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Originally Posted by BethRags
Count me among the miserably lonely. I raised a family - and never dreamed I'd be sitting alone on holidays while they do whatever else. Been married for over 30 years, but my husband and I don't live together. We're best friends in some way, but that's hardly the same as actually living together.
I've had some moderate social connections in the past few years that didn't come to anything, when all was said and done.
I'm 57, and easily recall when the US was an honorable and enviable place to live. No more.
Anyway. At the risk of sounding cliche...I truly feel your post.
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I am so sorry you are lonely, Beth. I am, too. I reached out to a "friend" to tell him my phone was hacked and not to open anything from me and he texted back and asked me to dinner, which was quite sweet. I haven't been out to eat in a year. With this upcoming dinner, I will have seen a total of 2 friends in the past 12 months. Enough about me!!!!!
My point is not about me. My point is about us!! So many of us forced to live this way, abandoned and excommunicated for the crime of getting sick. It's shameful. Shameful. What if we did that to all the cardiac patients who smoked too much and didn't exercise? Or the diabetics who really struggle with weight issues? People would rightly be outraged.
Some day, smart people will look back on all this and be ashamed of what we did to all of us. Really wish we all could be there for that.