i like a bottle or 3 also 

Did I ever tell you about the time myself and friends shot over 400 pair of rabbits on French island back in '75. We got fed up with counting after 400. I might have eaten your girlfriend.

Davey

I'm still here and $eth is forever faithful :)

But cannot trust him with gold, money and what he says ... he got this big windfall from the Meeting Place for his gibberish ... you would think he would share it with his everloving GD ... I do hope you went and claimed the loot.

In view of your windfall $eth ... of course you can come and live with me :)

kfc took all the gold and money ... you just cannot trust men ....

I'm flattered Seth, quite a while since I was referred to as "wild"

Some people are lonely in a crowd,some feel happy on their own,depends on attitude and things they have been doing in life previous to having lost their partner. Great to share interests with a partner but if one has not independent hobbies and interests,then lonliness can occur, just my opinion

I lost my husband in 1989 and have lived alone ever since,  I have never minded my own company

Yes I am sure for some it can -- I am so very lucky

I found this very significant in that report

"Two-thirds of the older adults in the UCSF study who said that they were lonely were either married or living with a partner of some kind. This finding lends credence to the belief that it's not about how many relationships you have—it's about how meaningful they are." 

Personally I find the above very sad. Living alone would surely be better than living in an empty relationship.

Very much in agreement Vivity

I agree too Viv but there are so many factors involved in aged loneliness. My mum  loved my dad but I know she felt empty and disillusioned in her relationship and she was very lonely. When he died she got on with her life for awhile but then lost the physical capacity to live her life independently. She developed some blindness (macular degeneration) so lost her love of writing poetry and prose which was very meaningful for her. Her arthritis became so bad that she could no longer walk independently to shop or do anything so she was tied to the home and need for help to do things like hang out washing and other housework. My sister and I had made our lives a long way away and she felt too old to uproot her life to join either of us and face new beginnings. I feel tears even writing this because I tried so hard to talk her into leaving her place and life as she knew it and to come to live with me or close-by but I think it was beyond her to make such change at that stage of her life. She was a very beautiful mother and I feel so sad that she put her life into mothering but ended up feeling lonely because too much just got beyond her. Phone calls are not enough to stave off loneliness in the elderly.

Yes I would not cope with a bad relationship,  I have Friends and sometimes they stay over,   things Do get beyond one --I know that only too well

Yes that is a very good article about Living alone doesn’t mean living lonely

It is interesting that the younger women are more socially active, are well off,  educated, and hold down professional jobs with good income as compared to the married women.

Maybe its because some people do not like their own company

I guess I have never worried about being on my own, I am an only Child and one gets used to their own company, although I have always had lots of friends it was never my choice to have to be with others all the time, there was always something to learn / read/ or do on my own