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trof

(54,256 posts) Tue Jan 20, 2015, 09:41 PM Jan 2015

Miz t. gets back home tomorrow! YEA!

She's been gone a week and it's been very very quiet around here.
And not in a good way.
I've been talking to myself.
Out loud.

I've also been talking to the next door cats that I'm feeding while our neighbors are away.
They don't answer.
Well, they never do, even when the neighbors are home and they (the cats) are napping in the sun on our patio.

Cats.
Go figure.

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Miz t. gets back home tomorrow! YEA! (Original Post) trof Jan 2015 OP

I'm glad she's coming home to you, my dear trof... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2015 #1

Not even a 'Meow'? shenmue Jan 2015 #2

as someone who has lived alone for decades Skittles Jan 2015 #3

It's not? KMOD Jan 2015 #4

you want I should interrupt a conversation you're having with yourself, KMOD? Skittles Jan 2015 #5

... KMOD Jan 2015 #6

i have full on conversations with myself fizzgig Jan 2015 #7

I talk to my neighbor's dog through the fence. Phentex Jan 2015 #8

I don't talk to myself per se... Callmecrazy Jan 2015 #9

One of our cats will talk to me. The other is kind of snobby. Tobin S. Jan 2015 #10

I do enjoy a certain amount of solitude. trof Jan 2015 #11

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,627 posts)

1. I'm glad she's coming home to you, my dear trof...

Reply to trof (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 09:52 PM

Jan 2015

And of course, you're talking to the cats! When you're lonely, nearly anything or anyone will do.

Even the cats.

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

2. Not even a 'Meow'?

Reply to trof (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 11:38 PM

Jan 2015

Skittles

(153,164 posts)

3. as someone who has lived alone for decades

Reply to trof (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:31 AM

Jan 2015

it is perfectly fine to talk out loud; it is NOT acceptable to answer yourself

KMOD

(7,906 posts)

4. It's not?

Reply to Skittles (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:34 AM

Jan 2015

uh-oh

Skittles

(153,164 posts)

5. you want I should interrupt a conversation you're having with yourself, KMOD?

Reply to KMOD (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 12:53 AM

Jan 2015

I WILL KICK YOUR ASS; yes INDEED

KMOD

(7,906 posts)

6. ...

Reply to Skittles (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 01:14 AM

Jan 2015

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)

7. i have full on conversations with myself

Reply to Skittles (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 02:28 AM

Jan 2015

gets people the eff out if my way in public.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)

8. I talk to my neighbor's dog through the fence.

Reply to trof (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 10:24 AM

Jan 2015

She answers by running around in circles and then jumping up on the fence.

Welcome back to Mz.T!

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)

9. I don't talk to myself per se...

Reply to trof (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 05:28 PM

Jan 2015

I just answer the voices in my head.

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)

10. One of our cats will talk to me. The other is kind of snobby.

Reply to trof (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 05:51 PM

Jan 2015

I've been a trucker for a long time and have spent a lot of time alone. I didn't fully appreciate the value of human contact before I started driving. I've seen drivers that get so lonely (and it is very apparent that they are) that they will try to strike up a conversation about anything with anyone within earshot.

Most people are not made to be alone most of the time. I handled it well for a long time, but at the end of the day I needed someone to share my life with.

trof

(54,256 posts)

11. I do enjoy a certain amount of solitude.

Reply to Tobin S. (Reply #10)

Wed Jan 21, 2015, 08:39 PM

Jan 2015

A few hours in a day.
Reading, computer.
But not days on end.

it's nice to have her back.
We've been talking non-stop since she arrived this afternoon.

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