Older Americans are alone half their waking hours, on average

Re:Older Americans are alone half their waking hours, on ave... by whateveracct on Friday July 12, 2019 @11:41AM (#20421502)

> Most adults I know have a relationship with their immediate family that I would regard as acquaintanceship.

America is also _big_, which I think also contributes here. It isn't unusual for family members to move away within America but be far enough that frequent face-to-face interaction isn't possible.

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Re:Older Americans are alone half their waking hours, on ave... by zorked on Friday July 12, 2019 @12:16PM (#20421797)

So is Europe, Russia, China, India, Brazil, etc. Moving is an option.

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Re:Older Americans are alone half their waking hours, on ave... by BurningFrog on Friday July 12, 2019 @12:12PM (#20421760)

But moving away is a choice to abandon your family.

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Re:Older Americans are alone half their waking hours, on ave... by mocha_nate on Friday July 12, 2019 @12:30PM (#20421935)

“abandon” is an interesting word choice. Moving isn’t always about moving away from something, sometimes it’s about moving towards a happy prospect. Your family could respect the action.

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Re:Older Americans are alone half their waking hours, on ave... by FiddlerClamp on Friday July 12, 2019 @11:19PM (#20426292)

Sometimes moving away is abandoning your family...or burdening one family member with having to care for elderly parents when nobody else is available.

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Re:Older Americans are alone half their waking hours, on ave... by BurningFrog on Friday July 12, 2019 @05:24PM (#20424655)

Yeah, I shouldn't have used such a loaded word.

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