Mokokoma MokhonoanaLoneliness tortures many if not most of the elderly more intensely and more frequently than it torments many if not most of us who will never be or have not yet been pushed or pulled into old age.
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When you are in a relationship with a significant other, it can be easy to think that your partner is the only person that makes you feel the way that they do. But if one of you dies, it is common for the survivor to go through a period of intense loneliness. Loneliness tortures many if not most of the elderly more intensely and more frequently than it torments many if not most of us who will never be or have not yet been pushed or pulled into old age.
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