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Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

To this day I clean better than most maids.

Old women should not seek to be perfumed.

My nan was a nursery maid. Most people weren't in big houses. They were maids of all work.

Maids in India have egos. Big egos. They do not like being spoken to curtly, and they do not like to be abruptly instructed by a woman they do not know. They come with the feeling that they already know everything. So while training them to do things your way, speak gently, and when they do it right, appreciate it.

Old age is no place for sissies.

As I learned from growing up, you don't mess with your grandmother.

My grandmother lived with us for a short time while I was a child. Old people tend to be slightly more eccentric - they can behave the way they want.

I don't think that because I'm not married it's made my life any less. That old maid myth is garbage.