Allsorts
My will, everything is set up, all in order. Every invitation to a meal is refused, he would rather see his friends. He said if I lived near him it would change, it wouldn't, I would just lose my friends here. That conversation I had I told him phone calls are not enough, but he said he works hard and that's his way if relaxing. I feel trapped, how on earth I will cope in a few years I don't know. His sister is estranged from all family, she wants to travel the worl topping up her tan, she didn't want any responsibility of family. I've done well! I should gave moved when my husband died I've left it too late. Nothing can change now.
Gosh you sound so low.
You say "nothing can change now". It can, YOU can change. It's never too late to make changes to improve the quality of your life.
Are you mobile. If you are still mobile and in reasonable physical health then there is still so much you can do.
Would counselling help. Or maybe a few sessions with a life coach. My friend who is also a widow, did this, she was in a black pit of despair and had some counselling sessions with a life coach, mainly by phone. She felt she didn't need psychotherapy but she need help and guidance. She said it really helped through a bad patch. . And she's not wealthy, she said the sessions are actually very affordable.
I hope you don't think what I say next is harsh......it's said with love ❤️?. The truth is NO ONE IS COMING. There is no one to rescue us, we simply HAVE to do it ourselves.
When we are "in the doldrums" we have to be the ones to get ourselves going again. And yes it's hard, but the truth is sometimes we just have to make a fresh start, and yes that will mean getting out of our comfort zone.
We have to push ourselves, find new friends, join clubs, take up new hobbies, volunteer, join an exercise class - whatever it takes.
Each year I chose a word or phrase as a way of "gee-ing myself up". Last Christmas was just awful, thanks to my DIL and her shameful behaviour and treatment not just of me but our entire family. I swore that was it, no more.
So when contemplating the future instead of the usual same old new year resolutions to lose weight, get fit I chose the phrase "radical transformation". And that's what I'm doing, slowly but surely transforming my life.
It's a slow process but I'm getting there.
Allsorts.....you can do it, you HAVE to. No one can do it for you. And certainly not your family. Dig deep, find the courage and take a leap of faith.
If your current friendship circle isn't meeting your needs, then widen it. Don't drop your friends just because they see families at weekends, look for new friends to add to your circle. Look for people who are in a similar position to you. Maybe a widows support group or something like Meet Up. It will be trial and error but just keep at it.
Don't give up......