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Downsizing, To Move or Not to Move? That is the Question
Aging Well | Last Active: Mar 23 9:13pm | Replies (473)Comment receiving replies
@starchy - I love your description! That is exactly what we have in our winter community - all living in tiny houses or RV's, looking out for each other, sharing laundry, pool, rec hall, and built-in activities. Unfortunately, it ends when ones ability to travel ends, but we extend our friends' years by the more able looking out for the less able. Many are so comfortable with the support there that they choose to have elective surgeries when in residence knowing they will be well cared for.
We too, have cordial but not close contact with most neighbors, so when the time comes, all I will miss are my gardens. I have begun looking at options but I hope it is a few years off. We had casually discussed a couples arrangement such as the "Golden Girls" with friends in the past, but as we age, we stretch and they contract - can't think how it might work out.
Fr now, I'm loving this discussion - it has fired up my brain.
Sue
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Your winter community sounds lovely. That's how neighbourhoods should be everywhere but people move around so much and are so busy. When I moved into this condo, I had hopes for more of a community because it was a new building and we were all moving in at the same time. We've been here a year now and that hasn't really happened. Now, of course, isolation has happened. Hopefully when this is over we can have more social activities and get to know each other better.
I am also loving this discussion. So glad that I found this group. Your comment about your friends, "we stretch and they contract", really hit home with me. That's the perfect description.
Friends seem to move closer at certain times and then slide away and sometimes come back around years later. People who were very good friends years ago are no longer because of life changes or different interests. There is one person in my life who absolutely revels in getting old. That gets under my skin because I am doing as much as I can every day to stay strong and healthy and capable. My two oldest friends in the world have died and they left huge voids. We remembered each other and now they are gone. I always think it's important to have friends of all ages so there will always be somebody around. Life is an adventure.