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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Date: 7/19/2022 6:33:00 PM
I am 72 going on 27 -- not that there's anything in a number. lol.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/20/2022 5:03:00 AM
Numbers mean nothing
Date: 7/18/2022 10:57:00 AM
You would be right... some never have close family or friends. They are the ones that really need them usually. Well done. Ann
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/18/2022 11:06:00 AM
I do feel sorry for her.
Date: 7/17/2022 2:01:00 PM
Hmmm...I find her somewhat threatening myself.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/17/2022 10:05:00 PM
I think it is weird and sad.
Date: 7/17/2022 12:09:00 PM
Maybe she's just being friendly or maybe something more sinister is lurking. Tom
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/17/2022 10:06:00 PM
I think it odd she has no friends her own age Tom, that is why I am curious.
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