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Related: About this forumWhen you reach a 'certain age'...
"Because I don't want to" becomes a perfectly valid reason.
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When you reach a 'certain age'... (Original Post)
trof
Mar 2021
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bullimiami
(13,989 posts)1. so like between 5 and 65 its not good enough?
Blue Owl
(54,727 posts)2. Nope, then you have to
trof
(54,273 posts)3. "Because I said so!"
Phoenix61
(17,641 posts)4. "No" is a compete sentence. nt
badhair77
(4,609 posts)5. I'm getting very comfortable with the phrase. 🙂
napi21
(45,806 posts)6. Depends on what the issue is. If your talking wearing a mask, then you're not only talking about
yourself, you're talking about everyone else as well. Most Srs. have or close to getting their Covid 19 shot so they might be immune to getting sick, but they don't know if you can still have the virus cells in your nasal tract & could infect others. Im 77 & in that very category. I always wear my mask to protect whoever I might encounter.
I'm all with ya on lots of other situations, and certainly am quick on the NO response. As long as I'm not harming anyone else, I think I've complied with lots of things to0 please others over the years, and "dam it, I don't have to any more!"
Skittles
(159,240 posts)7. I will slightly amend that
"Because I don't f***ing want to"......yes INDEED
Nay
(12,051 posts)8. I actually say "I'm an old lady and I don't have to do that if I don't feel like it." My 15-yr-old
grandson thinks I'm cool as shit.