Monday, February 7, 2011

A Constant State of Denial

I understand that when we get older, maybe our knees aren't what they used to be, or our reading glasses need to be a little more handy, but that happens to everyone, right?  I like it in my MIND where things are happy and fair and everyone gets along.  My young adult children in my mind are home and in bed by 10 p.m., my scale in my mind is a constant 125 lbs., and nobody in my mind brings more than 12 items in the Express Line at the grocery store.


I can stay here for an indefinite amount of time, in my little happy land, until all of a sudden the mailman gets here and delivers...THIS:
A.A.R.P.???
Now, if I'm 46, doesn't that mean that I'm maybe AARP Jr.?  My husband's older than I am and he's never gotten one.  I went to their website and guess what - I'm not old enough to join.  Kooks.  I'm sure it's wonderful and I can't wait until I can save a buck or two but all things in due time.  The funniest part about this is my friend was over and I showed it to her and she got one, too, and she's 43.  Maybe I'll check with my kids and see if they've gotten one.  I think the AARP is out to make a B-U-C-K! ha ha   
 
Have a wonderful week!

15 comments:

Angie said...

LOL! I haven't gotten one and I'm 35. I loved that..."AARP Junior!"

Alicia said...

LOL, I know someone who got one in the mail recently and they had the same reaction too! LOL

A Joyful Chaos said...

I started getting those when I was 25! And they kept sending them regularly, thinking I'm in desperate need of their services. At first I was annoyed, but then I started filling out the form in a very fun way and sending it back to them in the postage paid envelope they provided. As a bonus I used to add as much junk mail to it that I could possibly get stuffed into the envelope.

It's been almost six months since I got one of their offers. I think they may have gotten the hint.

Karen said...

I've gotten that stuff too...and I'm a bit away from being qualified...

Kim Glory said...

Time waits for no man, or woman!

Great post, it made me smile today and I needed a smile!

Darcie said...

I want to live in your MIND! Sounds so perfect!

Miss Janey said...

Return to sender!

Michelle-ozark crafter said...

That is too funny!

Just K said...

Hahaha!!! I got one of those shortly after we were married, but never again. I was really miffed at the time. Ah, well. If I get another I will just chuck it along with all those Dish advertisements.

Peggy said...

HAHAHAHA!!!!! I got them when I was still in my 40's but my husband didn't get his unti he was almost 50. We don't subscribe because they have nothing to offer us that we are interested in. If we joined, we could save another 5% on our motels but we just don't see that it would save us money in the long run. Besides, they irked me.

I love Joyful Chaos' comment... often thought of doing that with Capital One...

Rose said...

i'm 61 and glad to have the age thing i didn't know there were so many discounts for us old babes. take care rose

Peggy said...

I can't believe it! Sometime either Friday or Saturday, the letter carrier put a bunch of mail in the mailbox. Two missionary updates, 2 bills, an LL Bean catalog ...AND... one offer from Dish and One AARP invite!! Two at once! I'm thinking Joyful Chaos idea might really come in handy; just not sure if I should send both to just one address...and which one should be the recipient of both?

grandma said...

I didn't know so many young people were getting those??? What's wrong with AARP? Everyone in my age crowd never got one until 50. By the way, I love your "MIND."

Janice said...

Wouldn't be so bad if they would let you have the discount! I've just become a grandmother, do you think that would qualify me?

Just K said...

Ha! I used to cram the credit card envelops FULL of junk mail and send it to them. That is until they started putting those bar code thingies on them to identify the sender. :(