hearing . A long life is a gift. But I’m not sure we’re going to be grateful for it.of which double every five years past the age of sixty-five. Applewhite, however, citing recent research, no longer thinks that dementia is “inevitable, or even likely.” May she live long and prosper, but, for those of us who have cared for spouses or parents with dementia, it’s not always a simple matter to know on whom the burden falls the heaviest.
One would, of course, like to approach old age with grace and fortitude, but old age makes it difficult. Those who feel that it’s a welcome respite from the passions, anxieties, and troubles of youth or middle age are either very lucky or toweringly reasonable. Why rail against the inevitable—what good will it do? None at all. Complaining is both pointless and unseemly. Existence itself may be pointless and unseemly. No wonder we wonder at the meaning of it all.
It’s not just energy or sexual prowess but the thrill of anticipation. Even if you’re single, can you ever feel again the rush of excitement that comes with the first brush of the lips, the first moment when clothes drop to the floor? Who the hell wants to tear his or her clothes off at seventy-five? Now we dim the lights and fold our slacks and hope we don’t look too soft, too wrinkled, too old.
“No wise man ever wished to be younger,” Swift asserted, never having met me. But this doesn’t mean that we have to see old age as something other than what it is. It may complete us, but in doing
My doc says when all the boomers hit old age, all hell will break loose in the system unable to deal with it
See Struldbrugs in Gulliver’s Travels.
rhetorician
More marxist self awareness.. lol
Not the Golden Year's, but as my mother said they really are The Rust Years.
Nope
I’d love a long life only if my body agrees with it.
TNY, you’re high. 😂
Old people seem to become super conservative. The day I put on a MAGA cap is the day I lived one day too long.
Interesting
Slow news day I guess
Good question. I am 88 and still independent. I have outlived everyone.
Perhaps make the cut-off 30?
Getting old sucks! There’s the truth!
If it's a gift, I hope they kept the receipt.
This is America. Who can afford a long life?
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