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In reply to the discussion: Older adults can blame 'clutter' for difficulties with memory [View all]I thought I was the only one who used that term "old lady card". My son cracks up when I'm driving with him in the car and I'm going along with normal traffic and then all of a sudden I slow way down and drive veerrryy slooowww. When this happened my son made a comment about it and I told him that when I get a tailgater, I pull out the "old lady card" and pretend I'm going slow because I'm old and not because I want to piss the tailgater off.
I'm extremely fit and trim and haven't lost any of my marbles yet, which is why he wondered what I was doing.
I also have a tendency to speed a bit and I just tell myself that my syrupy sweet explanation and grey hair will help if I get pulled over for speeding. It hasn't happened yet, but I'm ready!