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gerry_derry

Northern Ireland · Derry · Member since Oct 2025
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Retired civil servant. Widower. Catholic guilt layered on top of everything.

quiet touches in a noisy world

Theres something about getting older that nobody tells you. The silence. Not just the quiet round the house after Margaret passed but the deep silence of skin not being touched. Whole weeks go by and

21 Mar 2026 👁 39

what we dont talk about in derry

Theres a silence in Derry thats thicker than the fog over the Foyle. A silence about bodies. About touch. About wanting.I wasnt always this lonely. Margaret and me we had 42 years together. Proper mar

5 Jan 2026 👁 46

the silence in derry about wanting touch

Theres a quiet desperation that comes with getting old in a place like Derry. Where everything was about survival during the Troubles and now its about pretending we dont have needs. My Mary passed se

4 Jan 2026 👁 40