MossRoad
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I understand. We've had several older relatives go through similar. My mother in-law is going to be 82 this year. Her husband, who was 13 years older than her, passed away a year and a half ago. She was able to take care of him until the end. They were a very active couple, with several other couples. Always going out to dinner, shows, the casinos, bus trips, etc. However, the other couples are all my father in-law's age, and they are winding down as well. They rarely get together anymore. My mother in-law goes to visit them, but none of them come to visit her. She was also very active in her high school alumni group. That's right. High school group in their 80s. Several dozen of them still friends that used to get together every month. Covid put the brakes on that. Now that things are easing up, most of them are also too old to get out as often.
So she's basically living alone in a 1700 square foot 3 bedroom home that's empty. We eat dinner with her at least once a week, and she comes over other days. But last week was the first time she told us she was lonely. She's got her dog, but that's not another human. So I'm guessing that she's hinting at being lonely and might want to start looking at retirement communities where there are more people around. We'll start having those discussions in the near future.
So she's basically living alone in a 1700 square foot 3 bedroom home that's empty. We eat dinner with her at least once a week, and she comes over other days. But last week was the first time she told us she was lonely. She's got her dog, but that's not another human. So I'm guessing that she's hinting at being lonely and might want to start looking at retirement communities where there are more people around. We'll start having those discussions in the near future.