asakiyume | (Reply)

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I've been positively fighting back against this for the last year. I realised I was becoming isolated and took action.

I've got back in touch with friends I hadn't seen in years and now meet up with a friend for lunch at least once a week.

there's the Jehova's Wittness who knocked on my door over 40 years ago when I was pregnant and bored. She never did convert me, but we built up a good friendship.
There's a friend who used to be in a morris team with me, and left for health reasons. We went round a museum together yesterday.
A friend I only made two years ago, but is now very dear to me (and her kids and my granddaughter get on like a house on fire). We meet up every other Saturday.

It takes effort to reach out to people you've lost contact with, and say 'I miss you, let's meet up'
But it's definitely worth it.