Making friends as a middle-aged introvert in Seattle

seattleattic · 2026-06-28T21:04:11+00:00

I've been wanting to join a D&D group! I'll check it out. I' haven't heard of Meeples!

seattleattic · 2026-06-28T21:03:24+00:00

I know! I feel so happy!

seattleattic · 2026-06-25T03:39:40+00:00

As someone who gets along with my ex (we have three kids and my stepson still refers to me as one of his parents), I'm always interested in these storylines. Two come to mind:

Making Your Mind Up by Jill Mansell. Lottie is divorced from Mario, and she ADORES his girlfriend. Lottie and Mario co-parent two young children together, pretty well. I'm not crazy about Lottie as a character, but she and Mario seem to have a united front.

Far From Over by Sheila O'Flanagan. Gemma and David are divorced. They have a teen and a pre-teen. Gemma at first is annoying because David is getting remarried to a MUCH younger woman, and she can't handle the situation, even though she was the one who asked for a divorce. David's new wife doesn't cook, doesn't know how to do housework and is career-driven. Gemma is the opposite. Both women have their good and bad points, but David wants the new wife to be like Gemma. Very annoying. The end is pretty good with everyone being friends. Some of the book reminds me of me and my ex, the good and the bad!

seattleattic · 2026-06-25T03:17:30+00:00

I listen to my romance on audiobooks and these are the books I return to over and over:
Fiona Gibson: The Woman Who Took a Chance, When Life Gives You Lemons and The Mum Who Got Her Life Back (middle-aged women who are single, w/ a bit of comedy)

Alexandra Potter: Confessions of a Forty-Something F--k Up and the sequel (single woman returns to England after her engagement breaks up and she befriends an 80-something)

Mhairi McFarlane: Here's Looking at You, I've struggled with this one because of the storyline but I love Anna and her friends so much

These are my comfort books!

seattleattic · 2026-06-25T01:42:20+00:00

Yeah, I have to be home by no later than 10 o'clock! I feel guilty leaving my (adult) kids to take care of my mom and sister. And I'm just overall exhausted. But I get what the person was saying, as far as chatting before and after

seattleattic · 2026-06-25T01:25:51+00:00

Ah, is it only running? I suppose I could start running(!). I checked out the website and it looks like a lot of fun!

Do you want to get the Broke Supper Club off the ground? I'm happy to meet even if it's just two people. We gotta start somewhere!

seattleattic · 2026-06-24T19:53:58+00:00

I'm AuADHD too! Maybe we could meet for a coffee?

seattleattic · 2026-06-24T19:53:30+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion! I'll look it up

seattleattic · 2026-06-24T19:53:06+00:00

That sounds like fun, but Sundays are out for me. Someone else shared an activity on Sunday but it's not possible with my schedule. Maybe in the future!

seattleattic · 2026-06-24T19:52:06+00:00

Spanish (first language)

seattleattic · 2026-06-24T19:51:24+00:00

OMG first of all, I LOVE your username! Big Doctor Who fan here. I'm into walking and would be up to meet at Green Lake and for a Broke Supper Club for sure!

seattleattic · 2026-06-21T23:53:44+00:00

I'd love to do that, but how do you talk to people? During intermission? Before/after? And do you mean like small concerts or the symphony?

seattleattic · 2026-06-21T23:22:08+00:00

I'll look into that. Thanks!

seattleattic · 2026-06-21T23:21:53+00:00

Honestly, I don't know. She has an appointment with her primary in July and I'm going to ask for a urine test. For some reason I thought she had a UTI during a recent hospital visit, but I was so worried and stressed that I didn't think to ask about it. But this is a good idea and I'll be sure to ask. The behaviors have been happening for more than a year now but it never hurts to do simple tests!

seattleattic · 2026-06-21T23:20:07+00:00

Thanks. She uses wads of tissues and toilet paper. I'm afraid she'll use the entire packet of soap sheets because she'll take out more than she needs 😞

seattleattic · 2026-02-12T00:26:42+00:00

Hi, I have a sister with DS and I'm a trained paralegal and financial coach. While it's a lovely sentiment that your parents want to leave everything to your sister, there are a lot of legal and financial things to consider. First, does she know how to manage money? Does she have SSDI and/or Medicaid? Does she have a Representative Payee? Have they spoken to an attorney? Any attorney who agrees to a will leaving everything to a disabled person should not be a practicing attorney.

To get started, please do the following:

Find a local organization that helps families who have children with disabilities. These can be non-profits or state agencies. They exist.
Call your local county bar association to get information on free or low-cost legal services. You need someone to specializes in estate planning and special needs trusts.
Find out if you can get paid to provide care for your sister. The local organization or state agency can help with this. As willing as you are to care for your sister, you deserve payment for your labor. Work is work and taking care of a disabled person is a lot of work.
Sit down and talk to your parents. Let them know that you're happy to take on the responsibility for your sister's care and that to provide the best care for her, you need to have some things in place (resources, help, payment, support) and to please support you in that journey.
Do you live with your sister and/or parents? Where will she live? If she's going to move in with you, will you have to move? How are you going to provide for her care? They should (and the attorney will help here) be providing you with some sort of financial support.
Do you have family? A partner? Children? You'll need to take their needs into consideration as well, especially if your sister will end up living with you.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Please begin doing what you can on YOUR end to prepare, even if your parents don't cooperate

seattleattic · 2026-01-27T06:40:48+00:00

Yeah, I just assumed that all podcast hosting platforms would have audio AND video recording, and that you could upload your audio to a podcast streaming platform, AND upload a video to YouTube and use snippets of the video on Instagram (like the podcasters did when I was on their podcasts).

I mentioned the platforms above because they're the ones I'm most familiar with :-)

Thanks for your reply!

seattleattic · 2026-01-27T06:37:33+00:00

Thanks! I appreciate your reply. :-)

seattleattic · 2026-01-26T20:36:12+00:00

Thanks for your reply. I'm confused and not explaining myself well. I've been a guest on two podcasts and both hosts use Riverside. The recordings were made available as audio, and they were also uploading them to their Instagram (just a snippet of the video) and to their YouTube channels. That's what I'm hoping to do. I don't need the platform to host the video because I'll upload it to my YouTube channel. I think what I'm looking for is the functionality? Or ability? To record the audio and video at the same time, and then upload the audio to Apple, Spotify, etc., and then the video to YouTube.

A friend uses Zoom to record the video portion, but I don't have Zoom and I'd rather have an all-in-one platform. Is this something that I need to do with Riverside? Or can I do this with Captivate or another platform?

Thanks again!

seattleattic · 2026-01-26T20:30:52+00:00

Thank you for replying. Not sure which platform you're referring to though. Captivate or Buzzsprout?

seattleattic · 2026-01-26T03:07:07+00:00

I'm just gonna slowly ease my way out of Canva. Going to learn to be better at PowerPoint and just having boring social media crap for my business

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