How Dare You Say That!

@dawnald (85137)

• Shingle Springs, California

28 Oct 10

Wait, are you old enough to hear music from your childhood on an oldies station?

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

28 Oct 10

@Dawn - she is just a beautiful baby Dawn. What she remembers is when her Mom was playing music on an oldies station when she was a child. That is the only way she remembers it

@Kat: Can you imagine how I felt? I loomed over him and told him that he had ruined my day!

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@cyrus123 (6363)

• United States

29 Oct 10

Good for you, cynthiann! I didn't know if you said anything back to him or not but I'm glad you did!

dare

bodhisatya

@bodhisatya (2384)

• India

30 Oct 10

You just made me feel soo very old today, my old friend. I thought we were of the same age as I too am in my prime now hehehehehe

Well, you know what, the last time I checked in at myLot I was so severely reprimanded by a charming Cynthie for suggesting her grandkids to call her Granny, Granny. I even took the pain to mail my little experience to the new doc in house. But he doesn't seem to be so intelligent afterall or maybe he doesn't pay heed to my valuable advice. By the way, on a serious note did I ever tell you that I sometimes feel which is actually a lots of times that your writing inspires me so much.

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

30 Oct 10

You make me - a lady coming up t her prime - blush with all the compliments you give to me. Thank you too - you often make my day. Yes. I should have postd about the pneumonia but I did not really have the energy to do so.

I am 90% recovered. Pray for this country please. A tropical storm is headed for us and we will know by tomorrow whether it will have grown into a hurricane. This season has been horrible and many lives have been lost apart from loss of crops and damages to buildings. We are only 120 miles long and 45 miles wide at the widest point. We do not even need the eye of the storm to pass over us for us to receive devastation. God in His mercy help us.

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bodhisatya

@bodhisatya (2384)

• India

30 Oct 10

Ah! almost forgot to scold you how come you didn't post something about your pneumonia and let the audience decide whether it was a Walking or a Running or a sleeping pneumonia. Pray, you fell better now!

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bodhisatya

@bodhisatya (2384)

• India

30 Oct 10

I can possibly only imagine how tough it is going on there for you. You have not been keeping well and you have mentioned it quite a few times before that the little island of yours have been hit by a series of hurricanes. I am truly sorry for those who lost their lives. And dear friend I pray at this very instant that the storm never turns into a hurricane or anything devastating other than a mild breeze. I pray for your good health and spirits.

Amber

@AmbiePam (120690)

• United States

28 Oct 10

Please tell me you really did make it known that you were angry. Because that's just rude of him.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120690)

• United States

29 Oct 10

My experience isn't nearly as offensive, but I had a doctor that I wanted to smack once. I came in (this was before I was diagnosed with ANYTHING) to see the doctor I'd had for a while. I told him my hair had been falling out. He reaches over, and yanks a clump of hair out of my head. And he goes, "Yep, it is falling out." It didn't fall out! He yanked it from my head! Looking back, I wish I had been more vocal with my anger.

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

29 Oct 10

At first I was surprised and then got angry. I have never considered myself to be elderly. I am a social person and am aways busy with my family, Church and friends and belong to a few organisations. I was shocked because this is not an ageist society. Many of my friends are in their 20's or 30's and we meet and have fun. Three generations can Ive happily under one roof. Teenagers are not a breed apart from the rest at a. It was one of the things that attracted me to the people of this country. He did apologise so I do not think that he will make that mistake again - at least not with me. Blessings

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@cyrus123 (6363)

• United States

29 Oct 10

Ouch! I bet that hurt, AmbiePam! I'm tender headed, anyway, and it just hurts me to think about it.

zandi458

@zandi458 (28102)

• Malaysia

29 Oct 10

I just got mad with this old lady at the market this morning who greeted me with 'morning aunty'. Aunty she called me? I really don't have her wrinkled face and cow's neck. I looked at her with fury and left her stall to go to the next one.

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rameshkumaar57

@rameshkumaar57 (5908)

• India

30 Oct 10

Zandy,I will be happy if somebody calls me uncle.Unfortunately after the birth of my grand daughter, everybody is calling me a Thatta.(That is in our language for a grandfather)

The problem is I am only 50

@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

29 Oct 10

They use that term out here too. Also they call ladies 'Mummy'. I especially hate that and tell people that it is a word that only four people in the world can use - my children. So do not call me Mummy and by the way, I am not your Aunty either

@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

31 Oct 10

50? you are still only a baby! I have four grandchildren and they call me Cynthie - this is my first name. It is the custom in my family for the grands to call their grandparents by their first name. I called my beloved grandmother Kathleen. Congratulations on the birth of your GD

@dawnald (85137)

• Shingle Springs, California

28 Oct 10

Do you want me to bring the baseball bat or some rum? Nobody has made me feel old today, but it's too early in the morning.

