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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My therapist says she can't get her elderly clients to change their appointment if a younger, working person needs to move theirs due to work or family responsibilities.  The old folks say "I can't come at 11:30, that's when I eat my sandwich" or "that's when I cut my toenails" (the last one might be humor).[/quote]

LOL.  That's a fascinating anecdote.  Here's my little example -- My aunt (still a great driver at 70) said she could not take my mom (age 75) to the airport (5 miles away) at 7:00 pm one evening because "that's when I take a shower."[/quote]
Yep, my FIL does that. But, I think it is more about certain people. I have a friend, over in Europe, never married, no kids, had a job but not so much for the last 20 years... I was back home and my ds has a tennis lesson close to her house, she also doesn't drive...so I told her, knowing her that we will be close by for 2 hours, in the summer, come see me for coffee and a chat. She said she can't because she is washing her hair! You wonder if she would have been different is she got a job, married, had kids, or if it was her own issues that actually prevented her from getting a job, having kids, etc... I don't make much of an effort since then to see her.[/quote]

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