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   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 9/16/2021 5:05 PM, N J Marsh wrote:   
   > HVS  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In a similar vein, my wife and I (aged 73 and 69; no children) have   
   >> noticed that those of our friends who have fully embraced the   
   >> traditional roles of grandparents in their 50s or 60s -- looking   
   >> after the grandkids, playing the "really-really-old" role with the   
   >> grandkids -- seem to have aged differently than friends without kids   
   >> or grandchildren.   
   >   
   > This is a bit of a family joke. I have relatives (both dead now, lived well   
   > into their nineties) who were identical twins. They married sisters, who   
   > were not identical but very similar. The two couples lived together, from   
   > when they were married until they died.   
   >   
   > By the time I arrived, there was not a problem telling them apart. One set   
   > looked markedly older than the other set. Only one couple had kids…   
      
   Haha, that's funny!   
      
   Kind of an odd living arrangement, however.  All in a single home?   
      
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