I have a similar problem in reverse. My wife is on a disability pension (she suffers from exceptional, severe migraines) and is home alone all day. Most friends are wrapped up at work and with kids (ours are grown) so she's found a couple of forums where the match of personalities are good. She would be stir crazy and lonely all day if she didn't have this interaction.

I have just accepted it as the way things are, and have moved on and now I enjoy more of my own reading time.

I squeek onto the computer once in a while to check my posts because I get conversations on these forums that I could never get out in "real life"