Tuesday, December 7, 2021
How do you ask?
Its so sad sometimes being an adult.
You have friends .. some close, some not so much, some that it takes a moment to recognize them when you pass them in public.
DH went through this stroke, and people wanted to see him to give support when it first happened. Due to Covid and outbreaks and the like, it wasn't possible for people to see him until he got out of the hospital. Then when he got home .. the family expected an outpouring of visitors – only, that didn't happen.
We spent 3 months living in our trailer in his parents' back yard pretty much alone. We didn't really want to invite people over, and I'd guess that some just didn't want to come by because of where we were.
Then we got our own place. It's further away from all those friends I mentioned above … and I can assume that partly due to the stroke, not everyone knows how to deal with how he's doing. I learned this from all the caregiver resources and support groups I'm in. I certainly can't say that I've learned it from anyone actually telling me... which would be easier.
I do not know any other way how to ask people to come over. I don't know how to make anyone, including Rob, understand that he needs company and friends around. That us going to them all the time isn't how this is supposed to work right now. It's how it always seemed to be before, and now that we're further, it seems like so far, that's what we're looking at now if we want company.
I dont know what to do for him.
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