I don't think anyone should get so hung up on the term old biddie. Heck, I've described myself as one at times! When redwitch first said it, she then explained it.
"Um, Gracie, you are not an old biddie. An old biddie is mean-spirited, jealous of those younger, healthier, richer, etc. An old biddie does her absolute best to make those around her feel inferior. BTW -- I've known old biddies who are in their 20s. It just happens that this go round I mentioned old biddies in their 60s and 70s. It ain't an age thing, it's a behavior thang."
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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Some posters always seem to observe us other posters, rather than thinking of themselves as one of us, some use terms like "old biddies", bring up things like Depends, mention that someone older picked a fight with someone younger at the square and even some took me on for my comments about the "ethical generation".
I say that posters either ARE or ARE NOT senior citizens, and if posters are not, they will be.
And we aren't any of us getting younger, just BETTER.
And some of us LIKE to make blanket generalizations about entire generations. There is the great generation, the wonderful generation, the boomers and the snots.
I have spoken.  |