Well, Daisy, it's all about standards. You still have standards and that's not a bad thing. I wouldn't be able to live with a racist. That is one thing I can't stand.

I think what is meant when we say to try to go out and be around people, it's more like, try to find people who share common things. These people don't sound very in-common with you. Take a hobby you enjoy and go find people who do the same thing. Like a book club or a knitting circle or cooking classes or bike riding club. There are lots of things out there.

I think there are ways to find them online. One of my co-workers is single with adult children, so she's home alone a lot, and she's very into using Yahoo to find social things to do. She is very into bike riding and has joined a bunch of clubs for mountain biking and city biking. She's in one club where they all dress up in themed costumes once a week and ride around the city looking like a bunch of crazy people, then at the end they all go for a beer. Like once they all went as their favorite biblical characters, or once they all wore sparkly wigs and flag shirts for 4th of July (I think they were supposed to be fireworks.)