#Aajis
It's so fun and cute when they talk about their younger days cos do the math and you realize, their youth was 60s & 70s. Vietnam, Mafia era, Watergate, wall street boom, Reagan Clinton etc.

So many reminisce about cocaine days 😂😂😂

Fun to hear aajis go arre kya mast tha re cocaine.
April 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
P.S.

You know what I just realized? Not a single one of my neighbor aajis is overweight! In fact half of them are incredibly fit. Putting planks and running 10Ks. One still regularly walks around in leather pants. 🥰

Some old men neighbors are overweight. But not a single old woman!
April 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I have two white neighbor aajis who are very active in film clubs and regularly watch Indian movies and then want to discuss them with me.

Last year I predicted RRR would win at Globes & Oscars in December based on how much both ladies were talking to me about it.
November 18, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Half of them go visit family in Florida Arizona Idaho etc and come back and rant about Trumpy cousins and nephews. And are always happiest back in the city.

The city is an underrated retirement destination for those who can afford it. The lives of these neighbor aajis are proof of it.
April 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
These aajis have pretty much convinced me and wife that if we can keep affording the rent at that age, no place to spend your senior years like Manhattan. Everything a short walk away, deliveries quick & cheap, good services by the city, some of the best hospitals in the world.

/End
April 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Neighbor aajis do go visit kids grandkids or are visited by kids grandkids. But it's roughly once every few months, and Thanksgiving Easter or high holidays. They're not default nannies or babysitters. But do have healthy family lives. No one really seems lonely as such.
April 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It's not like my well to do relatives this age in India are not active at all. Most do stay active, travel, etc. But their lives do revolve around children and grandchildren. Including my parents.

Neighbor aajis have grandkids but they don't seem as immersed into their lives.
April 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM