tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post2559603561280712598..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Praising older women - and younger men - and older men - and....you get the pictureZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-34384121007539891122006-12-06T23:46:00.000+00:002006-12-06T23:46:00.000+00:00The two of you have to keep going for years yet, P...The two of you have to keep going for years yet, Pat, you've still got a good fifty years to tell us about.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-26935468822276948962006-12-06T23:30:00.000+00:002006-12-06T23:30:00.000+00:00One prays that we can struggle on together on our ...One prays that we can struggle on together on our own home and it would be great to go together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-68219625483924954782006-12-06T22:36:00.000+00:002006-12-06T22:36:00.000+00:00Well, I'm glad none of us is considered to be actu...Well, I'm glad none of us is considered to be actually over the hill yet. I was getting a bit worried there.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-40159556323864632482006-12-06T20:47:00.000+00:002006-12-06T20:47:00.000+00:00thanks Zoe! Well, actually I was thinking of getti...thanks Zoe! Well, actually I was thinking of getting old.. am nearly 30 and the ageing has started, just so slightly..:-)How do we knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01763488475931737293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-39829960132116417362006-12-06T20:30:00.000+00:002006-12-06T20:30:00.000+00:00Ha ha ha - no no no..I didn't mean you must post t...Ha ha ha - no no no..I didn't mean you must post the photos now ..I meant when you reach 70 and are being eccentric..I plan to be truly over the top..but need to check the look first...you can be my guinea pig, so to speak.y.Wendy.yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10630727119097764058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-42009238055836225602006-12-06T20:06:00.000+00:002006-12-06T20:06:00.000+00:00My darling, it is not easy to start with. You mus...My darling, it is not easy to start with. You must accept yourself, wrinkles, aches and all, and you must love yourself, and others, as you and they are. And then, remember that being happy really beats being miserable and resentful and makes life easier to deal with. <br /><br />I used to be afraid of aging, now I'm not (well, not right now, I reserve the right to change my mind). It's not an effect of my age, it's another change in me; I was depressed (not unhappy) and have recovered now - not with pills or counseling, but with time. <br /><br />Give yourself time, think about why you are depressed, do something about it if you can and if you can't as yet, better times will come. <br /><br />Er, don't tell me you are starting to think about being old? You could be my daughter!!!<br />*goes to look up information about stairlifts and old people's homes*Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-81604882117965579862006-12-06T19:08:00.000+00:002006-12-06T19:08:00.000+00:00You know what i wanted to post yday in a severe fi...You know what i wanted to post yday in a severe fit of depression? that its not easy to start with being old.. how do you deal with the fact that you are getting frailer by the day, when all your life, the opposite has happened to you? Your post just answered that nasty thought! :-) <br /><br />This is quite a coincidence!How do we knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01763488475931737293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-55771287710922373962006-12-06T18:57:00.000+00:002006-12-06T18:57:00.000+00:00When I reach 70, I will ......what are you saying,...When I reach 70, I will ......what are you saying, peach, that Z at 53 equates with W at 70?<br /><br />Hmm. Probably true.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-88418295783579094862006-12-06T18:25:00.000+00:002006-12-06T18:25:00.000+00:00Well then....Please remember to post photos of you...Well then....Please remember to post photos of yourself in your red feather boa and purple velvet hat....I want to see if it's a look I could carry off at 70.y.Wendy.yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10630727119097764058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-22089565701442991902006-12-06T15:30:00.000+00:002006-12-06T15:30:00.000+00:00A friend of mine said that her late mother (she di...A friend of mine said that her late mother (she died of cancer in her 60s) used to say "Hope for the best, expect the worst, and take life as it comes."<br /><br />Thanks, darlings. We're going to have a great time together - I'll be old first, so I'll be the awful example you all have to live down to.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-11794357681234048642006-12-06T15:07:00.000+00:002006-12-06T15:07:00.000+00:00Every so often you write a post that gets me right...Every so often you write a post that gets me right where I live, as they say. Great post. Thankyou.badgerdaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275758525851693777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-19883956751544683162006-12-06T11:10:00.000+00:002006-12-06T11:10:00.000+00:00I'm quite looking forward to getting older. Being...I'm quite looking forward to getting older. Being able to embaress my adult children, indugling their children, going about being properly eccentric rather than only mildly so. I intend it to be quite a bit of fun.The Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052411992134880131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-28331416382486560882006-12-06T02:34:00.000+00:002006-12-06T02:34:00.000+00:00I know a couple in their 90s, married 70 years-pos...I know a couple in their 90s, married 70 years-positively delightful and they still love and care deeply for each other. Two beautiful pieces of cracked porcelain-beautiful description.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-33960315005326320752006-12-06T01:06:00.000+00:002006-12-06T01:06:00.000+00:00exactly z ! :) There is nothing else for a bad ti...exactly z ! :) There is nothing else for a bad time but to keep on living...and if one can manage it with some panache and a smile, so much the better...<br />My son, who is now 22 absolutely loves older people, and every last one in the neighborhood knows who he is and all about his life and vice versa...gives a mother hope...hoping that he is asorbing kindness and wisdom...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-27029755741192218942006-12-06T00:35:00.000+00:002006-12-06T00:35:00.000+00:00it really does come down to trying to live in the ...it really does come down to trying to live in the moment (with minimal and necessary planning for the future) in the hopes that it'll all turn out ok - and it's a crapshoot anyways.<br /><br />i am with you - and try to be grateful for the good in today.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-72775497354258011982006-12-05T23:09:00.000+00:002006-12-05T23:09:00.000+00:00I know what you mean, Wendz. For a long time I co...I know what you mean, Wendz. For a long time I couldn't contemplate the future at all, far too scary. Now I can and hope I can take whatever comes with grace. It'll take you a while to get there, but you will. For now, a good day is one to be glad of, a bad day will pass and be finished with.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-89504542824491021572006-12-05T17:28:00.000+00:002006-12-05T17:28:00.000+00:00I do sometimes wonder...if I make it to 70 or 80,...I do sometimes wonder...if I make it to 70 or 80, how will I be...happy, sad, tired of living, alone, with a lovely hubby (I do hope so), a full active life...or living in a cardboard box under a bridge, waiting for death. It scares me so I don't think too much about it.y.Wendy.yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10630727119097764058noreply@blogger.com