Yes, it's still hard for other's to accept that I'm perfectly happy being alone. But I don't hear, "Get out and meet people" like I used to. Now it's more just, "Get out and do something." This may sound odd, but I actually feel fortunate that I have so many problems with my back and neck that makes it hard to do things, so other people are more accepting of my not going out and doing things. Sad that they can only accept physical reasons rather than something they can't see. They can't see the physical either, but I guess it's more believable than the mental? So I can now honestly tell someone I can't come there for a week because of my trigeminal neuralgia has been bothering me, where they would never understand, "You don't have the foods I like at your house, and I'm not comfortable enough in your environment to get up and go to the bathroom when I need to, and I have no idea what to do when I'm not home, etc. etc."
My social needs is met if I talk to each of my children at least once a week (no, that's not social, that's worry - needing to know they are all okay). I like being home alone (sounds like a movie. lol) and if I feel like I want to talk to someone I can go upstairs and talk to my son or daughter in law. I'd like to be able to tell some people to not call me, I'll call them. But they know I wouldn't. I'm less social with age.