At first, I swithered over whether I was putting this thread in the proper section, viz:-

Living in the UK. ... especially being more of an "advert" for NOT staying here!

WHY?

Because ... when a aboard a Mediterranean Cruise ship kept spotting a fellow passenger - an - who, more often than not, appeared to be on her own, the man eventually decided to satisfy his curiosity by [tactfully] asking her outright, the reason she was always alone ... the elderly woman's candid response shocked him. !

http://www.upmoments.com/man-asks-an...ne-on--cruise/ ... !

Stranger than fiction?

... it ISN'T really - with the seemingly unstoppable spiralling cost of Residential Care these days.

...................... ... and you had better believe it!