I retired recently and although I miss some of the people I do keep in occasional touch with a few of them - the ones with whom I have the most in common. Some of these people I’ve worked with for 30 years or more at different companies.
“I retired recently and although I miss some of the people I do keep in occasional touch with a few of them”
Similar to you I punched out at the end of 2019.
After 31 years in a facility of around 3,000 people I knew quite a few folks.....I can tell you of the people I worked around the ones that I still keep in touch with is a VERY short list.
We have dinner regularly with my last supervisor and her husband......after that not really anyone....mostly because a lot of work acquaintances live in another county.
The number of people I miss is a lot less than the number of ones I don’t 😏
we have started meeting casually with former work friends and its nice...
but a working life means lots of socialization and interaction and the loss of that is the worse part of retirement.