How I have fun with friends without spending money
When I first moved back to Australia after years living in Spain, I brought home an unexpected skill: how to hang out with friends without spending money. Cash was tight while abroad, and most of my circle couldn’t afford regular fancy dinners or big nights out, so we learnt to get creative — and often […]
How to meet people who aren’t backstabbing jerks
Dear Readers: On Sept. 23, I published two letters from older adults struggling to find a connection (“Still Grieving” and “Wants a Connection”). I asked those of you who have successfully found friendship and romantic partnership at a later stage in life to write in. I shared some of those great responses last week and, […]
Steve Braunias: Lessons on how to survive old age – NZ Herald
This is how actual old age begins: isolated from the wider community, unable to rely on tenuous connections. Robert Lowell's famous poem about his … Source link