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@dawnald (85137)

• Shingle Springs, California

28 Oct 10

Well then, maybe you should excuse him for not being old enough to know better!

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young cheeky doctor

@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

28 Oct 10

You have a valid point there - but again - he should have known better. There I was swinging my hair with the blond streaks that is now just above my shoulders blond and a weight loss of 25lb. Gosh I looked good!

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@dawnald (85137)

• Shingle Springs, California

28 Oct 10

Then again, perhaps he needs glasses?

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jb78000

@jb78000 (15139)

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28 Oct 10

how infuriating. anyway, has anybody made me feel old today? YES! i live near a university and all the little students are back, swarming around and getting in the way. i am at least ten years older than most of them. that's quite a lot.

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

28 Oct 10

I saw your photo- remember - and you are very beautiful young lady. And I - well- I am a very beautiful not so young person. You disappoint me - I thought that it would have been you or dawn that would have made reference to the proposal of marriage from a gay person.

Is everyone politically correct? No one out here is politically correct. I thought that you would have sharpened your claws on that item of news!

@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

28 Oct 10

Well it would have be the rum as he would not want access to anything else

I hope that this does not get deleted. He was actually very explicit as he said that he would give me everything except the big bamboo.

I would not want his bamboo! look where it has been! And now I will get chastised or deleted. Yes, he definitely wants company -like someone to look after him when he is sick and to organise his laundry and meals. Who me? No way!

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jb78000

@jb78000 (15139)

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28 Oct 10

i would if i could think of any way to use it in a suitably annoying fashion. so why did he propose? since however beautiful you are if he is gay then it could only have been for a) company b) something sinister or c) to gain access to your rum.

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rameshkumaar57

@rameshkumaar57 (5908)

• India

30 Oct 10

Cynthiann, after going through the other posts. I think it is time, to accept we are old. I am fifty, and I have a grand daughter, and when I put her on my shoulders and go for a walk, some young people come up to me and say grand father. Let me tell you I am 6 feet, and weigh only 80kgs, and my waist size is 36inches.(No pot Belly), and a head full of black hair (courtsey the bottle).It does not bother me.Well the truth is I am grandfather, so it is better to accept it. Of course I am in far away India, otherwise, I would have come and met you, and asked you to be my girl friend.( I am not a gay.) You see I am still young at heart.

rameshkumaar57

@rameshkumaar57 (5908)

• India

31 Oct 10

cynthian, today is my 28th Marriage anniversary.Yes somehow my wife had lived with me, for the last 28th years.Well I hope my wife is like you, the reason being I told her to color her hair, and she is refusing to do it. So today I am going to take her to the saloon, and give her hair color by force. Well after 28 years, I like to look at her as she was 28years before.

Anyhow, two young grand father and grand mother are going to enjoy our selves, because we are young at heart.

Let the moral sheriffs of mylot do their worst. Let us enjoy our discussions.

jillhill

@jillhill (37353)

• United States

28 Oct 10

Nope but I would certainly feel the same way you did. Yesterday I had a gentleman tell me how spry I am.....and I told him that I was probably very close to his age. He said....well I know alot of women a lot younger then you that don't have as much energy....which brings me to another time and place....people all the time wonder how I have so much energy and say if they had all the energy I did they would get so much more done...case in point a friend who lays in bed all day...anyway I always tell her you have to get up early...not lay in bed half the day! And my whole family is this way....we can't sit still! LOL

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

28 Oct 10

At the moment I do not have much energy but am getting better. I am glad that you have energy though and it is great that no one has called you elderly. I really wanted to slap his face

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skysuccess

@skysuccess (8857)

• Singapore

29 Oct 10

cynthiann, I nearly fell off my chair on this one. What happened? The clinic either had the shades on or your locum really need some prescription glasses. Anyway, I have to agree with you that some people just do not know how to put things in perspective, and leaves everyone floundering at the end of the day. As for me, I do not need for people to make me feel old but recovering from constant jet lags are enough to put my mind to a level beyond my prime. Really feel like a piece of overdone steak. However, I hope that you are getting better or better still - fully recovered from your horrible pneumonia and hear about your marriage proposal.

Take care.

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

29 Oct 10

I am almost recovered from walking pneumonia thanks and have recovered from the marriage proposal - even though he is still emailing and calling me etc. He is always greeting me at Church with big hugs and tries to hold my hand. Totally ridiculous. He says that he is not active but too much information. I really do not care. Cannot tell my children as they would never stop teasing me. All he wants is someone to look after him so go hire a housekeeper or a butler

I am over the rude remark that so devastated me yesterday. Just took me by surprise I suppose

ANTIQUELADY

@ANTIQUELADY (36440)

• United States

28 Oct 10

LOL, U want do. The only person that has made me feel old today was that old woman i saw in my mirror this morning.

