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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh my god OP! If your flu is that bad that you need to go to the ER just call a freaking taxi! You can call one even in the suburbs!

BTW, I do not know my neighbors names - the ones in my apartment building. However, when I was struggling home from the supermarket with a ton of groceries and a 5 yr old, and we were stopping to rest every half a block, a woman came up to me, said, "I recognize your daughter, don't you live over there? Me too. I will help." and she grabbed two bags and walked us right inside the building up to my front door.  Just be friendly and reach out the tiniest bit. It sounds like you're waiting for people to come to you, but what are you doing to go to them? [/quote]

OP here.  I'm doing a lot to reach out to others, the problem is that they're either not receptive or it's never reciprocated.  I invite new people to do things at least twice a month, I organize events for a few social groups from time to time, I started my own meetup.com group, I do thoughtful things for others like remember birthdays and send a card, I am really good at keeping relationships going--I have several friends from college (in other states) and I am great about keeping in touch regularly, etc. [/quote]

Okay good. Sorry for my hissy fit. I do feel for you, really. You know what I suggest at this point? Go through this whole thread, make a list of every suggestion given to you. Delete doubles. Then delete the ones that don't work for you (getting a dog). Then each week pick one or two things to do from the list. So this coming week you'll try to start a book club and will bring candy to work. Next week you'll volunteer at an event and ... something else. See? BTW, I routinely check the Volunteer section on Craigslist - there's often lots of fun stuff to do and it draws me out to other parts of the city I'm not familiar with, gives me something to do on weekends, etc. [/quote]

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