grow old with - stidh

While spending a few days in the Really Cool
Stress Unit - at Bloomington Hospital - aka
the Looney Bin - or to put it more bluntly -
the Psycho Ward - just kidding - it's a great
place - an amusing thing occurred.

I - stidh - not my Real name - was enjoying the
company of two young men - also inmates in the
Stress Unit - well - and Toy - his Real name - was
regaling me and Jack Black - not his Real name - about
how the police were chasing him.

So Toy was animatedly illustrating his True Story -
with hand gestures - and all - when he happened to
use the phrase 'old lady' - which phrase I did not
object to - but Toy suddenly turns tuh me and says:

'No offense.' - about sayin' old lady.

Now - instead of sayin' 'none taken,' I'm thinkin'
Whassup with that?

I say to Toy - why you say 'old lady' then say no offense
to me - stidh?

But Toy - as in Story - continues his Really cool story and
ignores me.

I let it go - since I was totally enjoying his story - about
gettin' chased by the cops.

And anyways - Stacie also called me on my age - by saying that
I am so sweet and I remind her of her grandma.

'D*mn,' I think - still enjoying Toy's Story.

All the time I'm remembering at CVS how the young guy clerk
made reference to my age by saying - during the conversation
'at your age.'

But here is the worst part - when last night Connor was listening
to me talk about how my husband-now-guardian :[ was a veteran - and
Connor sezs - 'of WW2?'

I nearly faint from the shock of it but shoot back 'no - The Civil War.'

The Others liked that and we all collapse in laughter.

But it doesn't escape me that these youngins - think of me as old.

wtf?