Will no one respond to me?

[towrite]

29 people read my post and not one replied. Is this a change in the makeup of this board or is it me?

[sKePTiKal]

hey, we're here!

There are new folk - and some of us veterans have been taking some long breaks (at different times) for different reasons or just don't have as much time to post anymore. So it's NOT YOU, ok?   

I'm guilty of reading your first post and not replying... I wasn't sure what you were asking for from us and hubs & I have been grieving his mom, who just passed on the 16th. I was busy processing all that and it seemed to be the only thing I was talking/writing about... and I was pretty sure that wasn't what you were looking for!!

Let's start over!  Hi towrite! It's been a long while... I saw your news. How are you holding up?

[debkor]

Hey towrite,

I saw your post and am guilty of not responding also.  I sat and tried to write but sometimes it takes me a bit to get what I want to say together.
I will respond on that post.

And PR,

I'm so very sorry to hear about the passing.  My thought's and prayers for you and your family.

((((PR and Hubby))))

Love
Deb. 

[towrite]

So sorry to hear about your loss, PR. Thanks for responding, despite your situation. I really, really needed to hear from people. It's hard at times to believe it's not me.

Holding up is what I am doing at the present. Since unemployment extensions have been cancelled by Congress, I have to go out and find a job. As you know, in this economy, that isn't easy. Also my age makes it difficult (I'm older than dirt). Plus my condo that I'm renting has been taken over from the old owner who didn't pay the taxes for 3 years. I have not heard from the new owner (a large company up north) and don't know if they'll honor my lease. With no job, it makes me shudder at the thought of trying to find a new place if they make me move. Neither situation is in my control so I have to try to live around each one, remembering to stay in the here and now, and not borrow more stress from the future.

Thanks for writing. I am putting you on my thought list for strength in your grief.

[Lupita]

Hi towrite,

same here, just different reasons.

believe it or not, I have the impression that my opinion is not important for anybody, and feel a little fear to post in other people's threads.

I am sorry you are going through a difficult situation. It is becoming more and more difficult, I think, for everybody.

What kind fo work do you do?

My heart goes out to you. You will be in my prayers.

Love,

Lupita

[Hopalong]

((((((((((Towrite)))))))))))

Another dirty old thing here.

I am terribly sorry to hear about your story. The unemployment has got to be extended. What exactly do they expect people to do?

I admire how you are struggling to stay positive and in the present and I totally empathize with your fears.

I do think people are going to begin living together in unprecedented numbers, old roomies. I can't imagine how else people are to manage.

Please keep us posted. If you want to imagine steps or try out lifeline scenarios, here's a good place.

love,
Hops

[Izzy_*now*]

Hello towrite.

I saw this thread title and thought I had written it! ----so I almost skipped it!   

I, too, have a difficult time believing that I am me. My posts for 20 months have been about physical pain and sloppy medical helpers, and wondering when I can plan an end date for all this.

I read on another forum about the ending of unemployment insurance in the USA, and about the jobless, and I just cringe at what the world has come to, hoping Canada's neighbours can rise above all the things going wrong.

For now, I receive the Old Age Pension, and GAINS Supplemental monies, as well as Canada Pension Retirement, and a grant for rental assistance based on my Income (which is only Interest at some insultingly low rate that gives me $.02 month.) That covers my expenses and I can, for the most part leave my savings alone.

I don't know what to say to people in dire straits....expecially if jobs are not available, affordable housing is not availabke, if Social Security is going to fly out the window. It is definitely a sad scenario, a worrisome one!

Is dirt old enough to collect SS?

Keep a stiff upper lip and think positively, watch the papers, and bulletin boards, and 'pray'--- sometimes just out of the blue, the answer will come!

All the best
Izzy

[sKePTiKal]

Thanks, towrite. The worst is past - though I'm still open to the occasional pang of sadness from time to time. They come without warning and explanation; I can just let them be. Do me a favor? Take my spot on your thought list and use it for you? I'll add you to mine.

Have you started to contact local community folk for support - just in case? I think there's a higher probability of your neighbors & community caring more than the folks inside the beltway... and they can do things faster & more effectively, too.

[lighter]

Hi towrite:

I've been out of town, sans internet..... wound't ignore you, hon.

Glad to see you posting again.

Lighter

[JustKathy]

some of us veterans have been taking some long breaks (at different times) for different reasons or just don't have as much time to post anymore. So it's NOT YOU, ok?

Exactly. It's a holiday weekend, and many of us have been busy. Sometimes (many times) I read but don't answer because I'm not up for it. I have a chronic pain condition, and if I'm not feeling well, or have taken a lot of medication, it's best that I don't leave a reply as I may say something stupid, or say the wrong thing. I've been on this board for a very long time, and have a low post count, because I often don't know what to say, and really do NOT want to give out bad advice. I'm sure there are many here who read and don't post for similar reasons. Please don't take offense to it. I doubt anyone was deliberately ignoring you. No one here would do that.