In my eighties, my best friends are in their fifties, and I have many friends at university. It keeps one young, and up with the vocabulary. That's terribly important, especially for a writer.
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That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand.Mary Wesley
I was living at home with my parents and went out with young men who continually put me down, saying, 'Didn't you know that You're so ignorant.'
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Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.
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My first husband would never make up his mind in less than five years, so I used to get him to think that whatever course of action needed to be taken was his idea. Then he'd go right ahead.
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We all lie to each other, present some sort of front.
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