Friendship

Elisa Doolittle

Hi,
I am about to retire early from my job and am worried that I will not have enough to do. It seems like a long week without work and I already volunteer two places and have various hobbies. I would like to broaden my social scene but don't know how to go about it. Any suggestions? Polite ones please.:)

smash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfmMylMp74A

Dravokivich

A polite suggestion...

...teach people manners?

HeyThereDeliah

You could relax and enjoy your retirement, if that fails have you ever considered chat line work?

Soups123

Write up your bucket list........ your running out of time

Sarky

Learn a musical instrument and find a jazz session.

brummytom

Sarky wrote: »

Learn a musical instrument and find a jazz session.

Don't ever do that.



Find some kind of social group relating to what you enjoy, it's always good to meet people with similar hobbies/interests.

anhedonia

you could try meetup.com
its not a dating site, there are meetups for just about every facet of life imaginable.

bgrizzley

i'll give you all my friends if i can retire early (both of them)

homeless student

fishing? its great for people with no friends.

MadYaker

Start drinking heavily and smoke copious amounts of weed. The time will absolutely fly!

Elisa Doolittle

Well guys that's been really brillant. I have just learned a lot of absolutely original ways to pass the time. I think I'll probably take up most of the suggestions.

kowloon

Dravokivich wrote: »

A polite suggestion...

...teach people manners?

One must study hard if one wishes to be in polite company. Now repeat after me: The rayne in Spayne fawls maynely on de playne.

Jay D

Have a think about what activities you like to do. google a club that organises things, take part. It's a no brainer really and you will make lots of friends doing it, good luck

Latchy

Probably an obvious one but if there's a band or artist you really like then you could perhaps join their fan club website and meet up others who share your interest in them .

Greentopia

Do you like growing your own veg? join GIY and meet up with other members in your area who can share information with you and vice versa on growing your own, and help you with bigger jobs to be done in the garden (like the old Irish idea of the meitheal).

Do you like crafts? join a Stitch and Bitch knitting or crochet group. They''re all over the country now.

LETHAL LADY

For a small fee I will be your friend.:)

DEFTLEFTHAND

Does travel interest you? With your life's work done its a good time to reward yourself. I've an uncle who retired at 55 and has been racking up visits to as many countries as he can since.

Teyla Emmagan

Reasonable advice on this thread, to my surprise.

Ridley

Initiate conversations by approaching people or animals and telling them that your surname is actually quite ironic.

mauzo

I met people through boards actually...see them more than I see my other friends!!

Elisa Doolittle

One left hander to another. Yes that is an option. However, I was once on hols and met a woman who went on four or five hols a year but other than that she didn't seem to have many people in her life. I am more concerned about not having enough to do on an ordinary day. I have just spent a week's hols at home as an experiment and was a bit bored. Fifty two of them seems a bit scarey.

ScumLord

YOu could learn a new skill like photography or even start a small business. You have the time now and there must be something that's interested you in the past but you never had the time to dedicate to it.

Learning a skill will consume your time and the search for information and learning will bring you into contact with all sorts of people.

JuliusCaesar

See what the other retirees do. (Not that all of us are retirees! )

Elisa Doolittle

Actually a new skill is probably the best option. I think photography might be it. I'm useless with a camera and I recently got a present of a very good camera with all sorts of capabilities which are wasted on me. I would love to be able to take good photos. Not sure it will absorb all my time but it will help. Thanks for your suggestions.

ScumLord

Elisa Doolittle wrote: »

Actually a new skill is probably the best option. I think photography might be it. I'm useless with a camera and I recently got a present of a very good camera with all sorts of capabilities which are wasted on me. I would love to be able to take good photos. Not sure it will absorb all my time but it will help. Thanks for your suggestions.

You'd be very surprised by how much there is to photography. The camera is easier now but once you get into techniques and start to understand what's happening it will become apparent there's so much information on different styles.

If you get a book don't bother with the beginner ones. All they'll cover is what the buttons on the camera do.

Plenty of help and information over in the Photography forum.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=27

Elisa Doolittle

Thanks. I am looking into meetup.com. It sounds good.

Elisa Doolittle

Hi Ridley. That made me laugh. Am I right in thinking you haven't ever heard of Elisa Doolittle?

Forest Demon

Friendship among Men:

A man didn't come home one night. The next morning he told his wife that he had slept over at a friend's house. The woman called her husband's 10 best friends. Eight confirmed that he had slept over, and two said he was still there.

Now, THAT'S friendship!

Nailz

I didn't even read the thread, but this is what I thought of when I seen the title;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjmN_GdVt4w