I'm in the same boat. I'm down to two close friends but have some good neighbors. My close friends are far away...one I email weekly with and the other I write to and talk on the phone with about once a month. I've met a couple of people who could become friends, but I have no assurance of that as yet. I'm getting older, birthday this month and I'll be 73. Yikes! JFK was killed on my 23rd birthday, so every year I am reminded of this. I'd rather not be, such a terrible memory. My aunt called and said, "Turn on the TV quick, the President's been shot." I have never been so lonely in my life. I used to have lots and lots of close friends. Had to dump the bad ones. Am now down to almost nothing. But I am grateful for the ones I do have. How do we get out of this deep hole of loneliness when we don't want to deal with people most of the time?