Dear Eric : I retired a couple of years ago. I — like many people, I think — have realized that most of my friends and even acquaintances were work-related.

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My family doesn’t live close. I’ve always been a loner, so this doesn’t normally even bother me.

I recently had a health issue come up where I needed a “responsible adult” to drive me home from surgery and I had a hard time coming up with someone.

Most of my i

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