General Chat
Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!
- The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
- You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
- And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
- The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.
Quick Search
Single word search
Icons
- New posts
- No new posts
- Thread closed
- Stickied, new posts
- Stickied, no new posts
Are you lonely?
Profile | Posted by | Options | Post Date |
---|---|---|---|
|
JustGinnie | Report | 20 Jun 2014 18:41 |
I am retired but do voluntary work in a charity shop, we have lots of older people come in just to browse and have a few minutes chat and sometimes I see the manager looking at me as if to say 'chatting again' but as MotownGal says I could be the only person that speaks to them that day. |
|||
|
MotownGal | Report | 20 Jun 2014 17:47 |
I am not retired, I walk to work every day and see the same people, I smile and say Good Morning to them. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
~Lynda~ | Report | 20 Jun 2014 13:56 |
OFITG, I think there are many people like you, who don't add as much as they used to. I find it childlike on here sometimes, some posts are embarrassing to read. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 20 Jun 2014 13:46 |
I also live alone, the last time I actually spoke to someone, apart from a shop assistant, was over 4 weeks ago, however like AnnCardiff, I would not say that I am lonely. Having lived on my own now for nearly 6 years I have learned to enjoy my own company. In my teens and early 20's I was always a bit of a loner and I think that has helped me adjust to living on my own, the one thing I do miss is the company of my boxer dogs Buster & Braun - alas they passed away many moons ago. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
AnnCardiff | Report | 20 Jun 2014 12:16 |
apart from my lovely son and daughter in law, I too have two extremely good long life friends and lovely neighbours - that makes a huge difference |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
AnnCardiff | Report | 20 Jun 2014 12:13 |
I would think that the majority of members on the Chat Board are retired - could be wrong - and as has been said, many are lonely. I live alone and can go days without speaking to anyone, but do not consider myself lonely - I have my car and can get about, and fortunately am fit and healthy, apart from clinical depression - which is no problem as medication takes care of that |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
JustJohn | Report | 20 Jun 2014 11:46 |
On Genes, no one knows we are old unless we volunteer that information. Sometimes I see posts (Dizzi and AnnC are good examples often) and I think - she is youngish, she has some modern ideas. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
AnnCardiff | Report | 20 Jun 2014 11:01 |
so true Lynda ad Dizzi - a perfect summing up |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
~Lynda~ | Report | 20 Jun 2014 08:37 |
It's a great poem isn't it Dizzi, and sadly it's often true |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
DIZZI | Report | 20 Jun 2014 07:36 |
LYNDA |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
eRRolSheep | Report | 19 Jun 2014 22:35 |
It can sometimes be a little frustrating but generally I find it very rewarding and it depends on the way things are taught and demonstrated. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
~Lynda~ | Report | 19 Jun 2014 22:32 |
Susan, I did this wonderful course a few years back, it was really for carers, but thought it looked so interesting I paid to do it. It was about how to listen and talk to the elderly. There was a wonderful film shown, with Virginia McKenna, who played the part of an elderly lady in care, who'd had a stroke, she was talked about rather than to. The poem was read while the film played, it showed her life, and how she had lived, she wasn't just an old lady, she was a person. If anyone gets the chance to see the short film, by Amanda Waring then please see it . |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Susan10146857 | Report | 19 Jun 2014 22:03 |
Rather you than me E......I am afraid I lost patience with the old boy across the road when trying to explain to him how to use his all dancing all singing new TVs remote.....talk about confused......I wouldn't mind but I can just about understand my own :-D |
|||
|
eRRolSheep | Report | 19 Jun 2014 21:42 |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27577143 |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Susan10146857 | Report | 19 Jun 2014 19:54 |
I have it on the radio when travelling to training. |
|||
|
~Lynda~ | Report | 19 Jun 2014 19:33 |
Do you listen to The Archers Susan, they have a plot going on at the moment about loneliness ? |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
~Lynda~ | Report | 19 Jun 2014 19:24 |
It's sad isn't it Susan, it seems that there's a lot of people who say they haven't got time to just spare a few minutes to chat to someone. Most of us have got the time,we just get our priorities wrong. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Susan10146857 | Report | 19 Jun 2014 19:09 |
or can you help someone who is? |
|||
|
Susan10146857 | Report | 19 Jun 2014 19:08 |
..... |