In 2024, I was in Merida, Mexico. I lived next to a sports park. Different gander/age groups are playing sports there. Softball, baseball, basketball and soccer. The player's friends and family sat there on the bench and watched the game and chatted, drank and ate. Hot dog, coke, ice cream, tacos, beer… I walked past there almost every day.

One day, there were grandpas. Grandpas in uniform with balls in hand. We started communicating. „Martes, jueves y sábados. (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.)“ „Jugamos, bailamos, comemos. (Play, dance, eat.)“ „!40 años! (40 years!)“

They have been playing softball for 40 years. They drink cola together, eat together after the game. There is always music playing on the bench and some people dance and sing to it. I asked how it started and how it got to the point where they have continued for 40 years. They said, “Because we wanted to.”