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Karen, welcome to the program.

Hi, Dr Laura.

A long time listener.

I find myself being a feeling very lonely at times.

I just recently lost my husband and we have a condo in Florida where I where we were residents but I also have a home in New Jersey and my question is

I think I'm going with my gut. My gut tells me to come back to New Jersey, stay in New Jersey,

my adult children, my grandchildren are here, I have close friends here. Florida is completely different.

There's a gym, but when I come back to the condo, it's lonely. So it's an investment and I vacillate back and forth between should I

let me let me understand what you've said so far. Okay If you go to New Jersey we have family and friends. Yes. If we go to

Florida we don't have family and friends and since your major concern is being lonely seems to be

will be less lonely without a spouse if we're around family and friends. We're still going to be lonely, but

we're going to be a lot less lonely, it would seem, when we have family, children,

grandchildren, and friends. I don't see how that's not clear. I know it is it is clear I think what gets in my head all the time is the

investment in Florida do I sell the condo?

Let's go back to your original premise, and I'm going to do it again.

Don't feel like an idiot, I'm just doing it again.

You're complaining about being lonely, which has nothing to do with money and investments.

It has to do with contact. You've lost your husband, you're lonely. You will continue to be lonely without

him for quite a while. However, that loneliness is mitigated by family and friends.

Absolutely.

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