.i'm sorry u have been sick & u haven't even mentioned it, shame on u. U better take care of yourself!! I'm glad u didn't accept the proposal. That's all u need.

.Guess the dr. want make that mistake again not w/u anyway. Facts are facts, Ma'am.lol

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

28 Oct 10

At last someone mentioned the proposal. It was a hoot when he asked me as I was so embarrassed but knew that it was coming as he is lonely. Well - I am not lonely and do not want to be married again - nice as a friend but not marriage

I did not tell the children either. The teasing would still be going on. I am getting better. Could not say that I really felt that ill but a heaviness on my chest and boy, the fatigue was not easy. still get tired easily - bit I am not elderly yet

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bonnie

@bunnybon7 (50970)

• Holiday, Florida

28 Oct 10

i know just how you feel. my son used to have my ex best friend who was my age as a girlfriend and she used to live here with us. she took me to the doctor once and we were in the waiting room and she took up conversation with a younger couple in there. we were both myself and her 61yrs old at that time. she referred to me (loudly) to everyone there as her MIL!! now im thinking this would make me seem either much older then her or something.

so i felt the need to explain . which was an embarassment to us both and if she'd just called me her friend all that would be avoided.

so we ended up mad at each other for days. what idiot would not understand that i didnt want to be considered her MIL? uuuhhh.

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

28 Oct 10

She was a total idiot and what was she doing dating your son? Doesn't sound like a good friend to me at all. I would have been so angry and upset with her. But don't understand why she was upset with you. If I had been in your position then I would have explained the situation too

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paula27661

@paula27661 (15811)

• Australia

29 Oct 10

Elderly? Elderly is not you! How rude of him! I imagine and elderly woman as a little old lady walking slowly with a stick all hunched over…But even that is not enough to define someone as elderly actually, age is just a number and your true age is in your spirit, that is why there are people who are old at 30 and some who young and vibrant at 70 and you my dear belong to the latter category, you will be young when you turn 70, 80, 90 and so on...How do I know? I just do!

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

29 Oct 10

Thank you for the compliment. I still love to dance and I try to enjoy my life. I feel like I am in my early forties and when I was in my early forties I had just had a baby

You are quite right - it all a matter of attitude and enjoyment of life. Blessings

@cyrus123 (6363)

• United States

29 Oct 10

No, nobody has made me feel old today, thankfully. I'm 58 years old but people tell me I look young for my age. I don't really feel my age, either. I guess it's because I exercise regularly. My mother always looked young for her age and I get it from her, I guess. I'm glad to know that you are feeling better but that certainly wasn't very nice of that doctor to call you elderly! I don't blame you for being upset! He could lose patients for this

! I once dated a guy who told me that his eye doctor told him one time that he was no spring chicken any more and he was only 46 years old at the time! He just told the doctor that he wasn't exactly an old man, either! I thought it was funny the way he responded, lol

! He was a character, anyway!

@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

29 Oct 10

I exercise too - I had to stop recently due to the pneumonia - but plan to start again gently next week. No spring chicken at 46? Well he gave a good response to the doctor

@cyrus123 (6363)

• United States

30 Oct 10

I though it was a good response, too, lol

Sanitary

@Sanitary (3968)

• Singapore

29 Oct 10

Take it easy, we are growing older by the day. But if I'm in your situation, I won't like the fact of being called an elderly when I'm not even one though I might be looking like one. No woman likes to be called old right in their face and the doctor is just insensitive to our feelings. While some kind souls might refer him as being straight forward and frank, but I won't take it lying down for sure.

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@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

29 Oct 10

You are right, he was just being very insensitive and I just had a knee jerk reaction to him calling me elderly

bounce58

@bounce58 (17380)

• Canada

30 Oct 10

Haha! Was that my discussion? Anyway, my kids constantly make me feel old. Just today it was my turn to do the carpool. There were 5 kids in the van, and I couldn't relate to whatever they were talking about. I'm sure 'pokemon' was mentioned, and some level and lives in their Nintendo DS, and something about a playdate. Man! Am I feeling old.

@cynthiann (18612)

• Jamaica

30 Oct 10

Never call yourself old.

I never refer to myself as old- I say that I am still just growing up.

I love your posts but it is hard to make the time to answer them in the depth that I would wish to do. You are very original. Blessings

saphrina

@saphrina (31551)

• South Africa

29 Oct 10

Damn. You know sweetie, this is the last bottle of vodka. Now you can only have a tot glass, okay. We have to save it for the ELDERLY women, you know.

TATA.