10-02-2023, 02:06 PM
(10-02-2023, 09:03 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: That 'women of a certain age' thing would ring so true for our community manager who tried to shut me down by saying 'oh we have one in every village' lol, only to back down furiously when I quoted her in front of her boss. It was a lovely comedic moment in yesterdays rather fraught dramas.
The problem is though, with our situations as we age other younger stronger people seem to think they know best what is good for us, and worse - that we don't. It is extremely disempowering, and eventually each of us is faced with that choice, to submit to those assuming authority over us, or to stand up for ourselves when we know there is a problem. Nine out of ten of us will submit, for the sake of peace and quiet or whatever - but they will submit.
I aint that meek...
As my eldest granddaughter discovered on my last birthday when her dad gave me a set of knives for my birthday
which I promptly managed to cut myself on. Bled like a stuck pig & she wanted me to go up tp A & E.
Suffice to say that band aids did the trick & she learned that gran isn't nearly as soft as she'd thought & doesn't take especially well to being told she needs to go to A & E....
I think the thing is that as we age, we know we have less time & prefer not to waste it on unnecessary stuff. Or as in your situation, idiots.
Rats, yuk! I'd have legged it too, Jan can't stand them.
I somehow managed to do one side of the hedge after the rain they promised days ago finally turned up.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)