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Keith Iddon ● 4674d3 Comments
Is this the Esther Rantzen project?I heard her speak at a Contact the Elderly fundraiser and she was really moving about her loneliness since Desmond died.
Sara Nathan ● 4674d
Yes, it is the Esther Rantzen thing. The problem is, I suspect, that old people are often not just lonely in general, but desperately missing the company of the spouse who is no longer there, which is not the same thing.
Susan Kelly ● 4673d
Just imagine someone being married since their twenties and losing their partner nearly 70 years' later. It is a bit of a change to get used to. Death isn't a subject we are very good at talking about but it is good to remember in particular all the good times and it gets harder to find anyone who can share these memories with you. Your peer group can shrink quite dramatically. The address book can become depressing with all those crossing out - especially as Christmas and the Christmas card sending and family get-togethers come closer.It is worth buying a new address book (not necessarily throwing away the old) and making a big effort to get in touch with people you haven't seen for a while.The round robin is an easy way to keep in touch with people who you wouldn't be able to otherwise. Treat those opinionated journalists who are rude about them with the contempt they deserve and don't be swayed by their clever writing. If you don't/won't/can't be bothered to read one you get - so what: to someone who doesn't see everyone or anyone so often it can be something different to talk about - whether you take it seriously or not. And you can read and re-read them - something that the smart-phone twitterati can't as they have lost their ability to pause for thought. They are stuck in a vortex of spin.
Philippa Bond ● 4673d