Sir, – I am a well-preserved 65-year-old grandfather who is regularly entrusted with the care of my young grandchildren. I have survived recessions, the weather, boarding school, alcoholism, depression, and my late mother-in-law’s cooking.
Recently my wife sent me to McCabe’s pharmacy to get Motilium, where I was told by the assistant that, because I’m over 60, she wouldn’t sell it to me without a note from my doctor. “It’s for your own good,” she said.
It was bad enough being infantilised, but the real killer was being told how badly I’m ageing. – Yours, etc,
TOM FARRELL,
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Swords,
Co Dublin.