tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448074423221504230.post691519849976279968..comments2023-08-07T04:05:26.327+01:00Comments on Single Minded: What if my support bubble bursts?Kate Whartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231541941776830784noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448074423221504230.post-89531571659820692112021-01-13T20:39:42.018+00:002021-01-13T20:39:42.018+00:00Indeed. No provision. I am a landlord and although...Indeed. No provision. I am a landlord and although my lodger is a nice person, it is a business arrangement, we lead separate lives and in no way gives me "support".<br /><br />I was bubbling with a single friend, but he has been so scared off by recent fear mongering in the news that he is scared of the police bashing the door door (due to holier than thou neighbours snitching - because I don't live locally).<br />Unfortunately I moved to my current town 6 weeks before Lockdown 1 and had no time to establish a new network. I have nobody in my local area. But the government of course don't care...Distant_cousinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09547855698289801714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448074423221504230.post-82144925118421699282021-01-13T20:36:21.690+00:002021-01-13T20:36:21.690+00:00Completely agree. Single peoples' status as se...Completely agree. Single peoples' status as second class citizens in society,is once again made loud and clear. There has been scant provision for our needs, and it is assumed most people have the benefit of partner, children, housemates. Single people are bottom of the pile AGAIN.Distant_cousinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09547855698289801714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448074423221504230.post-30888154363152449782020-10-14T13:57:53.521+01:002020-10-14T13:57:53.521+01:00Have just found this Blog - Great! Thanks for the ...Have just found this Blog - Great! Thanks for the honesty!<br />As a single in my 60`s with all the dilemmas of who to Bubble with, I didn`t! 3 weeks ago a couple invited me, as their daughter returned to Uni. Thanks for opening the space. Might have been able to do so earlier, but better late than never, so grateful to have been acknowledged and invited. Have met up just twice since. No desperately needed hug - or touch. I don`t want to scare them away! They could be the difference to my isolation sanity. Why am I crying as I write? Bubbles can be practical (grand-parent etc) but also acknowledging I am alive, and that means relationship. One day at a time, but HEY I`M IN A BUBBLE! Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448074423221504230.post-9024596763579086272020-08-13T12:14:01.010+01:002020-08-13T12:14:01.010+01:00When my wife died some very dear friends immediate...When my wife died some very dear friends immediately announced that they would be my support bubble. They are so lovely that I find it hard to comprehend their generosity in sharing their home, their family, their hugs and their love with me.<br />Understandably I'm very close to my family as well.<br />It can work really well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550560374065045963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448074423221504230.post-1889625926299673662020-06-15T18:21:23.217+01:002020-06-15T18:21:23.217+01:00There's an article on the BBC website about th...There's an article on the BBC website about the difficulties of how to choose with whom to bubble: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53007814Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448074423221504230.post-56954846370047205592020-06-14T18:08:33.054+01:002020-06-14T18:08:33.054+01:00Thanks for sharing this, I'm single and a lodg...Thanks for sharing this, I'm single and a lodger. So am in a household but not a part of it if that makes sense.<br />But the government doesnt think outside the box unfortunately. Shan Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591264927508056712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448074423221504230.post-45858193420296625862020-06-14T11:40:25.541+01:002020-06-14T11:40:25.541+01:00I do so love your honesty - it makes me feel I am ...I do so love your honesty - it makes me feel I am not alone. So much of what you express, though it is your experience not mine, rings true with me and my life. I can't tell you how much it means to know that someone else knows what it is to be "no one's most important person". I often have thought but have never heard anyone else expressing it. Thank you, thank you, thank you.Sarah Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106993415339161675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448074423221504230.post-38133987513303528682020-06-14T11:02:43.471+01:002020-06-14T11:02:43.471+01:00My thoughts expressed exactly as I did in my head....My thoughts expressed exactly as I did in my head. Have you been there steeling them? Good luck with all the ‘stuff’ in my daily thought bubbles. You know you could just take them, no need to copy and paste! 😍Dorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669704098484439019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448074423221504230.post-72284250087412661532020-06-14T08:15:15.024+01:002020-06-14T08:15:15.024+01:00Thanks so much for sharing this Kate. Entirely, en...Thanks so much for sharing this Kate. Entirely, entirely relatable. Much love to you. Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04802689331253701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448074423221504230.post-45089666751163879342020-06-14T08:12:35.164+01:002020-06-14T08:12:35.164+01:00Such a heartfelt and deeply sad blog Kate. Thank y...Such a heartfelt and deeply sad blog Kate. Thank you for sharing-as always I will be continuing to pray for you and all of us finding this difficult for whatever the reason. xxLindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14956241430165915422noreply@blogger.com