It is difficult to begin again at this age, 61, particularly if you are trying to develop any type of social life. How do you reveal a winning smile with a mask on your face? Government imposed regulations restrict how and when a person meets someone- maybe that is a good thing. Matters are complicated when you move to a new town.
I am the type of person who has to look a person in the eye and watch their body language as he or she speaks. On-line dating can be a plus but there are many steps before eye contact and body language can speak what words can hide. A person is forced to pay attention to vocal tones during a Zoom gathering even if it is a group of women talking about crafting. Bible study groups on-line are not as interactive as those that are held in person thus meeting a new friend is hard. It takes longer to develop a new friend during this era of the virus and being older makes it even harder.
If I did not like myself I would go stir-crazy for sure. If I did not have activities that I could do alone I would probably live on social media sites such as Facebook. We are all have this need for human contact, despite my enjoying my own company, I am included in that idea.
I have no answers, nothing that has not already been discussed by other single and searching people. All I can say is: with or without the presence of the virus, at 60 plus a person has to be patient when trying to develop a social life. I daresay- the older we get the harder it is to discover lifelong friendships thus starting a social life from scratch may not be impossible but it is a long process.
Written by Marsha L Floyd

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