Yikes! What did I do? I was wrong, and my friends told me so.
They were absolutely right!
Re: Yesterday’s blog piece, “Showdown at the Double Doors”
The Truth”
- I did meet another woman at the double doors of the post office.
- We each opened a door and waited for the other to walk through.
- We eyeballed each other.
- I am seventy-one.
The Lie
- I wrote… “she was 10 to 20 years older than me.” That would make my readers believe she was eighty-one to ninety! Big mistake, Rosie.
The Truth
- She was probably about my age.
- I would never, never, never be mean or rude to an eighty-one to ninety- year-old.
- In fairness to me, when my friends chastised me for my elder abuse, they said something like, “Rose, it was so out of character for you to treat an “old” person that way.”
- Sometimes my “creative non-fiction” exaggeration backfires on me. There was another time when I wrote that I received a $75,000 dollar advance on my book, and some of my dearest relatives believed me!
I do apologize.
The Nothing Expert 
That’s the Rose we all know and love! Chastise may have been a bit strong. I think we meant use your humourous side , which you do so well, especially in touchy situations!!
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Too funny!
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Hey, it’s not “elder abuse”‘if the shoe fits! I loved the original post! Do not apologize for beng real!
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I am so glad to see you back, I always look forward to seeing a new one has been posted. I did not get the last one. And, no apology needed, you were as always trying to be the nice one!
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