“I have a friend in her 80’s that is similar but much worse. She turns in verbal attack mode and destroys someone coming into her presence.”
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I am in my 80s,many of my friends are in their 80s-——we do NOT verbally attack people or write nasty letters.
I yelled more when I had 5 teenagers living with me.:-)
Maxine has been nasty for years—it has nothing to do with age.
I understand and did not claim it was universally present among octogenerians.
The problem is apparently a mental condition and type of senility.
Maxine has become permanently wacko