I’ll be 60 this year - that’s looming fucking huge. For some reason 50 didn’t really bother me but 60 really sounds old. And yet half the time I still feel half my age. It’s almost like most of ageing is realising what old people mean when they say they don’t feel old.
I’ve been 60 for half-a-year now. When people ask how old I am, I tell them 67, because I like them to say I look pretty good for 67. I do look pretty good for 67.
I didn’t think I’d care - I breezed past 60 - but I find that I do. It’s partly that I’ve teetered into the category of “elderly”. It’s partly that The End is looming. My mother died at 90. Dementia took her last five years. I’m 73. I try not to do the maths.
Yes, it’s true you “get more admired”. “Isn’t she marvellous for her age!!” Boak.
Wait till you hit 70. Biggest shock of my life.
I’ll be 60 this year - that’s looming fucking huge. For some reason 50 didn’t really bother me but 60 really sounds old. And yet half the time I still feel half my age. It’s almost like most of ageing is realising what old people mean when they say they don’t feel old.
I’ve been 60 for half-a-year now. When people ask how old I am, I tell them 67, because I like them to say I look pretty good for 67. I do look pretty good for 67.
Great idea! I’m going to start telling people I’m 78. I look pretty bloody amazing for 78.
You still care? You don’t go into higher age categories anymore. You just get more admired the older you are.
I didn’t think I’d care - I breezed past 60 - but I find that I do. It’s partly that I’ve teetered into the category of “elderly”. It’s partly that The End is looming. My mother died at 90. Dementia took her last five years. I’m 73. I try not to do the maths.
Yes, it’s true you “get more admired”. “Isn’t she marvellous for her age!!” Boak.
The end depends on how rich you are nowadays.