The cost of being a loner

[kevinbgoode1]

63. OMG. . .I am too. . .

I didn't used to be - there were times when I was very social, but as I've grown older I've become more entrenched in being my own company. I like traveling alone. I have maybe three friends in the town I live - they are wonderful people and are there for me, but I've been in the OP's spot before. I had a routine test scheduled a few years ago and no one to go with me - I had to cancel it in the end.

I too avoid social situations in which I feel awkward - I feel like I paid my dues attending those for so many years. Maybe they need to create some kind of online network for single, older people to connect with like-minded others who can perhaps help with situations in which we are required to have someone with us. It seems to me that, even locally, this should be some kind of senior service or volunteer service.