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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about friends? Do you have any close friends? Nourish those connections.

I know several childless people, who're either married or single, leading vibrant social lives in their 60s. They travel widely to see their friends and make the effort to stay connected. [/quote]

OP here. I have some good friends in the small town where I grew up (= same town where my relatives live),  6 to 7 hours away.
I have known these friends since kindergarten, school and our teenage years. We keep in touch regularly and I meet up with some of them when I go back to my hometown to visit.

My husband and I don't really have close friends where we live now, we have friendly acquaintances. But close friends as in best friends, no.
I am more sociable than my husband. He likes the people we know and he doesn't go out of his way to make new friends.

I guess I am more worried about being alone and lonely in our old age when our health starts to decline and when we become less mobile. 
I'm afraid of getting stuck at home without a wide network of family and friends who live within a reasonable distance from us.[/quote]

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