Hi, chose this thread title as I'm looking for people in similar scenarios and ideas.
DM (72) is on her own and has a limited network of friends i.e. one friend she talks to on the phone (about politics it seems) and a cousin 300 miles away she talks to monthly. She works part time in the evenings.
I became quite close with her during lockdown and I'm trying to wean her off me (having just had a lengthy call during my working hours comprising off 'You're busy, oh I won't bother you' 'You're doing important things'. I'm not succumbed to the emotional pressure but I want to try and encourage her to make a friend.
She talks a lot about doing things but doesn't do them and I know some of this is because she doesn't have someone to do them with, by god she'd never admit that though.
She just needs one local friend who likes walking and classical music, to go to concerts and walks with.
How do I go about helping her find one? I know there is meetup.com but they are often large groups and she sometimes says strange things in group situations through nerves so I could see her alienating herself. She's practical, generous with her time, really quite endearing sometimes (she calls it a Car Spa when she takes the car to the car wash), conversations are never dull.
A one to one find a friend type thing would work. Is there anything like this? Surely there should be one, introduce your parent type thing?!