Hoju Wrote:
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> Aww. Don't get mad at Maritz. That's like getting
> mad at your grandmother cuz you have to repeat
> yourself more now that she's in her golden years.
LOL!!!! ROTFLMFAO!!!!!
My problem is just exactly the opposite -- my daughter just holds up 4 fingers, and I KNOW that
means "good grief, mom, I've heard that same story AT LEAST 40 times!"
And I missed a shop window last Saturday because it took me almost two hours to find my car keys....
Of course, as us optimists often do, I make a joke out of my failing memory. One of the real
benefits is that I'm now constantly meeting new people.
My daughter says I embarass her because I don't act my age...I just smile and say "what age is
that, dear?"
I wear clothes older than some of you "kids". If I could figure out some way to get them registered to vote, we could pack the polls!
And when anybody says anything negative about old people, I just remind myself that it beats the
h-e-double hockey sticks out of the alternative.
One of my neighbors is 93. Some of HER clothes are older than I am! However, she still goes to the beauty shop every week, dresses to the 9's (if a little out of style), does her own housework, shopping, and driving. She wears HIGH HEELS with the commanding posture and walk of a grown
woman -- not an old woman!!! And all of our friends assure me that she was just as boring 50 years ago as she is today!
My other neighbor is 85...she paints her toenails crimson, but not her fingernails, because it's not
ladylike. We garden together. She had never eaten an avocado until I shared one with her last year.
She had never had fried okra or fried green tomatoes, either, until I cooked some and shared them
with her!
Maybe people make jokes about the aged because they are a little uncomfortable at the thought that it's gonna happen to them. Or because there's a mindset that the aged are embarassing or difficult. Well, being embarassing or difficult is not the sole purview of the aged. And if a person
is boring when they are 15, I assure you, they won't get more interesting as they age. If they
don't have a sense of humor at 25, they won't magically gain one when they are 80. And if a 30 year old doesn't have any common sense, he's not going to pick up a supply of it suddenly in his late 70's!!! And memory definitely isn't gonna IMPROVE as you age!
And if it WAS a joke, about having to repeat things more often to grandma, I didn't see it as a joke...I just figured it was a statement of fact.
I have married grandchildren who are probably older than some of you. I am no spring chicken! I
mystery shop because no one can survive on social security. And though my memory may be shot,
I think I've shown my sense of humor is intact!
Stilllearning, I enjoy many of your posts. Please stop taking these gentle remarks about old people so personally, so very to heart, and putting yourself through such pain over them! I am quite sure the posters did not make these remarks with the intent to hurt anybody! I do not know why the subject is so painful to you, and I certainly regret that it causes you pain. I hope my relating some
of my coping mechanisms made you smile!
After all, I clearly recall the days when I thought my own parents were "older than dirt"...and my mother was then in her 30's!
Peace, all.
And may you all grow old in good health, good humor, and intact memories!
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