Hair Loss: this happens but doesn’t bother me but I does bother some people leading to comb-overs. I still have hair but it is thining.
Skid Marks: This one I wasn’t expecting as I know that I wipe properly. By the end of the day and I am getting into something more comfortable, bang! There they are.
Older: ageism is real and happens here in Australia. Older people are not popular or seen as attractive. If you are retired, you are seen as not contributing to society. It doesn’t matter that you have been paying taxes for the last 40 years. Other societies and cultures hold value in their older persons and treat them with respect and love. I was once at a train stop only to have a teenager verbally attack me for being older. I was so shocked I couldn’t even reply.
Aches and Pains: This one is inevitable. Pain (both physical and emotional) is part of the aging process. For me it’s not about whining about aches and pains. But for some people it’s how they communicate.
I feel your pain. Literally. It’s bad enough you have to struggle everyday just to get out of bed and get going to wherever your day takes you. To be disrespected, even physically abused by the youth and others in their naive arrogance simply because they perceive us as weak is predatory and evil.
Thank you for your comments. Cheers Gavin
My pleasure Gavin. Love your work, don’t let the rascals keep you away.
Ageism is REAL – I’m 55 and every year that goes by, I get more and more invisible! Sending well wishes to your goat-chewed-crown, from my grey-haired-halo!! Linda 🙂
Thanks Linda
Always happy stopping by!
One more sleep till Halloween
My youngest daughter is walking around the house with a Scream mask on (complaining that it hurts the tip of her nose) whilst my eldest daughter is busy getting ready for a hectic night waitressing at our local restaurant… I still don’t really get the fuss of it all, but it seems to be a good excuse for the young’uns to get out and about! All the best and may the monsters out there stay in their lane!
I would like to go to the USA just to see what Halloween is really like. G
O’ve often thought about Germany for Oktoberfest… then the US for Halloween… sounds like a solid road-trip to me! 🙂
Nice
Oh, how I can relate 😂! To the beauty of wisdom we’ve gathered over the years!
Thank you. Plenty of wisdom gathered. G
turned 70 a few months ago, the effects may slow down or not…but the body is not improving…:) I guess we have to learn to live with it and take it as it comes, as long as we stay healhty, nothing major happening as sickness, stay bruised but healthy..:) My cat is forcing me to exercice by lowering myself to her level for feeding, I guess it is her way to keep her human more or less fit 😀
Your cat’s name is?
Her name is Maya, when I received her more than 4 years ago from her previous owner, I have kept the name, I did like it, she’s a beauty and a fine cat, but she’s an ‘early bird’ jumpiing into my bed by 4 sometimes…try to play dead, but she knows…:D
Hi Maya 😻