I have been forgotten, I no longer exist
Watch this postToday is my 58th birthday, the day started bright and sunny but very cold, I enjoyed an extended early morning walk with my dog before returning home for breakfast. There have been no phone calls, no emails, no visitors, and the postman didn't have anything for me today: the family, that I used to be a part of, have forgotten me, as have the friends I thought would always be there. This is my 20th solitary birthday, but I have become used to it and now it doesn't bother me, it really doesn't. I will be taking my dog out for a longer walk after lunch and then I will make us a nice meal before settling down to watch some TV. I didn't ever expect to be so isolated in my later years, but it's not as bad as you might think, I'm still very active and I enjoy life immensely. However, I do sometimes wonder how I came to be the solitary person I am, I guess it must be me, after all, the others can't all be wrong, can they?
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Well Happy belated birthday .
Trouble is I am finding myself becoming more and more like a hermit, that doesn't even want to go out into the big world.
Belated birthday greetings. You are obviously internet savvy. Use these skills to google U3A. You will find a host of like minded folk all in the same boat, all having found the U3A found each other. Do it now!