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Originally Posted by rayschic
Well, here's two examples. You can decide.
For several years, we owned two homes. One we lived in, one we rented out.
Comment from neighbor " How can you possibly afford to own two homes in TV. You're too young...did your parents die and leave you their money ?"
Another neighbor asks EVERY time I see him, if I am working. Then he proceeds to tell me that I SHOULD get a job. I'm too young to be retired. I should continue working and I'll have plenty of time to enjoy what TV has to offer....LATER.
There are many more. I blame just the individual and try to just ignore them.
I'm too busy enjoying TV.
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I would chalk that up to general bad manners and gross insensitivity.
Just as I do when I hear people call people "old biddies". I think that people of all ages suffer from that at times, consarned meanness.. I include myself. Age has no bearing on being just generally unkind. I am sorry to hear of these remarks. They aren't right on either end of the scale. Bill-n-Brillo who Sweetie and I consider to be close friends are pretty close to young enough to be our children, but they never treat us as if we belonged to an older generation and we don't think of them as our children.
It takes work to be kind and fair from the young and the old-er. The young will be old-er and if they are mean and snippy when they are young, then I guess they turn into "old biddies".
Gracie.
Who hopes she isn't mean and snippy..or an old biddy.