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At the age of 55 I just can't afford to skip my morning walk. I must stay fit, you see.
But I want to do my walking alone. I don't permit even my wife to join me.
If someone tries to join me during my walk I get rid of them fast and make it known that I prefer walking alone.
I choose the woods and green fields to walk even if I must drive out of town to find the right place. I can't bear the roads or parks.
I like hearing the birds singing when I walk but can't bear a dog's bark.
I hate carrying a cell phone or ipod when I go for a walk. But while driving I keep the music going.
If at all I must rest during the walk I make sure I rest by the river even if I must walk a little further to reach the river.
Conciously I stop the thought process from intruding but listen to the natural sounds around me.
Am I being normal for my age?

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Based on 74 votes (59 yes)
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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    soon their wont be no woods to enjoy because of the _____mans messing our land of

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  • 1985
    13 years ago

    Yea it's normal for any age! It's healthy to be alone sometimes I think :)

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  • tori
    13 years ago

    I love to go walking by our lake near by. Right now there are baby geese running after their parents. It's so peaceful. It's my only me time I can get. There are other people who walk there. I say hi, but I'm not with anyone feeling like I need to make conversation.

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  • BOYracer88
    14 years ago

    walking or running alone is good for your head and of corse your health. i like to drive into the countryside park up and walk for a while or just sit down and chill, in the car i also keep the music going (loud) probably diffent music to you though, unless you like drum and bass lol

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  • shortbrit22
    14 years ago

    That's normal .. I feel irritated @ certain points when i wanna do things alone .. so yeah .. but most times .. i hate being alone .. :)

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  • normalisoverrated
    14 years ago

    That sounds like your meditation time pretty healthy and I don't see anything wrong feel that, doesn't it make you feel good? :)

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  • PoisonFlowers
    14 years ago

    I like walking by myself as well. There's nothing else like it. I get ideas for songs this way too.

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    • normalisoverrated
      14 years ago

      You get ideas for songs by walking too? Me too! I think we should chat or smth :)

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  • one_green
    14 years ago

    Sounds perfectly restful and relaxing, besides getting your exercise. Keep it up!

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  • tdickensheets
    14 years ago

    I'm a AB (adult baby). I sleep with my teddy bear.

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  • Chill_Pill
    14 years ago

    You deserve to have this time to yourself for reflection. Enjoying your surroundings alone is not a bad thing at all. Prefering to be by yourself while absorbing nature and walking an extra mile to listen to a brook or stream while relaxing is healthy. Sometimes it's best for everyone's sanity to take a few hours to oneself. What a wonderful stress release! I applaud you and hope you continue to take these moments to yourself. Others may think it selfish, but who have we really in this world but ourselves??? I bet you know more about who you are than many of these people! You are normal.

    ~Peace~

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    It is completely normal to want time to yourself, whether it be at the age of ten of the age of 70. You need to be by yourself so that you can just deal with your life and think things through. Why shoudln't be normal?

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    Normal to go on walks alone. Not normal to make such a fuss about it, especially at 55.

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  • KingLouisXVI
    14 years ago

    I'm the same way, and I'm less than half your age.

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  • Synopsis
    14 years ago

    People are different, and people are tolerant.
    Normal.

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  • littlewing825
    14 years ago

    everybody needs their quiet time Brosef

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  • Angelmom
    15 years ago

    That's totally normal...lots of people want to walk to clear their minds as well as the benefits for their bodies. I do walk with my daughter but I also like walking alone. Just be careful not to wal in a too desolate area try and stay within a normal zone, no one wants to get mugged or worse Good luck!

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  • [Old Memory]
    15 years ago

    i think its normal, grandpa

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    • subybanu
      15 years ago

      Thank you, young sheva.
      All along I thought it was normal but even the ancients like me get doubts at times!

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  • Dexter
    15 years ago

    We all need 'me-time'

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  • [Old Memory]
    15 years ago

    Strangely enough I feel the same way about having to pass old folks when I am out on the trails.

    I am in a motorized wheelchair and I can Still move faster than most of the fossils I encounter - and in passing, hearing their incoherant mumblings about how things were "in the good ol' days" tends to get on my nerves.

    That is hyperboil but not by much.

    While I can understand the need to get away from noise, I can't grok why you would shoo away someone who is just trying to be kind and offer you a moment or two of polit conversation.

    Seems a little rude to me.

    Tobra

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    • Solimorphic
      15 years ago

      Tobra, old folks?

      I stay in shape; I can run and I lift weights at the gym regularly, among other things.

      New music, movies etc are interesting. It is not difficult to hold conversations with twenty somethings on these general topics.

      With peers I might wax nostalgic with the 'good ol days', which only refers to an era when things were DIFFERENT, not necessarily better.

      Knowing you, Ms October, I am SURE you meant 'fossil' as a STATE OF MIND that one gets from CHOOSING to live in the past!

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      • [Old Memory]
        14 years ago

        Yes, I mean that exactly.

        I ... I have a bias... toward elderly people. (I have this reoccuring fear that one day my beauty will fade, and though my mind is about a 9.7 I hate to lose out)

        But yes, if people keep themselves in shape

        Tobra

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  • [Old Memory]
    15 years ago

    yes completely normal to wanna break from all the evils

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  • sLyXeH
    15 years ago

    Mate it's completely normal for just about anyone, everyone wants to have their own space or their own quiet time, the fact that your 55 doesn't have much to do with it. Wanting to be alone every now and then is completely normal. Infact it would probably do a allot of good to people these days if they just slowed down a bit and took time to just be silent and listen.

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  • inside_out
    15 years ago

    um well i dont know much about ppl your ages my my olds like doing things in the quiet..? i guess its sorta normal for someone your age..? lol personally i prefer my ipod =D

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  • subybanu
    15 years ago

    Well, normal or not, I like it alone. Rest of the day we must necessarily spend constantly talking our way in or out of situations that keep developing. So an hour of solitary walking in the open fields does help. Thanks for all the comments. But no one has told me whether I am being normal or not.

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  • buriedalive
    15 years ago

    It's good for anyone of any age to be able to appreciate nature :)

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