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   From: njmarsh@gmail.com   
      
   Michael Trew  wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
   Yeah, big old farmhouse. I don’t recall if there was a separate flat or   
   anything, I think there was some type of separate living space, though.   
      
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