- Wife, about three minutes every couple of days..
- Children, around the same.
- U3A group, two hours of volunteering, one to three days a week.
- Cafe servers, similar - two by three.
- Personal friends, around ten minutes a week - usually online.
- Doctors, pharmacy and other, ten minutes a week - averaged,
Something like ten minutes a day total human interaction averaged over each week.
That's it! All the remaining time is alone, usually in the bedroom.
About an hour a week is in the car -- going to the shop or doctor.
Total for the time being...
Why is it like this?
My health is a significant concern, but primarily because I don't have any income or assets/savings left, it seems no-one wants me, and consequently I'm now too poor to reach out and survive at the same time.
There is a purgatory, and I live there... every hour of every day of every week...
(To be honest, I think ten minutes is way optimistic... my personal reality guess would be less than five.
The U3A time distorts it a lot).
I m not looking for virtual friends, or people to 'like' me... I want real friends that 'like' me, can laugh, share stories, opportunities and interests. Friends that I can see and touch, that are in the same city.
