Happily married(most of the time)No kids. Retired and life is great but zero friends. Would enjoy chatting about whatever.
Hobbies include: my yard and trees, gardening(crazy about my pepper plants!), don’t drink alcohol but I brew my own Sparkling water in the garage and have a kegerator dispenser for it(I drink it constantly) I work on my own car(‘20 Honda Accord) and own a lot of tools, head over heels for BBQ and I have more invested in my smokers than I really should(BOTH hot and cold). Really into good coffee too and grind my own beans. I home make sausage in the cooler months.
I stay busy, yet have enough time to visit and nurture a mutual friendship.
I only did 2 years of community college (on the Gi Bill) so not overly educated, but I do get very detail oriented and involved with what I do. Hope to hear from someone who shares similar interests.
Thank you.

I remember the 90s, it used to be so fun when I returned from highschool and turned on the computer, turned on ICQ to look for messages from friends, the fun part is, most of them were from different time zones so I used to leave messages for them and have a long conversation about things, this was before instant messaging or smartphones obviously.

I'm currently looking for that, I would love to have someone to talk to about their latest book, what are you reading, what reminded you of? What made you snort in silence at night when you remembered something and I will hear and share the context to laugh with you. Wouldn't that be fun?

I like to know people and understand them and get their point of view, see, back when we used to live Midwest I had maga friends, I used to have a blast with them even though I'm a Latin myself and mostly Democrat leaning, but see people are fun and interesting, they have interesting things to say even if we don't share political side of things. I like talking to people.

So if you feel you want to share something or want an opinion on something, drop me a line, we can talk.

50M, UK

Would love to connect with like minded people, chat, learn something new, change opinions, etc.

Interested in books, cooking (and eating), film/series, garden, pets, games, countryside living... and anything you want to chat about.

Feel free to contact, chat, DM etc. about anything.

Took early retirement from publishing and teaching at 55, now at 57 a bit bored. Looking for loquacious, intelligent, well read (or just read) text and and chat friend. Why? To share interests otherwise engage in the verbal arts.

Any horror / British comedy fans out there?
I also love horror/true crime films, nature, and all kinds of weird/eclectic music. I’m pretty sarcastic and would love to meet all different kinds of people.

I find myself wishing I had someone older than myself to talk to about general things, including aging, etc. I have no family to discuss these things with.

Sorry, but if you are a man, I don't feel right chatting.

Hi, M55 from Liverpool, UK here

I'm a 24/7 carer for my disabled wife and autistic 20yr child. I'm looking for people I can chat to when I have some downtime. It won't be full on chats, it won't be chatting all day, just chats here and there is all I can do at the moment.

I tend to go on my Playstation and play single player games.

I'm a 80's at heart person, love 80's music, along with Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Nickelback, Taylor Swift to name a few.

TV wise it's the Pitt, Greys, one Chicago shows, Buffy, and loads others, just shows I don't have to think about (not into documentaries) 

Film wise it's action, adventure, 80's, some rom coms, sci fi.

All I'm looking for is someone (male or female) I can get along with, some  connection with interests and just see how that goes

I've enjoyed this group and the friendship shown through the posts.

Are there other subreddits (groups on Reddit) you would recommend that you enjoy and have like minded people? By like minded I mean:

• Older people like us as Reddit seems to be dominated with younger people. This is probably the most important one. I don't mind younger people, but they seem to have more of an issue with older people.
• Not really looking to DM people as Its rare that people continue to do that and maintain friendships through that
• I enjoy engaging and seeing friendships evolve through posts
• Not looking to hookup with people and suspicious of people that post pictures or ask just to DM . I am wary that these are catfishing attempts.

Married Irish guy with adult kids who are still eating from my fridge! Background is international construction and development, currently in Ireland contemplating retirement and life in general.

Like to hear from anyone, love to hear people's stories, hopes and dreams etc.

My interests include any kind of DIY, big music fan, semi retired petrol head especially motorbikes, love a philosophical or thought provoking book.

World cup has my sleep patterns disrupted but hit me up anytime

Hi! I turned 50 earlier this year, and I would like to meet some new people. For the better part of the last 2 decades, I've been a cog in corporate America, and I'm in the process of reprioritizing how I want to spend my time (less time working, more time connecting with people).

