Why Why?

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Why would I even care about having visitors at that age? Or any age, really.

Friendship and association with other humans is an evolved trait.  Due to our lack of natural weaponry such as sharp teeth and claws, if humans hadn't banded together into clans and practiced cooperative strategies we probably wouldn't have survived to the present day.

 The bloke is stunningly tone deaf.

I'm 74 and have been living alone for about 30 years. That's statement of fact, not a complaint. Solitude is not the same as loneliness...In any case there are many things worse than loneliness.

I can assure anyone, that human contact remains vitally important as we age. 

Why one should care?   It's been documented that single people have a lower life expectancy than people who are married or in a long term relationship. IMO, that's enough in itself if one is especially shallow.

I have my men's group once fortnight. Apart from shop keepers, that is the only direct human contact I have. My fault entirely; I have the social skills of a comatose chicken. Unfortunately for me, I'm  a hard person to be around.


After all that, it's only from other people that we get what I think are the most important things in life: Love.  By that I mean having others to love and to feel loved. To put this in context ;" marriage is 97% conversation" (Oscar Wilde)