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Originally Posted by MustangSally
Wow! All of your comments on "That's My Spot" post just made me decide what to do with our 3rd bedroom! We have enough exercise equipment to fill the room which can all be folded up when we have guests. I don't mind exercising on my own when classes are crowded and then joining the classes in less crowded times. That way we get more use out of the room anyway. One of the things my husband and I have relished in our retirement is the ability to be flexible, which now sometimes means avoiding rush hour and/or crowds that we don't wish to be a part of. We've learned to enjoy doing things at different times to add some variety to our lives and know that we'll even enjoy some of the crowded activities in TV that we've not had the opportunity to previously experience. Same thing with the restaurants. On our last visit, our new friends introduced us to the 4-5 PM, $5 - $6, Gator's menu. It not only saved us some money but allowed us some early evening (and different) activities that we might otherwise not have had the opportunity to enjoy. After 3 visits (and reading TOTV comments), I got over my initial "utopia" impression of TV. To us, it still beats every place else we've been and offers a wonderful lifestyle with (mostly) wonderful people to live out the rest of our lives. Life is too short to dwell on the negative. We can't wait to get to our new home in 2012 in the Village of St. James!! Thanks to all for setting realistic expectations on living in The Villages. "Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice."
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Great solutions, Sally. There is always a way...we just have to sometimes be resourceful and find it.
Case in point: I had a bad experience one day when I went to play single deck pinochle at one of the rec centers. Without going into all the gory details, the attitude of the group was enough that I never went back. (BTW, I am not a novice so that was not the problem.) I was made to feel like such an outsider and that was not what I was looking for. Solution: I started a group, taught others to play (we have some experienced players as well), and insist that "not always the best play is not the end of the world". We have a great group, lots of fun, lots of laughs and a welcome interlude to any not-so-good things that might be going on with any of us. We would be happy to have more players at any time.