Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
I know this is a first world problem, but I've been feeling more isolated lately...I am rambling here, but, yes, there are always people worse off. I feel very lucky to live the life I have, but I have always been extremely social and something feels off.
I am noticing the same myself and I've never been what you would call extremely social - I've been pondering this and from my observations it seems a more common trend. Unsure if it is because our society is so youth-centric or if the assumptions that people above a certain age are placed into rigid "holes" regarding our interests and activities. While I do have new friendly acquaintances my age that may become friends over time, I've noticed they aren't interested in physical/athletic activities at all. Those who do read, another of my interests, read very different things than I and don't seem to be interested in broadening their reading horizons. I find that I am interacting more with younger folk as I can't seem to find friends in my own age group locally who have similar interests. I am also 55 with no partner, children, grandchildren, etc - and this seems to be unusual in my circles. I am not holding my breath for holding for that first one to change (though it would be nice). So I get on with those things that I am interested in and am thankful for all that I DO have.

Perhaps things might change as more and more of the +50 crowd are Boomers, or not. Our rather large generation is now entirely over 50, so it will be interesting to see how things develop.