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• I'm in the process of divorce. He is finally moving out next weekend. I'm sorry for what happened to you.
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• Hahaha!!  This is delightful.  I just posted my own whine about cankles then saw this one.  My cankles are not so much from swelling but from very large bones is a rather short person which results in any number of physical conundrums (I called it
  In "The Curse of Cankles"
• I'm afraid I'm not sentimental enough for posting a post card to self.  Seems a bit silly to me.  Different strokes for different folks i guess and tbh..... we are 50+ not 15 anymore.  Seems growing up would be a good idea.
  In "Have you written your Postcard to Your Younger Self?"
• Hi there, Like JKL just noticed this post.  Yes, I have a book on the subject. Sharing Housing, A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates  Found Boomer Women and Shared Housing"
• Hello JKL and Arden and Flower Bear, JKL have one book. I also have a book. It's called, Sharing Housing, A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates. The books compliment each other nicely.  And in fact Amazon now is showing them together.
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