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I feel all alone because I am living alone. All of a sudden in May 2018 I became seriously ill.

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lucy95537
lucy95537

I live in a condo all by myself. I am feeling lonely because some of my friendly neighbors have moved away. I would like to move to a senior active community but I don't have any energy to start packing some of my things and getting rid of a lot of things. I will have to move from a 1200 sq. ft. to a 800 sq. feet. I feel depressed and I waste a lot of my time just being on my computer or just watching t.v.

I have always been a very strong woman. But now the only thing that is strong is my mind that will not allow my adult son to want to send me to an old folks home. I am thinking of letting go of him and move on in my life with out him. He is always hurting my feelings and I have reached the attitude that I really need to let go of him. He is all I have but I am guessing it is best to be alone than to have a negative son. I don't have any caring relatives either. So now I feel I have to take care of business on my own as I have always done. My son and I are like water and oil. Plus, he is very disrespectful.

I need to be strong enough emotionally so I can let go of him. I am thinking that the less of see of him and don't contact him any more I will be able to let go of him.

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  • sam18386
    sam18386 lucy95537

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    Hi Lucy, wherever you live you need to be happy. You don't and reading your story it's clear why. You will probably funnily enough be better on your own with people in a similar situation. I wish you luck but i think your son has to go or support you that is all. I hope wherever you live you have a happy life.

    • lucy95537
      lucy95537 sam18386

      Posted

      Hi Sam, thank you for your advise and kind words. Today I made a plan to hire my cleaning lady twice per week so she can motivate me by helping me to downsize my things in my condo. She will help me pack my things.

      You are so right that I need to live with other seniors that are also alone like I am in my life. So I have decided to move away from my adult son and find a wonderful country side filled with horses. I love being around horses and enjoy attending the Polo Games. So as soon as I can I plan to sell my .condo and move to a happy place that will be fun being around new neighbors and horses.

      My adult son has never showed me the love that I deserve as his mother so I plan to not call him anymore. He will have to be the one to reach out to me and be respectful. That is all I want from him and if he can't do that then my heart will turn cold towards him and I will let him go. You are right that I have to let him go because each time I spend time with him I get real sad and feel lonely. It is time to cut the cord and let go. Thank you Sam

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