tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post9028480540343922915..comments2024-03-27T08:23:33.621-04:00Comments on Go Retro!: When a Seventies Child (Me) Becomes Middle AgedPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-56811134634230052342018-07-12T05:25:55.744-04:002018-07-12T05:25:55.744-04:00Thank you Pam, for your open and touchingly funny ...Thank you Pam, for your open and touchingly funny descriptions of the joys of aging. Oh, as I know it! I am a child of the late sixties (born a few months after the "Summer of Love") and never thought that I would ever be as old as I am. The Who sang "I hope I die before I get old", and I was pretty sure that would happen to me. I did everything I could for it, haha! What it's like to get older when you still feel young, nobody prepares you for that. But as you say, it always depends on mindset. I had an acquaintance at school who was very old at 17. And no matter how old, but I still love to come home at dawn after a night of dancing. I agree with George Bernhard Shaw: "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." So, just don't stop playing! :)<br />Claudianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-33826569343103522742017-02-26T11:37:07.448-05:002017-02-26T11:37:07.448-05:00I just turned 48 on the 6th of February , and I ca...I just turned 48 on the 6th of February , and I can relate to your feelings . I have noticed a few gray hairs on my head , alongside the black hairs , and a slight difficulty in reading now . But , I have had people react with astonishment when they find out that I am " THAT old !! " Bryan W. Frazierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11700096624986678480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-76057495461052353012017-01-08T19:52:09.231-05:002017-01-08T19:52:09.231-05:00It depends on the woman. The right haircut and som...It depends on the woman. The right haircut and sometimes going shorter can make someone look younger. I also can't let my hair get any longer than the photo; mine's fine, straight, and thin (but I have a lot of it.) Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-37725684733604918992017-01-08T19:46:44.212-05:002017-01-08T19:46:44.212-05:00I just turned 60. Yep...officially old. But I stil...I just turned 60. Yep...officially old. But I still ride my bicycle fairly long distances and pretty much do all the things I've done since I became an adult. While I lived through the 60s I entered junior high and high school in the 70s so that's the decade I associate with. Previous generations sure seemed to look generally older when they reached my age! My oldest daughter is 39...but she looks years younger. Keep the hairstyle you have in the Corvette picture, btw. Longer hair on the ladies seems to subtract years. My wife has a lot of gray but her hair is still long. Just a personal and hopefully not too sexist opinion.darathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464153668273321783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-31970199514423826452016-09-21T11:04:45.582-04:002016-09-21T11:04:45.582-04:00I am turning 49 and you are right I don't care...I am turning 49 and you are right I don't care what people think of me much anymore, like yesterday I went to work accidentally with my shirt inside out and when someone tactfully pointed this out I just laughed and said I am bringing back the Flashdance look (which by the way millenials may not even know what Flashdance is! Jennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-17868927900542981652016-09-16T19:48:31.089-04:002016-09-16T19:48:31.089-04:00Well Pam, At least you have hair to turn grey!! O...Well Pam, At least you have hair to turn grey!! Once I hit 55, then, well, things have gotten a little thinner up topside. My younger brother went Howie Mandel bald when he was in his 30s, so I guess I can't complain TOO much. Still it is unnerving. As far as the grey, that's the strange thing - not much except on the chest (which adds manly character of course!!)mapster68https://www.blogger.com/profile/02603305763804873006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-50871256475527467662016-09-16T15:10:45.925-04:002016-09-16T15:10:45.925-04:00I really hope several of the models they used were...I really hope several of the models they used were much older than 46 and used for dramatic effect...I have a hard time believing all of them were only 2 years older than I am!Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-77519069200582162112016-09-16T15:09:05.042-04:002016-09-16T15:09:05.042-04:00Well, Rich, I was born in 1972 so I really conside...Well, Rich, I was born in 1972 so I really consider myself both a '70s and '80s child. And the '80s were my pre-teen and coming of age years and yeah, the memories of that decade are much stronger. Either way, I'm still middle aged.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-65214352873908681922016-09-16T14:40:35.128-04:002016-09-16T14:40:35.128-04:00Funny... we're the same age, but you identify ...Funny... we're the same age, but you identify yourself as a child of the 70s, while I relate much more with the 80s. My memories of the 70s are fragmented, and the pop culture of the era had less of an impact on me. Is that different with you? Just curious.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-26167993625369834522016-09-16T13:06:47.674-04:002016-09-16T13:06:47.674-04:00I remember this ad very well (and them all being t...I remember this ad very well (and them all being the same age) but wow--only 46! People grew up too fast "in the old days" :)ApacheDughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05520433539816634566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-47659092074901281572016-09-16T11:42:12.202-04:002016-09-16T11:42:12.202-04:00Congrats, Doug, on the 55 pound weight loss. That ...Congrats, Doug, on the 55 pound weight loss. That is awesome!<br /><br />That's true, I think middle aged people in general look young for their age. I think the better you can take care of yourself, the younger you'll look. The first photo at the top of this post is from a Geritol ad, and I used it before in the post I did four years ago about turning 40. The copy for the ad said, "all these women are exactly the same age" and if you read the smaller copy below that, it revealed that that age was 46. Yikes! All but maybe two of them look like grandmas. Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-50310624564818186812016-09-16T10:10:52.868-04:002016-09-16T10:10:52.868-04:00I'm in my mid-fifties too (going to be 55 next...I'm in my mid-fifties too (going to be 55 next month. I sure don't want to be a Dougie Downer, but I can remember when I was 45 (it's when I started blogging) and still feeling fairly impervious to the ravages of aging--I didnt think I looked all that different from when I was 35. <br /><br />I think for many, time catches up with you around age 50. But like you said Pam, I've found the older I get, the more important the mindset is. I don't worry about my hair turning silver anymore and (as you know) I spent the last year going the healthy route and lost 55 pounds. I'm in better shape now than when I was 40. As for you Pam, it looks to me like you've been blessed with some good genes--I'm sure that a lot of women would love to have your slender figure.<br /><br />I also think "middle-aged" isn't what it used to be. I look at pics of my grandma at 55, her gray beehive hairdo and chubby jowls and cats eye glasses... maybe I'm fooling myself but I just don't see myself as being that old yet. :) ApacheDughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05520433539816634566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-5365637348047514782016-09-16T09:27:08.982-04:002016-09-16T09:27:08.982-04:00Well this was incredibly uplifting! LOL, just kidd...Well this was incredibly uplifting! LOL, just kidding, Jeff. Everything you listed is completely normal and we'll all go through it. It's all in the mindset...Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-71394287843632296542016-09-16T05:24:46.041-04:002016-09-16T05:24:46.041-04:00Now in my mid 50s, I've already had to deal wi...Now in my mid 50s, I've already had to deal with some of issues from the male side of the fence. I started going grey in my early 40s. I used Just For Men hair color for awhile...about 2 years ago I finally decided to go au natural. I'm about 50 percent grey now, and I can honestly say it doesn't bother me at all. What is annoying is the more I age the more my hair takes on the texture of barbed wire. More troubling is my eyesight (which has always been bad since I was a child) getting noticeably worse. As I love reading this is a big one. It hasn't gotten to the point where I can't enjoy a book or deal with it at work but it is troubling and it's probably time for a visit to the eye doctor. Also, trying to loose weight gets tougher with age, I have been exercising more in the morning before work but I have a lot of work to do there. JZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830586696690222760noreply@blogger.com