Does Robin Williams deserve our sympathy ? (31)

Aug 17, 2014 6:18 AM CST Does Robin Williams deserve our sympathy ?
peachmelba
peachmelbapeachmelbawexford, Wexford Ireland72 Threads 9,779 Posts
I looked at a programme last year about how older people are turning to the drink more,

It showed one man in his mid fifties a very competent worker in a good job at the office,,goes home to an empty house and he said he just started to have a glass now and again at home but then used it to try and fill the void he felt because he was lonely getting older and lived in the city but he said the only people he really spoke to were the people in his work,,he said he felt a success in his job but wasn't in his personal life,

So his drinking became his crutch,,,..showed a 68 year old woman,,her kids lived abroad ,same thing again she looked to the bottle for comfort..


This is just a sad fact of life how many people feel getting older that they don't feel an important part in society,

It's Easey to say to them well make an effort get out but sometimes these opportunities are not there for people through sickness,ill health,..depression set in,isolation,,,it's a fact and the programme on the. Highlighted this growing concern that older people don't usually like to discuss,

Sometimes people do feel outside the margins of society,,,yes there are social events in local communities but not everyone in the situation or circumstances to avail of there's things..,even on our social media it dosnt really cater for the over 60 s ..

I think the older people get the more respect they should get they have done their bit ,,and of course I'm talking generally here not on a persons temperament as people of all ages get respect when they show respect,,,
Aug 17, 2014 6:41 AM CST Does Robin Williams deserve our sympathy ?
peachmelba
peachmelbapeachmelbawexford, Wexford Ireland72 Threads 9,779 Posts
,, my point was that more and more people are drinking at home because they are lonely or bored and are isolated in their mind and have become social recluse,



There was a man here in my town that lived just up the road from the Main Street busey area,

He lived on his own only in his mid 50 s,... When I would pass in the morning past his house on the ol folks bus to take them to the day care centre we would see him having a ciggerette outside his front door,....he was known for being a quiet very private man and had a been homeless I his life and had relations only in England,

Anyway this man was found dead in his home where he had lived in the middle of a row of ol town houses they have no garden in the front and on a very narrow path on busey road ,

A passer by had noted that his Xmas tree was still in the window and this was middle of march,,she alerted the Garda and then they found the poor man in his house ,,he had died of a heart attack,

It caused a stir here in this town. In that how could this happen that a man living in a built up area of the town right in the centre could be left like this without a next door neibour or anyone not to call in on him and realise ,
His front window wasn't that big,,he did have a Xmas tree in it behind net curtains but if anyone had bother to notice it was visable,,,

It took one woman bringing her child to school one day. To notice,

I felt guilty myself in that I had walked by the house drove past and didnt notice,,was very sad,
Aug 17, 2014 7:00 AM CST Does Robin Williams deserve our sympathy ?
mjpd67
mjpd67mjpd67galway, Galway Ireland181 Threads 5 Polls 6,550 Posts
peachmelba: Haha oh yes older people of this age get more liberated , more colourful in their life's alright that's a fact,

I'm talking about pre elderly people you know the ones just coming up to retirement and ones after,,

You see there are some really fit people that have to retire at 66 now now I think it's for a man and 65 for a woman,,some more energy than a 40 year and 30 year old,Yea well. We will always have people of extremes mjip no matter what their age,

Mind yourself,
you only live once if it makes you happy why notbeer
Aug 17, 2014 7:11 AM CST Does Robin Williams deserve our sympathy ?
peachmelba
peachmelbapeachmelbawexford, Wexford Ireland72 Threads 9,779 Posts
mjpd67: you only live once if it makes you happy why not



cheers .grin
Aug 17, 2014 7:16 AM CST Does Robin Williams deserve our sympathy ?
63 years is still a fair crack at it..I don't think he would have done the what he did at say 30..he lived a good life..plenty of money..most likely did everything he wanted to do..fair play to him for ending it before it got very messyireland
Aug 17, 2014 7:22 AM CST Does Robin Williams deserve our sympathy ?
peachmelba
peachmelbapeachmelbawexford, Wexford Ireland72 Threads 9,779 Posts
mjpd67: well i hate suburbia with a passion ,rats would have more compassion than todays irish society




I think some people that have gone rough times after after falling down on their luck,,be it from businesses gone or whatever the case may be suddenly might have more time to open their eyes to people and what's going on around them on a n emotional level ,,may have been before all they were focused on was the power of success that need to just be bigger better in a material sense ,sometimes it's not even about the money to types people like this just the constant need they feel to succeed ,,it's like an addiction for them,,
Aug 17, 2014 7:42 AM CST Does Robin Williams deserve our sympathy ?
mjpd67
mjpd67mjpd67galway, Galway Ireland181 Threads 5 Polls 6,550 Posts
peachmelba: Yea I agree but many find it hard to keep things simple,,,,,I'm going to not complicate myself today I think ill just have the tortillas left from yesterday for dinner today,,,yea why not its Sunday plus I've got a month supply of DVD s to watch from extra vision,
Ended up watcing half fight club last nite on tv tho,,,lol..take it Easey.:...
housework for me laugh
Aug 17, 2014 7:47 AM CST Does Robin Williams deserve our sympathy ?
peachmelba
peachmelbapeachmelbawexford, Wexford Ireland72 Threads 9,779 Posts
mjpd67: housework for me


Omg that will be a huge complication for you,,I do hope you be okay after cleaning your oven up,,.

Bring on mr muscle...boxing .... Give it a good go,,,,,


You will feel so better after it,, Scrub up well.beer .grin
Aug 17, 2014 7:55 AM CST Does Robin Williams deserve our sympathy ?
mjpd67
mjpd67mjpd67galway, Galway Ireland181 Threads 5 Polls 6,550 Posts
peachmelba: Omg that will be a huge complication for you,,I do hope you be okay after cleaning your oven up,,.

Bring on mr muscle... .... Give it a good go,,,,,You will feel so better after it,, Scrub up well. .
i find house work so relaxing cool
Aug 18, 2014 11:06 AM CST Does Robin Williams deserve our sympathy ?
fifitheminx
fifitheminxfifitheminxDublin, Ireland35 Threads 4,039 Posts
actually no...nor our scorn pity or judgement.

When i heard i thought..ah well he got to 63..he did mighty fine stuff with his life...and he made a lot of people smile..and if his number is up then so be it.

people knowingly live their lives every day knowing they will die eventually and do things that bring them closer whether its drink...smoke eat.. thrown themselves off cliffs or drive or whatever.

life is slow suicide.
Aug 18, 2014 12:13 PM CST Does Robin Williams deserve our sympathy ?
peachmelba
peachmelbapeachmelbawexford, Wexford Ireland72 Threads 9,779 Posts
fifitheminx: actually no...nor our scorn pity or judgement.

When i heard i thought..ah well he got to 63..he did mighty fine stuff with his life...and he made a lot of people smile..and if his number is up then so be it.

people knowingly live their lives every day knowing they will die eventually and do things that bring them closer whether its drink...smoke eat.. thrown themselves off cliffs or drive or whatever.

life is slow suicide.







Haha,, I remember someone said to me once ,"life is like one long funeral..

blues

A Chinese proverb I don't know exact words but its fairly simple,

We could live one day and experience more in that day than a hundred ,,,

I'm always saying the things I'm going to do ,,,do I do them..,,no il leave it till tommorrow that day never arrived..

rolling on the floor laughing confused crying ..live today be sad be happy,cheering ,whatever
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