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Do I Really Need to Go Out?

The Midlife Socializing Struggle

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Allie Theiss, MSc CSC ABS
Feb 12, 2025
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Remember when the idea of going out was exciting? When getting dressed up and meeting people felt like an adventure instead of an exhausting to-do list? Yeah, me neither.

These days, socializing feels like an Olympic event I did not train for. First, there’s the mental gymnastics of deciding if I even want to go. Then comes the physical endurance test of…

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