Discrimination?

The woman (I am assuming it is a woman because when they signed off with "Be Strong" he/she put a little heart afterwards) sent me an email this morning or possibly last evening about my meetup group.

I have posted an age range of 25 - 40. Apparently, there's a problem with this. Earlier this week I started to receive postings (rantings, really) on my profile from some dude who appeared to be really, really annoyed because he's 41. I'm not going to go into what his rants said because they're just not worth repeating. But, he didn't even use proper punctuation or capitalization. This guy was rather irate. So, after a couple days I reported him to meetup. Asked if they could do anything. I haven't heard back from them but I haven't heard from him either.

Then... I get this email. This person (woman) wanted to know my thoughts and why I felt it necessary to place an age limit on the group. Why do I have this sneaking suspicion that ranting dude put her up to this... or at least knows her? I simply sighed... got a little irritated... and then replied. With:

"Yes, I do feel that it is necessary to set a maximum age range. It's not a terribly comfortable thing for 20 somethings to hang out with 60 year olds. And vice versa. There are people in my group who are over the age of 40 and it's not as though they're kicked out. It's not that individuals over the age of 40 are of no use... but since I pay for the service, I can run my group as I see fit."

Then I signed off with a thank you...

In her response to that... "Thanks for your reply. In the interest of full disclosure, I'm 35. I disagree with discrimination in any form. Please don't respond. Have a great day!
Stay Strong♥"

I have two problems here... one... am I really discriminating? According to dictionary.com:

Discrimination: –noun 1. an act or instance of discriminating.
2. treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination.
3. the power of making fine distinctions; discriminating judgment: She chose the colors with great discrimination.
4. Archaic. something that serves to differentiate.

If I'm not kicking people out who are over 40... who am I discriminating against? I don't card people, nor do I even ask ages. I do take people on individual merit (see definition 2). So... please... don't tell me I'm discriminating. It's just an easy way to tell people what the group is going for. No one is actually blocked from joining my group... oh please...

And anyone who knows me knows I'm all sorts of open minded about people... doesn't mean I like everyone or no one gets on my nerves. But, I never judge a book by it's cover.

Second... why don't you want my response? Oh... to avoid an argument. But... wait... didn't he/she start it? So... this blog is my response.