2007-11-23 15:59:32 · 24 answers · asked by Wrong number 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
pumpkin, my sentiments exactly. I didn't say I am like that now, I was just trying to think of good questions. I see so many older people who are so lonely even with people around, just thought it was a good question and yes, you are right about Jesus but we all also have to have human conversation and interaction.
2007-11-24 06:35:44 · update #1
We come into this world alone
We go away the same
We're meant to spend the interval in closeness, or so we tell ourselves.
But it's a long way from the morning to the evening.
Rod McKuen
2007-11-24 06:54:12 · answer #1 · answered by Moe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep, been that way for 25 some odd years. The few guys that I have had in my life were the type that always wanted to do their own thing. That is why there is no guy in my life at all now and more than likely never will be either. I look at it this way, if I am going to be lonely WITH someone around, I might as will live alone. I do live alone and have been living alone for over 2 years now. I now live next door to mom and dad. I stay lonely all the time.
2007-11-24 00:22:30 · answer #2 · answered by SapphireB 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It has happened before in my life. I became so lonely during the last few years of my marriage, he and I could be sitting
near each other watching TV or whatever and I felt so alone.
Nothing makes a person feel lonelier than feeling alone while with another person. That was one of the worse times of my life. I've been divorced for 28 years yet the memory of those feelings is still very vivid in my mind. I am now so happy and
actually never feel lonely anymore with or without someone around.
2007-11-24 00:11:33 · answer #3 · answered by Eve 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I went from living in a small town where I knew everyone to a big city where I knew no one.... that kind of loneliness is awful... I went to a street fair and walked around for hours and then realized that I had been looking for ONE FACE that was familiar and hadn't seen even one.... I was totally, truely ALONE there.... scary..... when I got my family around me, I was fine.... but now, almost thirty years later, that still stays with me.... and I'd really rather not be in crowds because of it....
my own 'crowd' contains maybe fifty people.... and those faces are familiar and that's the only place where I'm not lonely..... and you know how few times you get THEM all together at one time......
2007-11-24 07:57:45 · answer #4 · answered by meanolmaw 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, definitely! I am single with no children . My parents are deceased. This time of the year is especially hard when I accept an invitation to someone's house. They are usually with other family members interacting. And even though I am in a crowded place, I feel lonely.
2007-11-24 03:53:57 · answer #5 · answered by Harley Lady 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I can honestly say there have been very, very few times in my life when I felt lonely.
My life is so full and my career was so fascinating that it never crosses my mind.
I live alone (by choice, thank you) but have so many interests and hobbys and things I enjoy that lonliness simply doesn't cross my mind.
I have a loving family, children, grandkid whom I see on a regular basis (except the son who simply MUST live in Hawaii....how rude). Lots of friends....
I know there are lonely people out there and I feel sad for them... I'm not one of them, though.
2007-11-24 18:30:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can be in a room with a 100 people, and still feel so lonely, that it is as if there is no one there. But my problem, is I like people. So I would have to talk to them.
I feel more lonely, when I'm alone in my room thinking of the future.
2007-11-24 00:50:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I know what Eve means, and I felt the same towards the end of my marriage. But I find that these days I like being on my own, so I guess I'm lucky in the fact it doesn't make me feel lonely.
2007-11-24 08:42:04 · answer #8 · answered by Roxy. 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I'm never alone, even when it's just me.
I've spent so many years with the public and confusion of this life that being alone is never lonely. I have sooooo much to catch up on that I don't have time to be lonely.
2007-11-24 00:16:54 · answer #9 · answered by Cranky 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, at least in the past. I need conversation. I need to be able to talk to someone (at least) about feelings, ideas, opinions and day to day life. There were times during other marraiges that I did not have that and the person that I was married to was not at all interested in anything that I thought or felt.
2007-11-24 00:59:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