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lillypaddle

(9,580 posts)
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 11:58 AM Sep 2020

"Sweet old ladies and sweet old men"

Why do people think that once you turn 70, and are a grandmother (great grandmother) all of a sudden you don't curse, or shout someone down, or get banned for being outspoken and a little nasty on a message board?

It's endearing and naive, and even a little annoying. As Barack Obama said famously about Hillary Clinton, "She's (I'm) nice enough." But as a grandmother soon to be turning 73, I am NOT a sweet little old lady. Please. It's condescending at the least. I'm pretty much the same as I always was, except physically.

Thanks for listening!

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"Sweet old ladies and sweet old men" (Original Post) lillypaddle Sep 2020 OP
Mouthier too as I dont care what anyone thinks. I'm 78. I may be old but not sweet. Srkdqltr Sep 2020 #1
You got that right nt lillypaddle Sep 2020 #2

Srkdqltr

(6,084 posts)
1. Mouthier too as I dont care what anyone thinks. I'm 78. I may be old but not sweet.
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 12:17 PM
Sep 2020

I know all the words and how to use them. We oldsters know where all the bodies are buried and why.

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