![]() ![]() Much of loneliness, from what I can divine, is a product of how we live now. ![]() They really suffer loneliness, feel the terrible blanket of isolation.įor those who have decided it is too strenuous to go to the office, that the phone is for messaging, that home loneliness is inevitable because we can’t cook or are ashamed of our homes, join something: a church, a theater group, a book club or do volunteer work. ![]() But those things have always been with us. Of course, there are those who are lonely because of bereavement, sickness, old age and family abandonment. Result: less dropping in on friends, more isolation. They have to have Steak Diane and a soufflé - a meal with the stamp of Julia Child on it. People don’t have friends over for a hamburger anymore. Blame all those cooking shows on television. There is camaraderie in a saloon.Įntertaining has become more formal. Go sit at the bar, and someone will talk to you. The local tavern, even for non-drinkers, was part of the way we lived, and drinking isn’t as pervasive as it once was.ĭrinking oils society’s wheels - too much, and the wheels come off. Note the number of CEOs who marry their assistants.Īnother feature of the loneliness structure is that pub life is in decline. There is a lot of sex at places of work, although companies might deny it. People who work together and play together fall in love, sometimes get married, and sometimes meet a friend who undoes a marriage. For most of us, it was at work or through work that we made our friends - that is, if they weren’t carryovers from school or college. ![]()
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