To be frustrated by Gransnet comment?

Haha! If only you had said that Maggie ?
Perhaps next time she would ask ‘ and can you still do your rock climbing?’

Maggiemaybe I would not have been able to let that comment go unchallenged. I started and stopped knitting around the age of 8. If I could not finish something in two hours I was not interested.

Maggiemaybe

I’ve just had a run of telephone physio appointments and my therapist was checking how much range of movement I’d got back in my shoulder. The last question was And can you still do your knitting?. I can’t imagine she’d have asked this if I was 20 something! I did refrain from replying that yes, it’s a miracle, as I never could knit before...

I used to hate the assumption that I couldn’t possibly be working, firstly due to disability and later due to age. It’s such lazy stereotyping. I retired a year ago and still don’t have much time on my hands.

I agree it does seem those of us who go out to work and are key workers are often in the minority when it comes to stereotyping time on your hands is a luxury when your a working Gran

I agree youcantchoosethem. There seems to be a general, outdated concensus that older people sit at home knitting shreddies and making flapjack 24/7. In fact many of us are still working in responsible jobs, contributing to the economy and adding to our skills base to further our careers. It's lazy stereotyping.