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ProfessorGAC

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48. Our Friend & Neighbor Has This Affliction

Fri Jan 29, 2021, 06:25 PM

Jan 2021

She lives across the street. She functions pretty darned close to what we expect everyone to be able to do.
She's bad at math, doesn't read well, but she has a part time job and bring a calculator to figure out the tip when she & my wife go to lunch (pre-Covid of course). She insists on leaving the tip because my wife always pays.
I think her family, for her first 35+ years treated her "like a rword".
She missed that nurture.
Since she started hanging around with my wife around 25 years ago, she has proved them wrong.
She would be even more capable if her family didn't waste those formative years.

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Oh boy GusBob Jan 2021 #1

Thought the same thing! MizLibby Jan 2021 #2

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*snort* smirkymonkey Jan 2021 #36

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That was rude what happened GusBob Jan 2021 #10

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Thanks, see? GusBob Jan 2021 #16

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Saw that. sheshe2 Jan 2021 #53

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Such a sweet face! NurseJackie Jan 2021 #74

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That struck me as well. Ms. Toad Jan 2021 #51

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Wonderful story and Kennedy is stunning PatSeg Jan 2021 #24

I know, right? NurseJackie Feb 2021 #75

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Thank you for this. sheshe2 Jan 2021 #52

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Yes it does, NJ. sheshe2 Jan 2021 #60

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