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1) They come from a time when attention spans were longer, so they do not find their stories as ‘long’ as we find them. People in Poland (my wife’s native country) are never happier than when they are all sitting around a table with beverages and snacks, everyone telling their stories in turn, one person at a time talking, and everyone else listening intently. Poland is a very old-fashioned, traditional society.

2) Elderly people often remember long-past events in excruciating detail, and it just comes naturally for them to relate this level of detail as part of the story. They are not making a conscious effort to do it; they are simply lost in the narrative.

3) They perceive their stories as being of greater interest and importance than they actually are. (It would not, however, hurt younger people to stop once in awhile and actually listen to what a senior has to say!)

4) This is just a theory, but I have wondered if they see their lives as coming to a close, and want to tell their stories so the stories don’t die with them.

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