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Originally Posted by Red October1984
I also see that people still look at people under 21 as children.  |
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Originally Posted by privateer
I look at my Son who is 36 years old as a child at times. It's what older folks do best!
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Exactly. When my daughter, who is married and has two of her own is still my "baby", how do I look at someone who is half her age?
On the other hand, I remember well being your age, and looking back from a great distance I'm amazed at how little I actually understood at that age. My response was to the fact that the comment I responded to did indeed seem to me to be a little childish. Don't let that put you off, though, I've done the same myself many times. I don't tease people I don't respect. I either get really serious or I just ignore them.
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It doesn't interest me at all what Jim and Privateer tell the missus and what they don't tell her.
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Then why post at all, especially when you've never purchased anything from Amazon through the Subsim link? When you got involved, and it was funny, and they responded in kind.
I'm reminded of an experience from years ago (brace yourselves for an old fart story!). My late friend Dick the Crazy Ranger was a very tough hombre. One day we were joking about tough things and I told him to watch out or I'd sic my mom on him. Dick straightened his back, stuck his chin out and said "I'm not afraid of any woman!" I said my mom was pretty tough herself, and Dick got even more hostile about it. The fact is my mom was 5'2" tall and weighed 98 pounds, but he just didn't get the joke.
That seems to be the case here. The fact is that you are accepted, so don't worry about it. Jeff gave you permission to use his real name, which means a lot. Take it in stride, or stay out of it. You can't have it both ways.