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mia

(8,361 posts)
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 07:20 PM Feb 2016

They met in a 1960s group house. Nearly 50 years later, they’re still roommates.

Great story about friends growing old together.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/they-met-in-a-1960s-group-house-nearly-50-years-later-theyre-still-roommates/2016/01/29/3ef27e30-a5de-11e5-b53d-972e2751f433_story.html

There was nothing remarkable about them when they first began living together. Margaret Sugg moved into a Georgetown group house in 1967 that already included Nancy Fassett. A few years later, Barbara Fletcher joined them.

The part that amazes people: Almost five decades later, the three women are still roommates.

They’ve aged as a threesome, best friends in their 70s and 80s who continue to share their lives in a tidy brick duplex in Asbury Methodist Village, a retirement community in Gaithersburg, Md.

It’s a relationship that has cemented into something as solid as any marriage, or any family....

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They met in a 1960s group house. Nearly 50 years later, they’re still roommates. (Original Post) mia Feb 2016 OP
Very cool, mia. Kath1 Feb 2016 #1
Great article. Thanks for posting! Kaleva Feb 2016 #2
How cool treestar Feb 2016 #3
Family is as family does Stinky The Clown Feb 2016 #4
Kick because there are many ways to create a family. mia Feb 2016 #5
Thanks, another mention of co-housing flamingdem Feb 2016 #6

Kath1

(4,309 posts)
1. Very cool, mia.
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 07:26 PM
Feb 2016

How could any reasonable person oppose the love these women have?

There are some out there.

I think they're right on!

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