Comments on: AARP: Do You Know Where Your Membership Card Is ???

By: Ritz

Ritz — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:55:18 +0000

Pam,

As of today, I have recieved 3 …..yes 3 letters from AARP.
Someone, PLEASE make them stop.

At least at 32, I could have laughed it off. Nowadays..not so much.

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:24:46 +0000

Thank Goodness I am not alone. Heck I am not even 40 yet. I am 32!! Why am I receiving AARP mail? At first I thought I was a victim of identity theft. Hahaha! I feel much better now.

By: Ritz

Ritz — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:13:19 +0000

Elaine H:

You’re right. Who’s stupid idea was it, to send an “invitation” to a women BEFORE she has to come to terms with turning 50??
And in my book an invitation means a party. AARP is not a party in my eyes yet. So I am not sending my RSVP.

By: byjane

byjane — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:15:56 +0000

you are too funny….!

By: Elaine H

Elaine H — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:48:39 +0000

OMG–I thought I was the only one who was seriously offended by this AARP tactic! Do you think anyone on their marketing team has a clue how pissed off this makes women to get these little cards in the mail?(I bet they’re all men under 25 who come up with these brilliant ploys.) I haven’t joined simply to get even. And, besides, how do they get to know I’m turning fifty before anyone else does? Isn’t it our right to make that announcement when (and if) we want? If there’s a petition circulating to tell the AARP folks they need a better approach, sign me up. But the way I look at it, pretty soon they’ll be obsolete because none of us will be able to afford to retire, anyway.

By: Gena

Gena — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:09:35 +0000

I’m with you. They were mailing those card months before I hit 50. Then it came, the invitation.

I’ve asked other folks if they are AARP members and they said heck no. First of all we aren’t retired. Not from work or life. I can’t afford to be retired. I tend to think even when I do I will be an active person. I’ve heard that rocking chairs can kill you.

I also do not want to expose myself to all levels of junk mail reminding me of my poor frail helpless and decrepit position. I can do without kindly folks eager to deplete me of money under the guise of financial advisers. I am not ready to ask for my senior discount. Bah!

When the AARP starts doing articles about how to find a non-skeezy mature man let me know. In the meantime, I have to break through this fog so I can remember to go to work.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:35:38 +0000

I think there should be an online support group for women who receive their first AARP card in the mail. I described my shock when it happened to me last spring: http://wisewomencoffeechat.com/2008/03/a-rude-awakening/

Geez, you’d think AARP would throw in a freebie (free wrinkle cream?) to make their “invitation” more palatable.