# You’re invited to lunch… **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-re-invited-to-lunch/990537 "2023-09-22T13:49:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-re-invited-to-lunch/990537/6 "2023-09-22T18:33:23Z")
For anyone interested in a serious discussion of living alone in a detached house vs Independent Living this recent thread might be informative: > [@My move to the retirement facility (If joining the thread late, at least skim the first few posts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-move-to-the-retirement-facility-if-joining-the-thread-late-at-least-skim-the-first-few-posts/988672): > > Continuing the discussion from [Diplomacy/behavior problem re friend's dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-behavior-problem-re-friends-dog/988480/58): This is the nudge I needed-- thanks. Two weeks ago my landlord dropped a bomb on me. I’ve lived here 10 years and love this house and never planned to move. But he and wife are divorcing and one of them wants to move in here. \ I’ll be 75 in November. Yeah, I could look for another place, but the sensible thing to do is to move to an independent living facility that I’m very famili… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-re-invited-to-lunch/990537)._