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03-16-2012, 03:29 PM

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BuzzinBumble

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Originally Posted by Lori S

Your gratious lack of response was problably to most appropriate response.
At that age ( I am just learning) .. you just never know what will come out of their mouths.

jeemmerling - your story is actually pretty funny once you get over the shock of it. Gosh I have seen an awful lot of gorgeous "defiled" quilts then!

Lori had the truth of it: your polite non-reaction was best.
So many of the replies here are funny. But, humor or indignation aside, I would like to add this:

I volunteered with the elderly for many years and know that aging effects each of us in such varied ways. People tend to assume that the person was always rude or inconsiderate, or etc. But there is every chance that this lady was not like this her whole life. When confronted with innapropriate behavior in an elderly person, please keep in mind that you just never know what it is that removed their social filters. I have had knowledge of several people's characters beforehand and know they would now be mortified by their current behavior. So, yes, she was unbelievably rude, but polite tolerance should be the response. Remember the saying "There, but for the grace of God, go I."

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