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ColoringFool

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7. I Had 5 Friends As Of July. Then One Died. Another Has ....

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 03:38 PM

6 hrs ago

Seemingly acquired some dementia, and her husband and sister are preventing her from leaving her house.

Two have become only email "friends" who pal around together and never invite me.

The 5th is the whacko (as in, sees a psychiatrist weekly) brother of the deceased friend.

I am a widowed, orphaned, childless Only Child.

THAT IS ALONE, MES AMIS. THAT IS ALONE.

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If you have no or few friends, you are not broken. You are yourself. And that's not a bad thing. [View all] CousinIT 9 hrs ago OP

Thanks MustLoveBeagles 9 hrs ago #1

You're fine, but the videos on that channel are made with AI. See reply 17. highplainsdem 12 min ago #19

thanks for this...me in a nutshell N/T dwp6577 8 hrs ago #2

Anymore I tend to like dogs better than a lot of people. groundloop 7 hrs ago #3

I have a little plaque in my house that says: CousinIT 1 hr ago #16

I always have said I consider 4 leggeds to be much better company than 2-leggeds! slightlv 7 hrs ago #4

It's better to be alone than to be with someone and wishing you were alone. mobeau69 6 hrs ago #5

Isn't that the truth MustLoveBeagles 6 hrs ago #6

Absolutely. n/t CousinIT 4 hrs ago #11

I Had 5 Friends As Of July. Then One Died. Another Has .... ColoringFool 6 hrs ago #7

I only have a few friends, but they're good ones. MIButterfly 6 hrs ago #8

I used to be a lot more gregarious BaronChocula 6 hrs ago #9

First, Sing it, Zackzzzz 5 hrs ago #10

No friends, that's me but I'm good with it. 🙂 nt Raine 3 hrs ago #12

I had good friends before COVID. ananda 3 hrs ago #13

glurge WhiskeyGrinder 3 hrs ago #14

The entire channel is apparently AI-generated. See reply 17. highplainsdem 15 min ago #18

I'm saying WhiskeyGrinder 8 min ago #20

I wasn't sure exactly how to read "glurge" but it could be a drowning-in-AI-slop noise. And YouTube highplainsdem 2 min ago #21

Post.Of.The.Day WarGamer 3 hrs ago #15

The videos on that YouTube channel are made with AI, probably with the script written by AI. NOT highplainsdem 16 min ago #17