[Innovative]

My first thought is that here will come the government and start regulating how many human interactions will be mandated, just as they are regulating food and medicines.

Just watch, especially under Obamacare.

[staytrue]

I think they will take the bitchy liberal feminists and mandate that men wine and dine them.

[mplsconservative]

My mom lives in an assisted living place. Her caregivers tell me about how sad it is that the majority of people there hardly have any visitors. I visit my mom every other day and call her when I am not there.

It is sad. I can see how that is an issue.

[bramps]

Your first thought is entirely possible, but a second thought is that it wouldn't be a bad idea to visit an elderly housing complex and make a new friend.

[ottbmare]

I wonder whether it is isolation or a negative perception of solitude that is the issue. In other words, if you don’t mind being alone and aren’t miserable and depressed, is it still dangerous to the health to be alone?

[DesertRhino]

Dude,,,,, ok. So send a chic over,,,,

[Revolting cat!]

Life sucks.

[Vendome]

Sohhh they’ll pay for hookers too?

[Telepathic Intruder]

What is loneliness? ‘Tis thirst. ‘Tis a flower dying in the desert. It’s the human condition, actually. We’re not very well trained to handle it because all our lives are usually spent in the company of others, equally desperate to avoid it. But inevitably, irrecoverably, one must come to terms with it.

[fruser1]

So, how exactly do they measure “lonliness”? No indication of that in the article. Is it self professed, or do they automatically call single folks lonely?

Living by yourself can be dangerous simply because there’s no one else there to call 911. That’s a matter of logistics, not psychology.

[I want the USA back]

Leaving people alone is an anglo-saxon cultural thing. Get over it.