It's real. Try growing old. You move to the woods because of the divorce, you have half the money and can't afford to live where there are people. The nearest towns with people (say, universities as well) are 50 miles away.

People don't even answer text messages and emails, as if they are coming from Mars and there's a surcharge on long distance calls.

Who here wakes up, looks at the phone and there are zero dots?

Geez, I send messages, really nice photos, encouragement, invitations. Growing old ain't easy.