Insult to suggest that older adults downsize

I have news for you, Nama.

How dare you speak so condescendingly of parents of grown children? Why do you assume such people are rattling around in their empty homes and should be shunted off to “downsize”?

I am savouring my freedom, as are the women and men with whom I associate. Following years of nurturing and caring, and the stress of working and commuting, we are too exhausted to shed tears when our children depart to pursue their own lives. Our work is done and our fledgling chicks have gathered strength, wheeling, soaring and winging confidently to freedom.