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love, rosie 339Ruby:Rosie:Ruby:Why? It’s not like yesterday she was 2 years old you know. Youhave to have known this was coming. You did have a total of let’ssee, 16 years preparation, this shouldn’t come as a shock to you.Ruby you unsentimental witch, do you not feel anything? Are younumb to all emotions? How did you feel when your Gary turned16?I just don’t look at things like you do. I don’t think much of ages, orbirthdays, they’re just another day to me. They don’t symbolize anythingbut a bunch of definitions and generalizations people have createdto make conversation, debates, and media discussions.Katie is not going to go off the rails because suddenly she wakes upone morning and she’s 16. People do whatever the hell they want todo at any age they fancy. Last month you were 36. That meansyou’re 4 years from 40. Do you think that the day you reach 40 youwill be any different than you were at 39 or 41 for that matter? Peoplecreate little ideas about ages so they can write silly self-helpbooks, stick stupid comments in birthday cards, create names forInternet chat rooms, and look for excuses for crises that are happeningin their life.For example the man’s so called “midlife crisis” is just a bunch ofhype. Age is not the problem; it’s the male brain that’s the problem.Men have been cheating since they were apes (insert your own jokethere), since cavemen times (and again there) all the way up to now,the age of what is supposed to be the civilized man. That’s the waythey were made. Age is not the issue.Rosie:Ruby:Your baby will remain your baby past the point when she has herown little baby. Don’t worry about that.I don’t want my baby to have a baby until she’s grown up, married,and rich. I mean, when I think of the things I did on my 16th birthday...actuallyI can’t remember what I did.Why not?