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27th Apr 2015Envirowiser commented on:
Does making new friends get easier or more difficult as you get older?The answers to this question would be of more value and internet if people were to give their age or at least an indication of it, eg. mid thirties or late fifties, and the results given according to age. Ones answer is inevitably going to be affected by individual circumstances. I live in north London, where l am known as Enfield's silver surfer. I lost my wife, who was 10 1/2 years younger than me, and a very private person, 20 months ago after 49 years together, and we had very few close friends. I will be 82 in September and in the last 18 months have taken up new interests and become involved in the local community. I am the only living grandparent to my 3 grandchildren,to whom l am very close and my life has become very full and exciting with many new, good and caring friends here and abroad and the number is increasing all the time, now around 100, many of whom are in the African and afro Caribbean community. I have gained so much confidence with the love and support of these friends that on Saturday I sang without backing music to an audience of about a hundred - something l could not have done only 3 months ago. We only have one life and I have come to realize that we have to grab it with both hands while we have the opportunity. north