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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who felt profoundly lonely aaa their best was emptying? One DC is leaving, the other basically hates me. DH never does anything, doesn’t really talk much either. We can’t even watch TV together. Love my mom dearly - but due to dementia she can’t really do anything and conversations are difficult. Friends are a long flight away and the ones so tried to make locally don’t seem to like me much after all and I’m too exhausted to try yet again. [/quote]

You are in charge of your life. You can choose to be mournful and wallow. Or you can take charge and decide you're going to do some things. Here are some of the things I did:

1) Auditing a class at local university. 
2) Coaching a kid's sport that I know well.
3) Found a new exercise routine and stuck with it (ok, that's solo).
4) Rediscovered music and concerts -- I did the AARP concert circuit this last year.
5) Set goals -- one is to publish a short story within a year (see (1)).
6) Since I'm divorced, dipped my toe back into OLD. I realize that doesn't apply to you.
7) Set more goals -- read a book a month, learn to cook one new meal a month. It doesn't have to be good, but it does have to be attempted. 
8) Travel. I planned travel to see family, friends, and just for adventure. Solo travel, even. [/quote]

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