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[NoelSeven]

On 5/1/2014 Jules5280 said:

I've been feeling pretty invisible lately since my dad died a couple weeks ago, and I'm not even in my vintage years yet....although the stress has made me feel about 100. People with hospice that supposedly cared or should have provided support, then didn't follow through. It makes the whole process so much worse. I guess I have learned that I can truly only rely on myself, and lately I'm not so sure I can even rely on me.

Oh, Jules, sweetie... you've been through so much and this is such a difficult time for you. It comes with the lull, the after death depression. It will probably take awhile to pass through. I think you can definitely rely on yourself, just don't expect Herculean behavior daily. You need time to recover.

[Deb1010again]

On 4/30/2014 missyw1 said: Not vintage, but not young. I am invisible in the workplace, home.. .........

I always notice you around here, Missy, and look forward to your posts. I agree with you on many subjects and share your enjoyment of a few reality shows.

[Marienkaefer2]

On 5/1/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 5/1/2014 Marienkaefer2 said:

On 4/30/2014 NoelSeven said:

I don't think I'm vintage yet, LOL, but tell me what you mean by invisible, please.

I'm thinking of my mother and she wasn't invisible, for sure. People always loved being around my mother.

Yes, my grandmother was like that. She was 92 and still.commanding attention.

It was always like this. I.remember walking into the grocery store with her...She was in her fifties then...and she knew the name of every employee and they knew her..."Hi Angie!"...You could hear this all.over the store.

Even when we went.to bigger dept stores...She always knew the salesperson well by the time we left! Haha!

I think it's personality. I've always been a "wallflower" from.the time I was born. Lol

That's a nice story, MK! Yes, that's what my mother was like, including with sales people.

Noel, they were both vibrant colorful people!

[Elstongunn]

I've never felt "invisible." I think it has a lot to do with how you walk through life, with confidence and purpose. Some people kind of tentatively walk into a store, room, space, whatever, with hesitancy, slouched shoulders, not making real eye contact, face averted, not too much purpose in their demeanor. I think those people become "invisible." It has nothing to do with "loudness" or anything; it's a subtle but definite demeanor about them. Body language, I guess.

[Tinkrbl44]

On 4/30/2014 Azcowgirl said: On the upside, kind of like going incognito which isn't a bad thing (; eta....on days when I don't want to get BABED up, a hat and sunglasses and lip gloss, humming the pink panther theme,....and voila ......stealth mode (;

Yes!!! ...... I LOVE going out in "stealth mode" ........