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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has she had any hobbies in the past?  Is there a way you gently nudge her to get back into them?  My parents are in their early 70s and really involved in their hobbies and volunteering with their church.  My mom gardens and teaches Sunday school, my dad makes furniture and also volunteers at the church soup kitchen. I think it's important to have a social outlet and also to feel productive at whatever age.[/quote]

No real hobbies ever, no real fitness or reading habits to return to.   Your parents sound wonderful!  Mom goes to church but never volunteers.  Never has, never would.   She’s not innately awful but she is very solipsistic.  She’s been retired for well over 15 years and has been watching tv ever since.   I tried to encourage volunteering and docenting  - she’s be great - and my pulling the app together pissed her off.   She was all but dissertation in a doctorate in education and speaks three languages.  See my frustration?   But: it’s her life.   She chose to live later middle into older age literally doing nothing.  Her choice and one I hope I don’t make.[/quote]

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