Birthdays

[Beth Gallagher]

I got a handyman to come to the house and he was wondering how old I was. He asked if I were 80?...70? I must have furrowed my brow (more than it was) when he said 80.
EIGHTY!!!! how dare he. I'm only 75! How could I look 80?!
His mom is 75. He didn't know that he looked about late 60's.

I am terrible at guessing people's ages. Believe me, you don't want to ask me "how old do you think I am?" because I am NOT good at it and usually I insult the person dumb enough to ask.

You have to remember that to younger people, all of us look like fossils so they don't make much distinction between 70-80.

 

[April Vee]

Happy birthday everyone!!

 

[Ken Anderson]

You have to remember that to younger people, all of us look like fossils so they don't make much distinction between 70-80.

That's not a new phenomenon, either. Plus, for many younger people, older people are mostly irrelevant to their lives, or maybe that was just because I never knew my paternal grandparents, and my maternal grandparents died when I was young. I did, however, spend time on my own with them, particularly my grandmother after my grandfather died.

 

[Beth Gallagher]

Recently I was walking across the parking lot at Hobby Lobby and a young woman came rushing up behind me. She poked my shoulder and I turned around. Her mouth dropped open and she said, "Oh, sorry!! I thought you were someone else. You walk like a young person."

OK, then. I guess I need to start dragging one foot like Quasimodo. You'd think she would have noticed my gray hair glinting in the sunlight, though.