Comments on Want to be a free thinker but still a nice person: Stepping into the afternoon of life

Ooohwee, also, Eliz, don't be so quick to cast asp...

2008-05-13T08:59:00.000-07:00

Ooohwee, also, Eliz, don't be so quick to cast asparagus on those oldsters who nab young wives. They got them a comeuppance comin' when they can't---er---perform like they used to. Maybe it would be more accurately termed a "failure-to-come-uppance":):)???

Had to laugh about that, Eliz! I have to say that...

2008-05-13T08:45:00.000-07:00

Had to laugh about that, Eliz! I have to say that I never worried about wrinkles and such until my husband had double cataract surgeries, resulting in 20/20 vision! We'd both been so myopic for so long, that when we woke up in the morning we looked like Romeo and Juliet in soft-focus to each other. WELL...!!! Once his eyes were fixed...he could actually SEE ME when he woke up! So there I am, all bed-head and no makeup...in cruel sharp focus. Because my poor ol' peepers are still 20/9,000 or so---one step from Braille---he still looks like Adonis---oh wait---is that him I'm kissing, or is it my bedside table? They both look alike, until I put in my contacts...

That's why *Jane Eyre* is one of my favorite books. Bronte went on and on about how "plain" Jane was, for 500 pages, then had the genius to render Mr. Rochester blind at the end...so that "to him she was fair beautiful." That's what I need---a Mr. Rochester!:):)

Methuselah, good observation. I think that about m...

2008-05-13T07:31:00.000-07:00

Methuselah, good observation. I think that about my friends too, if they haven't gained a ton of weight. I'll say, you look just like you used to except your hair is a little gray -- I'll bet that's our mind/age adjusting in some deep psychological way so we don't notice how old our friends have become. But then again, men notice what has happened to their wives, don't they, when rich guys dump their guys for young bimbos so they don't feel so old....

HEY, HAD A BUSY WEEK, BUT ITS GOOD TO BE BACK! YOU...

2008-05-13T06:54:00.000-07:00

HEY, HAD A BUSY WEEK, BUT ITS GOOD TO BE BACK! YOU REALLY ARE HAVING A TRAUMATIC WEEK.

What amuses me is how old people (whose ranks I am...

2008-05-13T05:56:00.000-07:00

What amuses me is how old people (whose ranks I am joining any day now:) talk about their lifelong friends: "Oh, Maude has not changed ONE BIT since we were in school,"..."Fred? Looks exactly the same as he did 40 years ago..." and so on. Now, either they are stone-blind, or the prior generation was gray, bald, wrinkled, and sagging at age 20! Still, comforting to think that we will always look the same to our old pals. This is why one should never make younger friends! To them, we'll always look middle-aged (or worse.)

Hey Anonymous, were you on vacation last week??

2008-05-13T05:52:00.000-07:00

Hey Anonymous, were you on vacation last week??

THIS IS ALL A PROCESS OF BECOMING WISER AS WE GET ...

2008-05-13T01:33:00.000-07:00

THIS IS ALL A PROCESS OF BECOMING WISER AS WE GET OLDER AND CONSTANTLY ADAPTING TO OUR SURROUNDINGS. WHEN YOUNG EVERYTHING IS SEEN WITH ROSE TINTED GLASSES. PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY THAT THEY WISHED WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, THEY KNEW WHAT THEY KNEW NOW. I THINK THERE WOULD BE ALOT OF DEPRESSED YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE IF THAT WAS THE CASE!