I got a letter from the bank the other day that offered me all sorts of concessions on the grounds that I was three years older than I actually am.
In that moment, I saw with the clearest of clear vision that I wanted to hold onto those years, no matter how great the concessions.
I pretty much ran to the bank and asked them to give me back my time. The official with whom I was dealing was about half my age and, while very polite, clearly didn’t see the impact that being robbed of three years has the older one gets.
She asked me if I wanted the letter back and it felt like the time I was asked if I wanted my gallstone to put on the mantlepiece.
Empty handed, yet shed of years, I danced home and vowed to make the very, very most of those precious three years.
Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of.
Charles Richards
SOCIAL BRIDGE ~ Jean Tubridy connecting with you from Ireland 
I can completely understand how you felt, Jean. At the moment, I’d settle for having three more years…
How are you doing, my friend?
As well as can be expected, Jean 🙂
I hope you know there’s always jeantubridy@aol.com if you want to cross the bridge from public to private 💙
Thank you, Jean.
You’re more than welcome. x
Three years is like 30! Good for you!
It was no big deal, very instinctual.
It didn’t matter to them as they weren’t the recipient of the action..I remember a time when I went to the doctor’s and they weighed me and put down that I was obese..159lbs..I didn’t consider my self that and it was a blow to my ego and I hit the roof literally to the point I didn’t go back there again. We see ourselves in a different light and when someone injures our ego there is Hell to pay no matter the cause…Good for you to acting upon your dismay….
Yours was a horrible experience. I would have found it hard to continue with them.
Yes indeed Jean how bloody dare they! Everyone is so insensitive these days! Good for you 💜💜
Well, I think it was an IT glitch, especially as my banking father opened the accounts and definitely knew my dob.
Lol of course he did 💜💜💜
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Life goes by fast enough, thank you very much. We don’t need these types of errors.
Definitely not!
😀 I better not change my age, before I deliver my taxi passengers! I am in the middle of a 520 mile journey! Have a great Sunday, what’s left of it. And for sure don’t let your age slide back and forth for convenience, such as Daylight Saving Time does!
You take care and let me know when you are back at base. Such mileage would put years on me!
Take no notice of the years and be sure to never act your age 😉
I certainly don’t intend to ever act my years. That would be hell!
Reminds me of the riots there were in 1752 when they changed the calendar and robbed people of 11 days 🙂
Bit of a difference between 3 years and 11 days.
I wonder how an 11 day robbery would be greeted now. Twitter would go bananas for a start!