Lucky Girl! I am with you
I am 84 years of age, NEVER lived on my own, NEVER, my mum lived with me, and dh... when working fulltime, demanding job, I did enjoy time on my own.. but then I was not lonely cos lots of people in my life
the dh died last November,, then lockdown,, double whammy for me... then loneliness hit me....
wonder how I would have managed without the lockdown, but there..
I tell people I am lonely, I love people, I need people, not all the time, obviously, but church I go to,, told some of them,, no response whatsoever....
tell family, two grown sons, and dil, they do what they can , but they are all working,, even then,, visiting with them, afterwards seems to exacerbate my loneliness, so to me , loneliness is not having some to share...
I do have a very close gf, years younger than me, but we do not seem to recognise the difference in ages... I can talk to her, etc.. but that is not the same as really sharing the little things... I find this subject quite interesting as I have never been in this situation before..
so for me, loneliness I guess is having someone on the same wavelength, (but not always) but here, to share the little, everyday things..
I talk to my cat,, but not quite the same is it..
I could talk about God etc. but I sense that so many here would not be on my wave length, so if anyone wants to talk to me,,, just p.m. and perhaps if we are ... could then be emails??? the times I have approached people with this... doesn`t seem to get rid of the loneliness though...