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Enjoying My Senior Years

5/13/2017

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Recently I decided to start “living again.” I have been in a state of “wait and see” for quite some time, living in the periphery of life. However, about a year ago, I joined a group of single seniors to get into a type of social life. I had not made too many new friends in the last few years, mainly because of two things – I move a lot (a bit of a wanderer spirit) and not everyone can take much of “Peggy” in large doses. And to be honest, I have not made any good friends in this group, either. But the nice and most important thing is that I have gone out to nice restaurants, met quite a few nice people, and generally have had an enjoyable time. I did not stay at home with the TV.

I also joined a “lunch ladies” group but have only attended one lunch due to my financial restraints now. I do plan on going there more often, as my money frees up. These ladies are all ages and it is nice to be with younger adults, too. It keeps me young.

I intend to keep going to both groups when I can, but I am searching for one that fits me, even better. I have even been toying with the idea of starting one of my own, when finances permit. I need an acronym for it -Seniors Living on Fixed Incomes (SLFI) or Poor Single Seniors (PSS) or Over Fifty Indigent Seniors (OFPS). None of these seem to fit, but I think there is a need for those of us practically living in poverty in our senior years. I know many just in my apartment complex. They, as I, lost their retirement savings to illness. I bet there are quite a few out there. Maybe some of them are looking for something to do other than playing bingo.

And all of this rambling means that I have not given up yet. There is still a life for the poorer retiree out there after 65 years, 70 years or even older. I want to create one since no one else seems to be doing it. The ads for growing older show healthy, young looking retires with money. Oh, is that so wrong.
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So “into the breach” I go. Who knows what will happen?
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