Dear So and So

[Catrin]

Oy, Catrin, I would get rid of that friend. Anyone who thinks a 50 year old woman is old and shouldn't be doing something alone is nuts.
There.

Catrin - you keep ridin' girl! So long as your joints allow you. Riding is fun. Piffle on said "friend".

Sadly, that is pretty much what I have determined. We've been friends for years, but once I started taking my fitness, weight, and health seriously she, and a couple of others, have had this kind of reaction. Who would have thought? I have heard of men sometimes behaving this way to their wife or girlfriend out of insecurity, but this blind-sided me

So, I will continue to have fun - and every day that I work out, or play on my bike, the better and younger I feel, and better friends will be found along the way