationship of your older brother and yourself, and some of us would like to enjoy it. You've given a few really tiny, partial-sentence, clues, and it's got to be a good story.
-
**I'm the older brother**
:thatsright:
-
Oh.
-
Oh.
my brother is nothing too special, he just changes jobs a lot. lol.
clue? like this?
(http://www.oldcitypark.org/images/Depot_Bank.gif)
-
my brother is nothing too special, he just changes jobs a lot. lol.
Oh, I dunno, FGL, sir.
I detect something really good there, the way things should be but rarely are.
-
Those guys are due some end of life counseling
FGL, that's what the :evillaugh: was for.
-
**I'm the older brother**
:thatsright:
I too am the oldest. Don't have much to do with my siblings, one's a crook/conman, the other's a dope smoking hippie. For the life of me I can't figure out how they took the paths they did, as we all were brought up in an extremely conservative household!
-
I too am the oldest. Don't have much to do with my siblings, one's a crook/conman, the other's a dope smoking hippie. For the life of me I can't figure out how they took the paths they did, as we all were brought up in an extremely conservative household!
So, one is a democrat politician and the other votes for him? :-)
-
So, one is a democrat politician and the other votes for him? :-)
Actually, they still vote the right way. If not, I'd have to commit muder and they know not to **** with Bubba!
-
I too am the oldest. Don't have much to do with my siblings, one's a crook/conman, the other's a dope smoking hippie. For the life of me I can't figure out how they took the paths they did, as we all were brought up in an extremely conservative household!
I'm the oldest, but my brother and two sisters all turned out to be fairly conservative. One of my sisters even married a Seabee (though he was going through nuc school when they met), so she's about as conservative as I am.