It was just so much easier. They served breakfast, lunch and dinner so I didn’t have to shop or cook.
And no cleaning! All we did was sweep and mop the floor of our bedroom once a week and we hardly did that, and we didn’t even really have to do it. No utility bills. Internet access was free. No responsibilities. I went to my job while I lived there and took classes but I didn’t really have to do anything. And there were about 30-35 other people living there which it was really good for me to be around people and luckily I got along with my roommate. There were some negative things about it but I kind of miss the group home. I know some people have horrible experiences in group homes but the ones I was in weren’t that bad. They’re now always as bad as people say. In fact, I might live in one up in Oregon and I hope they’re as good as the ones here.
I was in a group home 27 years.
I don’t miss the GH that much and I’m happy to live alone and doing everything by myself.
I’ve got a cleaning wife who clean my apartment every other week. And that’s the only help that my land offers me for free.
I lived in a group home for 3 years, I missed doing my own shopping and cooking., plus she always washed our clothes together, so When she would hand out the laundry I would get someone else’s underwear, I didn’t like that.
I mean 27 years ago for 3 years.
Sorry.
I’m thinking of moving out of assisted living and into public housing, where I will probably be completely isolated, except for my brother. He might provide a little company. I feel like I should get into public housing as soon as I can because the rent could go up or something unforeseen like that. The place where I want to go is a good place.
When I was 54, I made the decision to go into a group home. I’ve been in this one for 20 years. It’s smaller (only 3 residents) now because the provider is getting older. But she has made it a wonderful place to live and I will always be grateful. She goes for the long haul and did not reject me when I had to go on air and also when cancer made it impossible to do the chores I used to help with. I love her. Her husband and daughter also help. @77nick77, after being on your own, the adjustment might be a little difficult, but well worth it.
Arent group homes like outrageously expensive?
The one I was at would charge about $600 a month for rent. Some of them just take whatever your SSI check is for rent. They can be expensive though.
I am not sure……if you have a job with the group home situation it would be better. If you are lonely it would help. I thought you had a roommate?
Yeah, we’re not friends, we don’t hang out. We talk infrequently.
Sounds like it has definite plusses, one of the biggest downsides to living alone is… living alone.
Crimby I’ve lived on my own for 24 years but that comes with a very high prize namely totally solitude lifestyle. So if you prefere to life without people around you and if you have the will power to abstaining from drug and alcohol usage when you are alone and alone you will be. Then this lifestyle is perfect for you.
Yes if you stay away from hallway’s houses and other kind of institutions then you can become a very rich man just like me.
But don’t count on your family because they already have forgotten that you’re still alive.
And strange people in your hometown will create all kinds of strange rumors about you because they find you to strange to relate to.
Because you haven’t had a girl friend for some decades they’ll call you gay. And because you are acting strange in public they’ll call you a drug user.
Yes all those good things awaits you when you move on your own.
The only family I have left is my brother and my sister, and they’re both very supportive, but they aren’t in a position to give me too much help. I do enjoy their company, though. I have lived alone for most of my life. At college I stayed in my room almost the whole time I wasn’t in class. I felt very lonely then, but with the internet and tv I should be able to avoid a lot of loneliness. I also read from time to time. I might do some intensive reading when I have my own apartment. But you’re right, you do need at least some presence from other people. I’m going to think long and hard before I burn any bridges.
Crimby after what I understand you have experience with living in solitude so I believe that you are the right person for this thing.
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