Lonely and vulnerable and looking to chat
Watch this postI’m alone, I have no family support or friends.
I’m sad to think that I have two neighbours both know that I’m alone and disabled yet not one of them has even put a note through my door to ask if I’m ok , what happened to community support!!
Has Scotland just decided to look after number one??
I would appreciate it if I just had someone to talk to 😢
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I just realized I posted something unresponsive to your post please pardon my mistake, I meant to reach out for help .
I am not in your community but if you let me I would like to offer my friendship.
If you ever want to chat I'll be here, attempting to live in the present is something I was advised to do.
so with that in mind let me know how the weather is where you are, summer just started and I do feel homesick I now reside in the Westmidlands but I use to live by the sea. and I do love the summer breeze, hope you are well.
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I know what you mean about community. I don't think its just Scotland but everywhere that people seem disinterested in their neighbours and community. There used to be a closer community 50 years ago or more. People mean well but they don't want to presume and are caught up in their own lives working and families. Maybe more pressures nowadays too.
I'm on my own and feel very lucky that my next door neighbour is friendly and we text several times a week even though she's just had a baby. My children are quite a distance away but I see them often as I can. When I can get out I'm OK but if I don't feel well and need to stay indoors like todayI feel very isolated and sad. I worry that when I am much older (I'm 69) and unable to get out at all I'd be really cut off and lonely. I find going to the supermarket has been a help for me during lockdown - chatting with the assistants and a few others.
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I lost my husband nearly 2 yrs ago now I dont know how I have got through it.
I can't walk far I had a hip op .but manage with help from my lovely daughter
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I too live alone and I'm also disabled, so can't walk now. I live in the Midlands, in Birmingham, tho I've lived all over the world. I've been in lockdown since mid-March - not quite how I'd imagined the winter of my days to be - but NO-ONE, even in their worst nightmare, imagined a Covid- filled world 🙁 Got similar neighbours to yours too..
I've a great son, d-in-law and granddaughter tho who live in the US and their emails are a highlight of my weeks. Jasmine, the Grand, is 18 and in love...ahhh. They had a rare snowfall and J. was delighted - sent me a photo, said it was so pretty! I HATE snow 🙁
Hey! did you celebrate Hogmannay? (sp?) I watched a TV series called Two Doors Down, set in Scotland, and they Paraded the Haggis(: Looked such fun..
All for the mo, hope your day's gone well,
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Little Johnny lived in New York, he was 10 years old. The neighborhood boys would play a joke on Johnny.
One boy would hold out his palm,
it would have a nickle and a dime on it. They asked Johnny to pick a coin.
He always picked the nickle, they laughed at Johnny, and said you dummy.. Johnny would walk away
with the nickle he chose.. Everytime
They saw Johnny they would play the trick on him, and laugh at him for picking the nickle. One day Johnny was walking with a girl he made friends with., the boys saw him, we have to play the joke on Johnny in front of his friend. They did, laughed at Johnny as usual, and ran off. Johnny's friend said; Johnny they are making fun of you because a dime is worth more than a nickle. Johnny smiled at her and said " if I picked the dime they wouldn't play the joke on me anymore, and I'm up twenty dollars.
I don’t think people are selfish, really, just tied up in their own lives and not confident in reaching out. Well done that you have..Dani..