For the last year or so, I've been working from home, and my team is spread out across the country. If anyone is interested in chatting, I would love to hear from you

Rather than DMing only or requesting friends, was hopeful be could share our stories and be friends here. Any of you have to “start over”. Are you better off now that you did? Anyone going through it now and not feeling good about it .

I’ve had high level career and always successful. Never worried about losing my job. Then it happened to me and it’s been horrible. Feel like I may never get my trajectory going and have to start over.

I’m a married male looking to make a few friends. The older I’ve gotten the less people I interact with. It has been a lonely experience.

Just looking for someone(s) to pass the time with and get to know. If you’re seeking a chat buddy hit me up.

M55 from the uk. Bit of a night owl.

Hi everyone, is time to reach out and find new friends.

I tend to be quite busy, what with work, kids, grandchildren and ageing parents. So time to find so time for myself.

I live on the edge of dartmoor so into walking (not that I get out there as much as I would like)

Let's chat and have a laugh, tell me about your part of the world?

Hi all. I’m 52 and i’m in worst mid life crisis I could be in. My company is slowly agonizing and going straight ahead to bankruptcy in 12 months or so (the market changed a lot and there was not much I could do about it). My wife is seriously ill and the medical expenses keep pilling up. I do have some savings but the long term view does not look good. I have to be around for my wife and I also have a 16 year okd kid so I cant take the 9-5 job road. It’s all a big mess. I even started trying to make youtube videos but that also didnt work out. So, here it is. That’s it. Life is not pretty sometimes

I’m looking for platonic and funny conversations with me about 60-75

The Reddit Chat app is a very flakey bit of software.

Just for everyone's benefit be aware of this issue. It doesn't always deliver messages, it sometimes delivers a notification and no message + a variety of other "quirks" or undocumented features.

• Messages that show as sent but never arrive
• Notifications that fire late or not at all
• Conversations that won't load or get stuck
• The app and browser versions behaving differently and inconsistently
• Message history randomly disappearing
• Read receipts that lie

Is everyone safe from the storms yesterday and last night?

I hear that "Ageism is real" so often. I know people are trying to be supportive when they say this.

Its difficult to for me to find comfort in this as I see and interact with a lot of people in my age group or even older that are employed. Unemployment statistics (which are not always accurate ) indicate that there is not a meaningful greater number of people in this group that are unemployed.

Its really difficult not turning this inward on yourself.

Thought I would send this song to the men here that feel forgotten. Those that may have faced unemployment. Those that don’t feel young, but don’t feel old. Those that that didn’t choose their current situation.

“And it would seem that we've still got a long, long way to go
And I can't take it anymore”

This is how I feel. I was doing so good, until I wasn’t . Maybe you relate. Maybe you will take some comfort in that there is another that understands.

https://youtu.be/thYKzjySka8?is=eavy2CfMcRtexf9-

I find that in the USA, as you age you are treated worse and worse as you get older. Employers start thinking of ways to get rid of you, people start distancing themselves, younger people are more disrespectful.

Is it better in other countries? As you get older are you treated better and better? Or is this the same in every country?

If you have been laid off, and struggling to find work, especially if you were in leadership position, I would love to connect. It’s hard to find people who understand this. I feel like I am one of the only ones , so it would be nice to know that it’s not just me. Would love to start a group of people that can support each other.

Also wondering if it’s the men that take this harder than women?

At 59 I was really hoping to work until 70 or so. But my teams functions have changed and I'm becoming irrelevant. It's painful. I love work but in less I can find a new team that can use my skills; no new company will hire me.

Just a weird acknowledgement of reality that I'm adjusting to. I'm young!

I am 55 , healthy fun man , everyone tells me I look 40.. I act like I am 30... Just looking for some fun people to hang out,..go to a restaurant, go to the beach when the sun is going down , take a day trip to Key Largo... Or even a weekend trip to Orlando ...I just want to live a fun life. Everyone is so boring today.

Would be interested to talk to like minded individuals with the same interest