Forty Seven Wants To Be Twenty Five

She is forty-seven, but insists on being with our twenty-five-year-olds.
I have heard her in the office hallway begging to be invited to things.
I will bring a really good present if you invite me to your wedding.
I will buy a round of drinks if you let me come to your Friday night deal.

How did a person arrive at forty-seven and not have friends?
I am unsure why she is so needy, but she is in all of their social posts.
Throwing hatchets, on a sail boat, at their baby showers.
Her smile seems forced, but not as forced as the two next to her.

If they did not invite her, would she stalk them?
Wait outside their homes?
Follow their cars to the event?
Part of me says YES.
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Wolf Avatar
July 19, 2022 at 6:33 PM
I am 72 going on 27 -- not that there's anything in a number. lol.
Krutsinger Avatar
July 20, 2022 at 5:03 AM
Numbers mean nothing
Foster Avatar
July 18, 2022 at 10:57 AM
You would be right... some never have close family or friends. They are the ones that really need them usually. Well done. Ann
Krutsinger Avatar
July 18, 2022 at 11:06 AM
I do feel sorry for her.
Hankins Avatar
July 17, 2022 at 2:01 PM
Hmmm...I find her somewhat threatening myself.
Krutsinger Avatar
July 17, 2022 at 10:05 PM
I think it is weird and sad.
Cunningham Avatar
July 17, 2022 at 12:09 PM
Maybe she's just being friendly or maybe something more sinister is lurking. Tom
Krutsinger Avatar
July 17, 2022 at 10:06 PM
I think it odd she has no friends her own age Tom, that is why I am curious.
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