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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know which comes first, but I've found this phenomenon is directly correlated with the person's world getting smaller. My parents are now retired and recently moved to a retirement home in a new town. They have no friends and limited hobbies. Every call is an endless litany of their upcoming doctors appointments, which are mostly for routine health screenings. I literally had a weekly countdown to my father's colonoscopy for 6 months. They're not even that old (late 60s), but their world is very, very small. They have no friends and go nowhere. They spent every moment of every day thinking about themselves. My in laws, by contrast, are a few years older but are still active in the community. They volunteer, are members of a garden club and are part of a book club. They are fun to spend time with, as they share their lives with us and we share ours with them.[/quote]
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