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A woman was left feeling awkward by her 66-year-old friend's response when she gave them a "Happy Retirement" card

The friend is planning to step away from her job to pursue a post-graduate degree before returning to the workforce

"Am I ageist and horrible? I feel I ruined the night," the woman said, after taking back the card from her friend

A woman's gift to a friend didn't go as smoothly as she had planned.

The woman shared on the online forum Mumsnet that she found herself in an unexpectedly awkward situation after giving her 66-year-old friend named Becky a “Happy Retirement” card.

She prefaced this by saying that the woman — who she knew through a hobby group — was “finishing at her job” and planned to go back to university in order to complete a postgraduate cou

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