[c.crowe]

I’m finding myself doing this more than I used to when I was younger, so I’ll just answer for myself. Don’t know about the other older people. (I’m middle-aged.) *Sometimes I like the fashions the young person is wearing! I could be admiring your outfit. (No, not in a sexual way. I liked clothes a lot when I was young and cute enough to wear anything and make it look good. I’m still interested in them though I no longer look like I could be that interested!) This is the most likely answer, for me. I probably like your style. I especially like outrageous, theatrical styles, and if you wear that sort of style, I’m going to look, because I like it!!! The creativity! *Sometimes the young person or group of young people remind me of my own friends from when I was that age and I’m caught r

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[c.crowe]

Sorry, I’m new here & my original message was too long. Maybe the older person is reminded of someone they used to know/trying to figure out if they know you from somewhere. Many older people can’t see well & could be trying to determine if you’re their g-daughter’s roommate they’ve met once 3 years ago. They could be admiring your style or your manner of speech or be enjoying watching a group of young people together because it’s charming.

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[c.crowe]

It seems to depend on where you live. When I hear it, it reminds me that I’m old, when I don’t feel old. I’d rather people didn’t use any particular term of “respect” toward me (miss or ma’am or any of it). Here, young women are not addressed as “ma’am”, I don’t know if that’s the case everywhere. I don’t want to be reminded by some random guy that I’ve hit “ma’am” age and am no longer a “miss”. At least not yet. Ask me again in 20 years! I know young men mean no disrespect by it and are trying to use good manners!! But it gives me an odd feeling, not a feeling I’m being respected. It’s not you, it’s me 😉 Lots of middle aged women have aging issues.

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[c.crowe]

I’m near Toronto, not in it, so my comments aren’t about the TTC. Where I live, you are poor, a senior, blind, mentally challenged, or too young to drive if you take the bus. The transit system is outdated & inefficient. Driving is a better idea if you can at all manage to do it. If it takes 20 minutes to drive there in comfort, it probably takes 90 minutes on the bus, and you’ve waited for a late bus in the rain or blowing snow for a half hour already. It’s so uncomfortable that no one takes it unless they really have to. Plus all the crackheads hang out at the bus terminal & intimidate the old people. I wish it were a valid option for everyone, the way it is in many other places (so I hear). I took the bus for 25 years until we bought a car, and walked whenever possible to avoid the bus.

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