Community Chat

[BeccaLou]

@MissMadi I'll come over for some brat and baked beans.If only for pretend. Enjoy a safe and healthy, peaceful day.

[goldensrbest]

Thank you for all the kind replies.

[Starpolisher]

I'm here with dh but I feel alone since dh is not big on conversation. Never has been. It didn't matter when our sons were still living here. Anyway, dh use to be at work literally 24-7. Now that it's just the two of us, I always feel I'm alone. And with this pandemic, can't even visit or have visitors. Thank goodness I enjoy my own company!

@goldensrbest 

Enjoy your day and solitude!

[bajsf]

Yes, I am alone...a widow since June 2014..it sucks.

My daughter and grandson(just turned 5) live 3 hours away..

I go every 4-6 weeks for a week or so stay..now with this Covid

its been a little longer on trips..she lives in NJ and I in PA..

My friend that I hang with..is at her daughters in MD for a few 

weeks...

I do have my daughters dog with me...she moved into a new home

and one part of her yard is not fenced..so have him here..Not use

to having a dog..but he keeps me company..another reason why my

trips to NJ are not as regular as I like..hate to keep him in the kennel

as I drive..

Well, enjoy the holiday, thanks for giving me a place to voice my feelings on

beling alone for another holiday!!

[Starpolisher]

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@catwhisperer wrote:

What I am receiving from some of these posts is that some of us are lonely due to fact that we are widows and/or have also lost a pet companion. What I am also hearing is that some ladies still have their DH, but are also feeling alone and isolated. I am a widow, but also know the pain of feeling alone and isolated when he was still alive. Very sad.

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[Salreg]

No apology needed.  I know what you meant.  When you lose someone you love, holidays period are hard.  Take care and remember tomorrow the sun will shine.

[Buffalogal47]

Me! Labor Day never feels like a holiday to me anyway, not like July 4 or Memorial Day. 

[chiclets]

Chuckle!

I always claimed Labor Day as sort of another Mothers Day.

Why, because I had children and had labor something man could not do.

So for each child I claimed 9 months!   9 months of my life that a man could not possibly give back to me! Nor soften the pains of labor!

So, more or less, he owed me!!!!!!!!!

[GoneButNotForgotten]

yes I am and there's a lot of people in the same boat.  When I start to feel sorry for myself, I remind myself that I'm not really a social pariah, just caught up in current circumstances.

[GoneButNotForgotten]

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@catwhisperer wrote:

I'm alone every day. Between the virus situation, the extreme heat, and poor air quality due to fire smoke, I am stuck inside my apt. the entire weekend and can't go anywhere. 

However, I am grateful that I even have an apt. and have not lost my home to fire as many people have. There is always someone worse off than many of us, so count your blessings.

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Not being snarky or anything...would maybe a cool bath and/or a bubble bath help?