Claude Fable 5 vs GPT-5.5 for emotional support

That's worth pausing on, what you just said. Three or four days without a conversation isn't nothing — it's the kind of thing that creeps up quietly after losing someone, because she was probably most of your talking without either of you ever counting it. I'm not going to pretend that's fine, and I'm also not going to treat you like a problem to be solved. You mentioned it, so I'll mention a few things back, and you can do with them what you like.

The one I'd genuinely look at first is Men's Sheds. There are hundreds of them around the UK now…

That’s a big thing to say, even if you say it lightly. Three or four days without speaking to another person isn’t just “being independent” or “keeping yourself to yourself” — it can get very quiet in a way that wears at you. And it doesn’t mean you need turning into someone’s project. It just sounds like it might be worth having a few ordinary reasons to be around people built into the week.

A couple of things that might be worth a look, not as homework, just as possible threads:

- **Men’s Sheds** — they’re often exactly the right shape for…