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Hi all. Carla I feel that as you and I are the same age (61/62?) that it is OK for me to say that we are now older than middle age?
Though I remember in my youth group when I was about 16 the leader asked all us teenagers when someone was middle aged and we all chorused “40!”- and I’ll never forget him going “Oh no, not 40!” I suspect he was in his early 40s at the time!
I am sure I was unintentionally ageist when say in my 30s so I do try not to get offended by it. Occasionally it can be hurtful of course depending on the context. I love the pic of you crossing the road!
Jenni, I’m just a few years younger than you are, and I’m claiming “middle-aged” for as long as I feel it’s applicable! In some ways I feel younger now than I did when I was in my 30s…as long as I don’t look in the mirror. I refuse to call myself old until I *feel* old! And this is not to say that old is an insult, it’s just that I can’t relate to it at this point in my life, even though I know that to a 25yo, I’m definitely “old.” LOL it’s all in the eye of the beholder, isn’t it?
Oh honestly!l read some of the comments some bloggers say with a very big pinch of salt.My latest fav comment is that women over 50 should not wear hats because it will look attention seeking….what!? I shall continue to wear hats as and when l see fit and you should continue to do you ,you look fab as always.
DEE, I almost spat out my tea lol!!! That is hilarious. My offspring would probably say the same thing hahahaha ... Probably not as innocently, too ha!
CG, attention ... To the fact we have heads?? *Facepalm*
That’s cool Janet not to want to claim old. I’m not sure I am claiming it, I just think if we assume the average life span is in the 80s somewhere then 60 is almost 3/4 of the way there rather than in the “middle” of it. And given my job I know the age of every person I see, as it is on the screen in front of me. And they vary so hugely in how old they both look and seem, at those ages I can see they are. However in the end biology seems to catch up with them, and whatever diseases or even simple skin changes are common at similar ages seem to start happening no matter how young they “look” for their real age.
And I feel blessed to still be alive even though some people live to 100 or beyond, because plenty of people die younger than what I am now. We just lost a local colleague at age 51 from triple negative breast cancer so it is on my mind.
Oh, Dee! When I turned 40, and DS#1 was 10 yo, he made a comment about it being “half way”. I asked him: “Half way to what?” His answer was: “Half way to dead.”
Poor kid hasn’t been able to live that one down…
@ Jenni - let’s be ‘poster children’ for what the 60’s can be!
On the far horizons of middle age, going boldly in our burgundy coats and our stompy boots where millenial influencers and 'grammers fear to tread, we are the new generation of style setters in our sixties -- in the youth of old age or the wise age of youth, we are poised to take the fashion world by storm or perhaps by stealth, considering few bother to look at look at us any more.
Cheers Suz! Beautifully said! Although I seem to have missed some of these pronouncements on what is acceptable, regardless, I am not giving up my burgundy quilted jacket and feel inspired to wear it today. I am not "feeling" skinnies right now at this particular moment, but that might change at any time. Also I don't have the weather conditions that make them so appealing. You look fab Carla, something that certainly doesn't universally hold true of pontificating pre-middle age bloggers of all sorts.
Ok, but let’s be clear: you aren’t *allowed* to sit in your rocker all day until at least 80. I mean, by the time I’m up for retirement, I’m sure the retirement age will be 75. If I can’t sit down, no one can sit down, mwhaha!
Jenni, absolutely. I lost a very dear friend to breast cancer almost three years ago, and she was only 53. I think of her all the time and am thankful for every day I have.
That is a stylish look for walking. I am not sure about what constitutes middle age or old age, and I've given up worrying about it. I just try to be the best I can be. I went on school camp last week and some of us oldies were fitter than the kids. I lost my best friend to bowel cancer and she was only 41, so no age is guaranteed. I am just grateful for each day to be alive, and able to do the things I love doing.
