Seniors, are you still open to meeting new friends and having new adventures?

Very much so. I recently moved into a Senior Apartment Complex. I have made many new friends. Even though I drive, I love adventures on the bus. We have great bus service. There is a wonderful Senior Activity Center. Made many friends there. Lunch is only $1.50. They have live music, dancing, exercise classes, pool tables. I am so glad I retired so I have time for all this.

Not so much adventures but I like meeting new people and being able to share ideas etc. I know many more people now than I did a few years ago because I moved to a new area but I still see the old friends and acquaintances when I go into the town where I used to do my shopping regularly. If I meet someone I knew well we might go for a coffee and a long chat and I then stay in town an hour longer than I originally intended. To me that is about as 'adventurous' as it gets but it's great and is a nice change to the usual routine.

Where I now live a mix with a totally new group of people but am not especially close with anyone. I like to be friendly with many and able to join in joint conversations but don't go the their homes or away for a day etc. I like things as they are - just having many people I can converse with on any given occasion and then go back to my own space and do my own thing.

However, I have a few brochures of day trips and weekend breaks (starting next Spring) and am giving some of them serious consideration. Those, to me, would be a real adventure as I'll be doing it alone for the first time. Time will tell.

Meeting new friends, these days, is mainly determined by who is in the library when I am there. Thankfully, libraries don't insist on total silence any more so good conversation can take place in a warm and pleasant place, rather than on a cold, damp park bench. I still see family members reasonably regularly so don't really crave a lot of company most of the time.

Having a day out to my nearest city (40 miles - one and half hours by bus or 40 minutes by train) is about as big as an adventure gets these days and I'm totally exhausted when I get home.

Hi Marilyn, I love meeting and developing new friendships. I try to treat each and every day as a new adventure. I miss the days of traveling alone, and have run across to many wonderful people along the way. Some of which am in contact 20/30 years after bumping into while exploring new paths of life. Dining at the common table when visiting new cities makes for some healthy conversations while sharing a meal.

Since moving house I have met many new people just by travelling on buses a lot using my bus pass. I have not had any actual adventures with any of them nor would 'friends' be quite the correct word to describe them but I know a lot more very nice people now with whom I stop and have a chat if I ever see them in town. I would not rule out the possibility of having a cup of coffee with some of them now and again. Time will tell. I am well past wanting new 'adventures' though.

Every day seems to be a new adventure. I get up when I feel like and then go out and take what life either gives me or throws at me. It's something of an adventure just not knowing what will happen on any given day. I actually like that, no more regimentation of my week - Monday this and Thursday that and all those shirts must be ironed by .... etc.

Now I do what I please when it pleases me to do it and what I don't feel like doing is left to do...whenever. Life itself is now an adventure.

Are you set in your ways and closed off from meeting new people and trying new things?

I have been very lucky to find a very interesting new pen pal from the UK.

I now live in Hungary but am from the USA.

My new friend has purchased several properties in Hungary for her retirement years.

She is just a few months older then I am, she is 60 and I will turn 60 in Dec.

She is in Hungary for a couple of weeks time, I have met her and the 2 very fun British ladies she brought with her on holiday.

We have shown them some sites and will be visiting over the weekend at her country cottage in Hungary.

I was for the longest time a bit shut out from hanging with anyone other then just my husband.

Finding new friends who are willing to travel and do new things is so refreshing.

I am even seriously considering visiting my new found friends in the UK next summer.

So are you willing to meet new people and take chances or do you like to stay safe and secure only seeing family and old friends?

I feel these ladies have given me new energy and a sense of adventure.

Since I have been alone I have met very many people in a similar position to myself i.e. no spouse but grown children whom we all still see regularly. It's great being close to family and it's great having the company of like-minded and similar aged people now and again but I'm past wanting to pack my bags and go on holidays or adventures with anyone. Day trips are my limit these days.

Sure, it's just hard to find exactly the type of people you want to waste time with :) -- it's not like at school or work where you already have things in common. Recently I decided I need to find some "food" friends--friends that will go and eat things with me. All my remaining local friends either are on real specialized diets, or won't eat fish/seafood, or only eat organic food, or are vegetarians, or won't eat "American" food, or some other "won't eat" thing. Which eliminates too many places I want to go eat at. I don't care what age they are, just as long as they can afford to eat out at a variety of places (like, aren't limited to only spending $5.50), are a little adventurous in eating--at least willing to taste something new. I live in a city that is known for it's foods and I'd like to partake but my current friends are such fuddy duddies. And it's not like I want to do EVERYTHING with them, or with someone else. I'm kind of a loner and have gotten used to just going when I want to, not waiting around for someone else, all that. Like, I don't want to go shopping with someone else--I detest shopping so have a list of what I need/want and when I get to the store, it's very much hit'n'run, no dawdling, no looking at anything not on the list.

Yes - however I am much more selective with who I choose to befriend. I do meet new acquaintances freely. With finding a good friend, it is just a difficult as before.

Yes - to some new adventures since again i am selective.