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I've just joined this Forum and I am not sure how it works yet so thought I'd start by introducing myself.
I 62 and have been retired for 2 years. I am a Scot living in Scotland. I enjoy travelling, reading, walking, music ( going to Gigs and Festivals ). I do some voluntary work to use the skills I built up in my career and because I think I still have something to offer.
I find the Winter months quite difficult since I retired and long for Spring.
Looking to find some online friends to expand my circle and meet people from other places. I'm a 56 year old woman, a still-working single mom, who thought she was an empty-nester but maybe not...I've got 2 kids trying to find their place in this very complex world and home is sanctuary so they seem to come back from school for plenty of visits 🙂 My home is small but a sanctuary of twinkling lights and some wonderful animals.
Hope I can connect with people for some good conversation because this is the last time I'm signing up for anything where I have yet another login and password to remember.
Cheers!
Elle
Back in 1966 or 67 a young lady from Sheffield went on holiday to Ostend, there she met a young man called Ian from Balham. After the holiday they not only stayed in touch by letter, tslephone calls etc., but also made visits to each other, she to Balham him to Sheffield. Unfortunately the young ladies mum became seroously ill and what with the stress and the necessity of caring theit relationship broke down, obviously the distance between them didn't help.
The young lady is now in her seventies and her memory is somewhat vague, sometimes a bit more lucid than other times. She remembers Ian's dad was a policeman but at the time of writing this that's about it.
From what she has said I know she would dearly like to know if Ian iß OK and deep down I think she would like to possi ly see him again.
With so little information I know it will be pretty impossible for anyone to help find her Ian but I'm a born optimist.
I am a married 57 year old with 5 grown up adult 2 boys 3 girls I have lots of health problems I was very premature at birth weighing only 1 pound 13 oz I went down to a pound in weight I hope I can find friends and support on this sight as I surely need it Belive me.
Dolphin500.
this is the first time I've ever used a chat room. just looking for online friends and chats my story is recently a sad one but I;m not a sad person but have become quite lonely .
I have decided to only tell my story once and then move on.
I have my own place and a faithfull happy 2yo yorkie terrier which i'm sure has saved my life a few times.
so I hope I have not crossed any lines in this chat room, if I have my apologies from a real newbie.
cheers
Sad that you have lost your wife, I do hope you are managing to cope okay.
No platitudes from me, but to invite you to get involved with the people on these forums.
Post pictures, write poems or whatever it is that interests you. Loads of different subjects for you to comment on or join in. Speakers corner is pretty active as a rule.
I joined in 2016 because I was so lonely and needed to connect with another human being, Silversurfers has been a godsend.
It helped me to come out of my shell and step out into the real world to find others to connect with.
I do hope you can find the same impetus.
Magic words are...jump in and join us all.
See you on the forums.
The best way, I think, to participate in the forum is explore and have a look at the different sections. As Yodama has mentioned above, there is Speakers Corner where you can give your opinions on items in the news but there is also The Showcase where members post their stories and poems.
I think this site is more like a magazine than just a forum. There are a lot of sections to explore.
Look to the right of your screen and note the white arrow in the blue box - if you click on that, it will help you to find your way around.
The private chat by the way isn't a chat room, it is private messaging where you can send messages to other forum members just to say hello or chat.
I'm now working part-time for a social impact project to improve life post retirement. If it's also something you care about, please complete this survey and maybe we can collaboratively improve our lives when we 'retire'?
You can be busy with the luxury of not being forced to be busy ( does that make sense? 😉 )
It is a change but a good one, chuck out that alarm clock for starters.
Good luck on transitioning.
I’m new to the site but having moved to Stafford a few weeks ago I thought I would give this a go. I hope I’m not breaching the etiquette of the forum by saying although I’m happy to chat online I would like to use this as a way of meeting people ‘face to face’.
Welcome to Silversurfers! I don't see why it might be a breach of etiquette to say that you would like to meet other Silversurfers face to face. I hope that you manage to meet lots of interesting people and if you join in with a few of the posts on the Forum you will, hopefully find like-minded individuals. Good Luck 🙂