It's just past 2AM and I have been staying up watching

[Lady Freedom Returns]

Blade, Constantine, Ghost Rider. I should be sleeping.
What is wrong with me. Anymore I sleep in more, stay up late and basically just kick it. It's boring.

So this is retirement. I hate it.

[brewens]

1. I was just getting out again after being vaxxed and boom! Here we are again.

I lost a lot of weight and am dying to meet someone and have a love life again. I'm in great shape but the clock is ticking. Some nice lady needs to take advantage of me.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Some of my friends have tried online dating with success.

Maybe you could try that?

Write a nice profile with some good pictures of yourself.
See what happens.

[brewens]

4. I am. I met my last long time Gf that way. n/t

[Irish_Dem]

5. Great! hope it works out.

[Skittles]

13. I cannot see EVER having to do that

why is it so hard to meet people? THEY ARE EVERYWHERE.

[Irish_Dem]

14. It may be hard in some areas to find like minded partners.

One of my friends is highly educated, liberal, and gay. And very busy with work and school.
So it was easier to try online dating.

But I agree, the old fashioned way of meeting people is another way to meet people.
Getting out and joining activities with kindred spirits.

[bluecollar2]

15. Some of us lack confidence...

It's hard to explain.

[Irish_Dem]

2. I know, I was so active after I retired.

And now I sit up late watching Amazon Prime and Netflix.
I am getting bored too.

[Phoenix61]

6. I just started taking water aerobics at the local college.

It’s Mon thru Thursday at 8:00am 'll never hear the end of i. I’ve been slipping into vampire mode which is never a good thing. I stay up late, eat too much, and feel like crap the next day.

[Midnight Writer]

7. I've been in vampire mode for years. I love it.

My favorite days are the ones when I don't have anything to do.

[Midnight Writer]

8. I've been in vampire mode for years. I love it.

My favorite days are the ones when I don't have anything to do.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

9. I woke up a few minutes ago.

And I want to go back to sleep

[Akoto]

10. Constantine is one of my favorite movies. n/t

[Auggie]

11. Mickey Mouse Club for me

Seriously. On Disney+

[Lady Freedom Returns]

12. I saw that.

Got a subscription to see MCU stuff. But they have a lot to offer.

[FakeNoose]

16. I'm also retired and I find my sleep patterns have changed

I'm waking up earlier than I want to, and at night I'm so tired and go to bed earlier. I used to be a night owl, staying up well past midnight even when I had work the next day. But nowadays, I conk out early sometimes before 11 p.m. I try to read in bed but I can't get past the first page. It's just immediate ZZZ's for me.

But ... I wake up at something like 4 a.m. get up and go to the bathroom, and go back to bed. THAT's when I'm wide awake, and I read for a couple of hours. This happens night after night.

I know age has something to do with it, but it's an entirely different pattern from me as a full-time working stiff.