On Sun 23 Jan 2005 01:32:05p, Steve Calvin called across the abyss...

> jmcquown wrote:
>> Michel Boucher wrote:
>>
>>>Last night we had the party for my wife's 50th.
>>
>> Happy Birthday to your wife!
>>
>>
>>>What we got were silly excuses like "We didn't want you to go to any
>>>trouble" or "We didn't want to impose on you". Do people not
>>>understand that when you're invited to come eat, that means bring an
>>>appetite?
>>>
>>>Sheesh...
>>
>>
>> Yep, that's a little nutty. If I'm invited for dinner I sure wouldn't
>> eat before I arrived. I mean, come on! It's free food! The only
>> thing I can think of is they are afraid of your cooking (and I have no
>> idea why they would be).
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>
> Echoing the congrats to your wife. I hope that she's over the trama. ;-)
> I hit 51 this year and even when I turned 50 it didn't bother me.
>
> I wondered the same thing Jill but I couldn't understand why that would
> be either.
>

I'm turning 60 tomorrow, and I've been thinking for months that I would be
upset, but surprisingly I'm not. My thoughts have kinda turned to, "wow,
I'm gonna be 60, maybe that's a good thing". Turning 50 did bother me a
little, though.

Wayne