Re excerpt? Thumbs up. Yeah. 👍

And hell, that is a title for another post, Sherry!

Re the question of smell. Short answer: There is none.

People say shit like because of 1 or more below:

1. they parrot what they heard someone else say, (maybe they think they sound cool or funny or hope it will garner more followers on social media).

2.they ran into one person once(who BTW could have been any age) and didn't like whatever they smelled, so they turned it into a thing hoping their popularity would soar

3.they have such a hate on for older people because hey, they plan on staying 23 forever,

4. they are fully conditioned by society and media and the like to believe that youth and beauty are all that matters

5. they are just plain mean and inconsiderate people

6. five million other reasons, none are character building ones

Re SOME woman not supporting women:

There are many, many reasons but I believe it all stems from women (since the beginning of time) being taught (directly and indirectly) that they exist only ( or primarily) to attract, and serve men. The younger and more attractive you are the better. Make yourself beautiful and forget the brains.

All that does is cause SOME women (stuck in any version of this mode) to bad mouth (and worse) what they view as the competition.

Life is so much bigger than this petty, disrespectful behaviour. There is room for all ages, all choices of vocation, decisions to work inside or outside the home, and again a long list fits here.

I am committed to respecting all people and treating everyone equally. I believe that is exactly what this messed up world needs right now. People living their lives with integrity, empathy, kindness, intelligence, equality and the like while embracing and accepting others regardless of skin color, gender, partner preference, age, religion, job, geography, wallet size and the all rest that goes on this list.