"What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner." Colette

Jun 23, 2023

Old-Age Adages

I don't know about my friends, but I like being old(er).  We get away with things we'd never, if we were young(er), like...

Driving.  When people on my ass are finally able to pass, once they see it's an Old Woman they may shake their heads and inwardly swear, but I'm forgiven.

Apps.  I've won't use them; and I've never scanned one of those box-codes for more info.  I asked the 30-ish woman behind me in line (at the airport) a question about documentation, and she held up her phone and began explaining how I could, until...

"Oh, pffft, I don't use those."

She and her (younger) companion chuckled nicely, then she said Yes, the paper I printed at home would be just fine.

I'm always being asked whether I need help taking my groceries to the car; a make-over might help.

I can flirt shamelessly with much younger, charasmatic men.  Who knows, one of them may stop laughing long enough to take me up on my suggestion.

I can get away with verbal faux-pas and fashion horrors because of the universal explanation, "She's Old." 

I considered that this morning, when I looked at the bangs I trimmed last night and lamented how I accidentally turned my side-wisps into side-burns, darnit!  That's what I get for watching a 20-yr old's video.

3 comments:

  1. Well, since you've already declared yourself, you can be forgiven for the sideburns, however, I'd continue to refer to them as 'wisps if I were you.

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  2. Look fine to me, but then i am even OLDER than you and am learning to not "sweat the small stuff"!

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  3. i love the side burns. Hate apps. I too have to have a paper boarding pass at the airport. I love the fact that I can say outrageous things, not offensive things, and people usually chuckle and shake their heads where they once might have decked me.

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