It is hard. I too was a happily married man. Went to work, supported my family and was happy to be home at night. Sometimes you need to force yourself to GAL. I have not been doing it very long but once I’m out of the house its ok. Go to some event that interests you. A car show, art show anywhere that has something that people are just standing around looking at stuff heck even a flea market. I’m kind of shy to but it’s easy to start a conversation with someone standing next to you by saying “ I really like that color blue” (of course there better be something blue you are looking at). It opens the door for follow up conversation. I look at forcing myself to go out like when I was taking my son to baseball practice. He would be in the middle of a video game and not want to go. I would drag him there and once he got started he didn’t want to leave.
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And if I claim to be a wise man, well It surely means that I don't know