For you guys who think women have it soo easy..look what we have to look forward to when we get older...its a lot more than a little bit of gray sexy hair, younger women, and a nice sports car..lolol

Mid-life is when the growth of hair on our legs slows down. This gives us
plenty of time to care for our newly acquired mustache.

In mid-life women no longer have upper arms, we have wing spans. We are
no longer women in sleeveless shirts, we are flying squirrels in drag.

Mid-life is when you can stand naked in front of a mirror and you can see
your rear without turning around.

Mid-life is when you go for a mammogram and you realize that this is the
only time someone will ask you to appear topless.

Mid-life is when you want to grab every firm young lovely in a tube top
and scream, "Listen honey, even the Roman empire fell and those will too."

Mid-life brings wisdom to know that life throws us curves and we're
sitting on our biggest ones.

Mid-life is when you look at your-know-it-all, beeper-wearing teenager and
think: "For this I have stretch marks?"

In mid-life your memory starts to go. In fact the only thing we can
retain is water.

Mid-life means that your Body By Jake now includes Legs By Rand cNally
--more red and blue lines than an accurately scaled map of Wisconsin.

Mid-life means that you become more reflective...You start pondering the
"big" questions. What is life? Why am I here? How much Healthy choice
ice cream can I eat before it's no longer a healthy choice?


But mid-life also brings with it an appreciation for what is important. We
realize that breasts sag, hips expand and chins double, but our loved ones
make the journey worthwhile. Would any of you trade the knowledge that
you have now for the body you had way back when? Maybe our bodies simply
have to expand to hold all the wisdom and love we've acquired.

That's my philosophy and I'm sticking to it!
:-) :-)

Hi, Isn't getting older so much fun, for both sexes?
And as we get beyond that 'mid-life' area, it gets even "better" too!

The only thing I find sort of sad is the women who, even though they are of the older generations, still try to dress and act as the younger generations do.

One of the many things, esp. in this country, that we have been "programmed' to look upon, is that getting older is definitely considered a no-no. Of course all the billions of dollars made annually off of this infatuation with "anti-aging" wouldn't have anything to do with it! Ha, ha!

Take care, Sgirty

Hey Mary!

Thanks for your wisdom and me laughing!!

Somehow I have to think on something that happens to me almost every summer, once or more:

Walking on a sunny day you notice this beauty getting out of her fire red sportscar; nice trained body covered in sexy strech clothing, great hips (and lower parts) and beautifull long blond hair (off course) waving in the wind.
Than... she turnes arround...
You prepare yourself to the most beautifull sight this day...
Trying hard not looking at her breast at once, you watch her face...and...

UUUUCHH!! It could be my grandmother!
Another overtrained 60+ granny who denies to age!!
And she's looking grumpy also!

Two lessons leard:
1.Real beauty comes from the inside.
2. Never look at other woman!

Thank God for my own Mrs.!!!

LOL.. Well said Mary.. We "mid life " guys have a tough go too... No need for a decent wardrobe.. just something that hides the ever expanding waist line.. Velcro tied shoes, cuz its gettin tough to bend over that far for that long...Save money on hair cuts though... Because its stopped growing on our heads and has started growing out of ears and noses..

Dave

I totally agree sgirty.. If it was a fashion to be worn by you the first time, the seecond time around, best not dust it off...It will just make you look older then you are... You dont see me dusting off the ployester leisure suit.. The 70's wee not a good time to be growing up and having your parents buying your clothes....:-) :-) :-)

Dave

Hi all
It sort of creeps up on you it dosnt bother me that iam 46 ..47 july i keep my self fit and my mind active, i see guys that i know back home when i visit and they have ...well just let themselfs go..a lot of it is a state of mind.
The only thing that brought it home to me a couple of months ago was when i was looking for a job.. and i found out i was to old to be a post man...lol lol cos i was over 35 lol i look at a few local ones and they look like they need working aids and they are only about 30 :-) :-) .
Love your write Mary, have to go have a bath full of ben gay to soak in :-) :-)
Cheers Chris :-) :-)

Mary, I strongly disagree!
Your life is what you make it and not a pre-determined set of results and if the decisions you make lead to that, then it's nobody's fault but your own. Take it from an overweight, greying, 35 year-old former gymnast. I don't blame anybody or fate for my condition. I smoke and don't exercise and I am going to pay for it. Just like my parents did.
I'm not ripping on you, but, if you decide not to take care of yourself, you will turn out like that.

Now, I'm going back to the couch to have a smoke while I contemplate my 37th birthday this Monday!

Cuhail

P.S. If I came on too strong, I apologize. I miss my old body and I'm bitter at MYSELF for not being stronger willed. -Murphy

Murphy, Way to serious dear...You were suppose to smile and have a nice lol...But i can sympathize with your pain..Sorry to make you think of so many bad memories..
Kissess and Huggs to ya...
Mary (++)

ohhhhh to be 37 again

Loved it Mary...I'd show this to my wife but she would just cry.... :-) :-) :-)

Steve on the backside of 41

Mary
Thanks for the chuckle. I have one of my own to add to that
It's when you realize that you don't bend and unbend like you used to when you were younger.
Our nurse keeps fussing at me when I come in and get some icee-hot cream put on my aching muscles. " You're not 20 anymore, you don't bend and unbend like you used to." She'll tell me. I just smile and tell her to pleae tell my boss that, he's the one that gives me jobs in tight little spaces I have to cram this 50 + year old bod into.
Ah my aching back
Jerry
P.S. Linda is still laughing after reading it. And with your permission would like to send it to a few of her female friends her age.
Jerry

Don't worry, Mary, I do have a great Irish sense of humor. I just read it at a "Bad Back" time of the day.

No worries.
Grow old gracefully, my dear. Gracefully.

Cuhail

LMAO @ Murphy.