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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are people so afraid of being alone?   It's just plain weird. [/quote]

I will answer your question, since I researched the hell out of this when my grandmother died and my grandpa shacked up with a woman named Ruthpot. Sometimes just referred to by my mom as "the 'pot."

The older generations got married between ages 17-23. This is for people born through the 50's. Anyone who wasn't married by 25 was socially shunned, really. People did things in couple-groups. So it's not like our generation - my cousin is 43 and single, and has a great social life despite not having a boyfriend (or girlfriend). I talked to my grandmother (on the other side of the family) about this and she confirmed - old people socialize in couples. Some women can get away with it because they can pair up with other female widows, but not men. [/quote]

This is not relevant for someone in her 60's.  If she is in her sixties, she turned 20 around 1970.  Very different society in than the 50's.

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