I want retire and spend more time pursing my own interests. I have worked for more than 50 years. I think that is long enough.

Hey John John this is Darin you are correct HIV and loneliness go together. HIV does make dating easy however if you put yourself out there a little bit and take on a positive attitude that will appeal pretty much to everyone. The bars and clubs are the worst places for meeting people. There are dating sites which is about 50/50 but if you get involved in the community you will have better luck with the loneliness. The best thing for me though was loving myself before I could love anyone
else and that will take care of the loneliness as well, do things that you enjoy things that you have a passion for. The dating sites you may meet someone that has no interest in what you enjoy that's a problem. This site you have lots of support and lots of caring people here that does not pass judgment does not discriminate and understands what you're going through. This site is extremely diverse male, female, transgender, straight gay, sometimes two people on this site you may find a connection but that is not the purpose of this site. So good luck on the dating it is tough. I'm 58 and looking to get back into the dating scene after a long period of not wanting to be involved. I'm facing my own form of loneliness I have my church I have my family but it's not enough I am looking for more. I'm also extremely scared of being that vulnerable. I'm much smarter and wiser than I was years ago that is where the age comes in handy. I like young people mid 20s and 30s I'm brounding my search to people closer to my age who understand my generation is that bad? So good luck you have your family here hang in there buddy things will get better.

I am reluctant to join hiv groups cause of what you mentioned. That they pass on and you lose contact with them. Sorta depressing. But, I am sure camping was fun and the capital was awesome. There is a special energy when you are with like minded indivduals.

I want to complete my books that I'm writing start my cleaning business get my driver's license and get mail car those are goals that I want to achieve in 2023 I would have started but my support team which is my sister she passed away this year January 5th 2023 so is that all my goals that I wanted to accomplish I no longer want to do in them but I'm going to get back in the swing of doing my goals and accomplishing my goals for 2023 that I am going to do

i want to continue to get better about my finances and living with this disease. i have to come to grips i may be lonely for the rest of my life and i dealing with that as well. age and hiv dont mixed well with the young people today and people tend to stay away from because of these two factors