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femmocrat

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9. I do because I had to.

Reply to zanana1 (Original post)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:22 PM

Mar 2016

As the oldest, I always had to be "the responsible one." I got married young and had my children in my early 20s. Now I'm a grandma, but my kids still need me. My "childish" side comes out when I play with my grandchildren. I can escape into fun and fantasy with them. Being a grandma is the best job yet!

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Do you feel all "grown up"? [View all] zanana1 Mar 2016 OP

"Act your age not your shoe size" Lars39 Mar 2016 #1

No, and I'm 66. No men my age dress like my father did; no woman wears dresses like my mother did. WinkyDink Mar 2016 #2

Nope and I don't intend to. sarge43 Mar 2016 #3

No. I'm 47, and I still feel like an awkward 17 year-old sometimes. Aristus Mar 2016 #4

Sometimes my kids make me feel like the grownup... Phentex Mar 2016 #5

I do, and I don't like it shenmue Mar 2016 #6

Some days I feel like I'm in my 20's.... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #7

Only when I can't avoid it. In_The_Wind Mar 2016 #8

I do because I had to. femmocrat Mar 2016 #9

I'm 52 and nearly my entire non-work wardrobe OriginalGeek Mar 2016 #10

No, and I don't plan on becoming one either. Solly Mack Mar 2016 #11

59 with 60 in September. And NEVER! benld74 Mar 2016 #12