Anonymous
03/08/2024 18:49
Subject: Social ideas for the post-50 crows
Ballroom dancing.
Anonymous
03/08/2024 18:13
Subject: Social ideas for the post-50 crows
My parent met new people and liked the challenging work when they got elected in a leadership position for their HOA. So maybe running for a minor office position?
Also from observation: playing cards. Walking a dog very frequently. Church groups, gardening.
Also from observation: playing cards. Walking a dog very frequently. Church groups, gardening.
Anonymous
03/08/2024 14:52
Subject: Re:Social ideas for the post-50 crows
DH and I volunteer (both separately and together) twice a week, we each do a sport alone with friends and then a different sport together. We take cooking classes. We each mentor a child. We walk our dog regularly. We host game nights with neighbors. I have a book club once a month; he has a poker night once a month. We keep busy and active.
Anonymous
03/08/2024 14:48
Subject: Social ideas for the post-50 crows
What area are you in?
Anonymous
03/08/2024 12:35
Subject: Social ideas for the post-50 crows
Volunteered for town committees.
Anonymous
03/08/2024 11:17
Subject: Social ideas for the post-50 crows
Between quarterly vacations, church activities, movie/concert/festival dates with friends I now have to ensure I carve out some "alone" time lol...especially with the weather breaking TONS to do in the DMV, for example:
Walk/Run groups;
Adult sports teams;
Wineries, etc..
Walk/Run groups;
Adult sports teams;
Wineries, etc..
Anonymous
03/08/2024 10:44
Subject: Social ideas for the post-50 crows
With kids gone, maybe no longer in the area, and lots of time on your hands . . . what do you do to keep social and active?
I grew up in a VERY large immigrant family (on both my parents' sides) so they tended to stay close to home and support each other, socially, medically, etc., as they aged. Well, bluntly stated, they are all dying or have died. All of the "kids" (my age now) all scattered from our small, economically depressed, rust belt town. I'm glad we did (for jobs and so forth) but it does now seem isolating as we are getting into middle age, not having that built in support structure around us.
We do have a couple family members close by. And, we had a pretty large circle of friends through school, sports, etc. when kids were little. But now everyone is sort of dispersed -second homes, visiting their kids, traveling- and socialization is not what it used to be.
What did you do to get out and meet new people, do hobbies, etc.? This is the first time in our lives we haven't had some sort of structure (our own school, our kids' school and activities, workplace with active happy hours and things) that made getting out and doing things super easy.
I grew up in a VERY large immigrant family (on both my parents' sides) so they tended to stay close to home and support each other, socially, medically, etc., as they aged. Well, bluntly stated, they are all dying or have died. All of the "kids" (my age now) all scattered from our small, economically depressed, rust belt town. I'm glad we did (for jobs and so forth) but it does now seem isolating as we are getting into middle age, not having that built in support structure around us.
We do have a couple family members close by. And, we had a pretty large circle of friends through school, sports, etc. when kids were little. But now everyone is sort of dispersed -second homes, visiting their kids, traveling- and socialization is not what it used to be.
What did you do to get out and meet new people, do hobbies, etc.? This is the first time in our lives we haven't had some sort of structure (our own school, our kids' school and activities, workplace with active happy hours and things) that made getting out and doing things super easy.