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Old 06-21-2015, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl View Post
And don't forget that many of us who retired in our sixties and moved here had already been suffering some hurtful age bias from some younger people who didn't recognize that we were really just the same inside as younger people. I moved here hoping to be looked at and smiled at by all residents, younger and older, because like everyone else, I want to be liked and accepted. It hurts to read in an over 55 community that new and younger residents don't want to live near the older folks

I have NO idea how I got to be this age. It happened so quickly.
"How come you don't say howdy, when I say howdy" Brer Bear story by Uncle Remus---- I know, no longer politically correct.
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