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DesertRat

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8. I can relate to this

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 12:29 AM

Jun 2020

While everything is on "pause", time keeps marching on and we're getting older just sitting and waiting. No summer baseball, no concerts, theater, dinners out, vacation, get togethers with groups of family and friends.

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Best & sadest tweet I've seen today [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 OP

I second this sense of stolen time. iemitsu Jun 2020 #1

I can relate. lpbk2713 Jun 2020 #2

I too... I insist on living long enough dawg day Jun 2020 #3

Well said. Hock_Mir_Keyn_Chinek Jun 2020 #4

I relate to this so much Tree-Hugger Jun 2020 #5

Yeah I know, I feel you. Initech Jun 2020 #7

He totally ruined my year and possibly the next 3 - 4. Initech Jun 2020 #6

I can relate to this DesertRat Jun 2020 #8

k&r Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #9

I feel the same exact way. That asshole has stolen the last good years of my life, too. nt Nay Jun 2020 #10

Indeed qazplm135 Jun 2020 #11

I had this conversation with a colleague today... Historic NY Jun 2020 #12

You speak for me too, much friend......... secondwind Jun 2020 #13

I feel the same way too. Corgigal Jun 2020 #14

Me too. I worked 45 years, now welcome to my retirement Luz Jun 2020 #18

I feel the same way mokawanis Jun 2020 #20

The narcissistic moron and his Republican minions have exacerbated this beyond any sense. Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2020 #15

Sigh... electric_blue68 Jun 2020 #16

Laura, I'm in the same situation, likely even older than you and every underlying condition... No Vested Interest Jun 2020 #17

The day Trump was elected I knew something bad was going to happen. Initech Jun 2020 #22

Older friend I talked to this week was overcome with emotion at being isolated. It's not easy. live love laugh Jun 2020 #19

My parents too Johnny2X2X Jun 2020 #21