not sure if this is where others have read it but its an excellent piece. Up there with "it is not the critic who counts"
Men Who Wanted to Be Left Alone
I identify with this quite a bit as well:
Our bad-tempered behaviour is not a cry for help, say old men
As it emerged that many men will spend their declining years alone, aged males confirmed that beneath their crusty, irascible exterior there was only more irascibility.
79-year-old Roy Hobbs said: “Some people seem to think that when I tell them to fuck off I actually mean ‘I crave companionship, come and have some cake’.
“What I actually mean is ‘fuck off’.