Next Joke

     Not very funny, I'm afraid.  When I look in the mirror I see some old lady that reminds me of my mother.  It's really weird . . . I look out of the same eyes that I looked out of since I was born, and don't want to see what I've become.  I even have a hard time "acting my age."  How does one act at 50?
    I know how to act myself, that is with a mind set of about 28 years.  I know my body hates me for that.  In fact, it totally objects to all the weight I've gained and the little favors I expect it to do.  How did the floor get so far away??  In the tub I feel like a weeble; this gut makes it hard to move around.  What makes it so hard to get up out of the tub?  Who ever heard of a "wet sneeze?"  Why does my bra cut off my circulation, and my undies don't fit?  This junk all has to go, but what do I do about being near sighted and not being able to see things up close?  According to my grand-daughter I'm bald toothed, and my grandson asked me why I wear a "wig hat."  I'm not ready for all these wrinkles, either.
    So, in between typing, surfing, and trying to make some money, I apply all kinds of magic potions to get rid of wrinkles, "look 10 years younger without surgery," polish my nails, and take herbal suppliments for all that ails me.  Oh, and the most important thing I have learned is to laugh at myself, even if I do feel displaced.
P.S. Sorry for the last post being so long!   

Comments

[toodles]

Trudie my dear, just learn to accept it. I've been there and am quickly approaching feeble.
Hubbie walked out for a younger woman (I have 2 words for him.)and after 10 minutes of hard work I need to sit down. Ain't life grand?

Yeah .. I agree! Been there ... did that ... moving on, to WHAT I don't know! Older I guess. Its best to keep your sense of humor ... so they tell me! LOL

[melody]

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[melody]

I'm 41 and am not quite sure how a 41 year old acts either. I usually feel about 25....I don't know where all the years went. I know that I MUST be getting older because my kids are teen agers now...but I truely don't feel it most days. I believe that age is a state of mind not a chronoligical thing.

[Janet]

Oh yeah, I'm feeling the same way. Believe it or not my granddaughter keeps me feeling young. Her and all my kids friends. Certain things bother me more than others but I can't stop them so why think about them. It stinks to get old and that's that!

[jumbledmind]

wow.. i hope I will be like you when I am your age.. now THAT's what I call aging beautifully and gracefully. Accepting your physical changes and making the best of em..and even laughing at em!!!

[Dana]

I am only 37, but I am starting to wonder where time has gone. I am feeling some aches and pains, mostly from being overweight, but when did I change?

[Kimberly]

Love yourself!! Take a deep breath when you look in the mirror. What do you see. Lines? How many of those so called "wrinkles" were created by laughter? The big, deep, smiles of seeing your grandchildren for the first time, and every time thereafter, was how they got there. You wouldn't have those "extra pounds" if you didn't have children. So wear your weight, your wrinkles and gray hair like medals of valor, you earned them!

[cooper]

I'm twenty and I feel like I'm fifty so I think it kind of works it's way around eventually.

via BE.

[sugar]

I don't see anything wrong with feeling and acting 28 when you're 50. I'm 26 but I act and feel about 16, minus the insecurities. I guess a lot of us just don't want to 'grow up.' :)

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[Stan]

I just wanted to say that this is the grossest post I've read in a long time. The mental image of a person with a gut so big that it makes it hard to move in the tub suggests that you should be bathing in a swimming pool you whale.

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