Men!!! We rent the second house (cabina) of a larger house and it's all for sale.

[LakeArenal]

Today, folks came to look at it and Mr Lake says, “Looks like an old lady.”

I look and I said, “Old lady? She’s no older than me!!”

He says, “Yeah right an old lady!!”

Geez…😠😠😠

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1. 😳

[Totally Tunsie]

2. Sooooooooo...

Where is Mr. Lake dining and sleeping tonight?

[LuckyCharms]

3. I go to the landfill a lot.

I'm always hauling heavy stuff up there by myself and then lifting it into the dumpster. It's either one big heavy thing, or a ton of small things that I'm throwing in the dumpster.

Last year I think it was, some guy in who looked to be in his 30's came running up to me and asked "Do you need a hand, sir"?

I don't look like I need help, and it wasn't until I was driving home, that I realized he offered because I looked old to him.

I'm still pissed off about that.

I've been trying to hunt that guy down so I can scold him and shake my arthritic finger at him.

[GenThePerservering]

9. Well, he was being polite

and that's never a bad thing.

I'm older and female of no particular size, but stronger than I look - once a very nice young courtesy clerk wanted to know if I needed help out to the car with my heavy bags of groceries, I thanked him and said I was fine. I picked up the groceries with no trouble at all and was rewarded by surprised look on his face!

Hey, at this stage of the game you get it where you can lol.

[LuckyCharms]

10. Welcome to DU!

Yep , I get what you are saying, and I agree with you. It was very of him polite to offer his help.

Let me expand further on what happened:

Oh shit, now I'm laughing, thinking about all my "dump" stories.

Like I said I've been going there for years.

First of all, whenever someone approaches me at the dump, it's never good. Ever. Never once has it been good.

One time I was at the cardboard recycling dumpster. There was another man at the other end of of the dumpster, and I sensed him staring at me out of the corner of my eye. I'm thinking "shit...another dump psychopath". He didn't take his eyes off me for a full minute, so finally I said "what's up". He says "Your cardboard needs to be smaller before you can put it in the dumpster". I said "Do you know the maximum size requirements for cardboard that the county allows"? He said no, but it looks too big". I said, "Let me tell you something, I know the exact maximum dimensions, because I looked them up, years ago. And my workbench is the exact width of the maximum dimension, and I use my workbench as a guide when slicing up my cardboard boxes, so get out of my face and mind your own business".

That's the type of thing that happens to you at the dump. Nobody is ever in a good mood there, because they're usually working on some filthy job, and then you have the dump psychopaths who police everything that you put into the dumpsters.

I have a million stories about people at the dump.

So I always tense up when anyone approaches me there. When this polite guy approached me, I couldn't figure out why he was offering his services. Because no one is ever polite at the dump. Ever.

Also, in my head, I'm still in my 20's. I'm in my 60's, but people say I look 40's. I don't have any significant wrinkles yet...the only thing that gives my age away is my whitening hair.

So I actually had no idea why this guy was being so polite. And then it hit me.

I look old, or at least I look old to random people in their 30's. And the first time that hit me (during this dump episode), it actually threw me into a little bout of despair

[LuckyCharms]

4. Aww...just reread your thread....your husband said that to you?

If it's any consolation, my wife and I banter back and forth like that all of the time. I call her old, she calls me old.

Take it from me, and I tell my wife this all of the time...The day he STOPS bantering with you like that is the day you should start showing anger or concern.

The only thing i give my wife a hard time about though is her age, because it's just playful banter. I also make sure to shower her with sincere complements about her appearance as well.

Look at it this way...when two male friends get together, they usually tear each other down in non-cruel ways. It's kind of the way we show affection sometimes.

[Deuxcents]

5. What timing hearing from you

Last night I was talking to my friend about people moving from the States n said you write from Lake Areal. I even googled your location .. sure is a beautiful place for the young n the old 🤗

[LakeArenal]

6. Thanks. Come on down. We would love to show you around.

Cabina next door rents for $60 a night. Hint.

[Deuxcents]

7. Ty. You never know..

We’ve talked about this before so we may get serious

[LakeArenal]

8. You wouldn't be the first.

If you like the tropics.