All About Growing Old and Ageing
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for me, first was the eyes, requiring reading glasses.
- cant read the menu in romantic restaurant :oops: , act cool and asked for recommendations (like movie) :imcool:
then body took much much much much longer to heal (and never completely) from injuries. :sad:
body aches in places I never knew existed :lightrod:
didnt mind the white hairs, as long as I still got hair.
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I hv been thinking abt ageing recently too. It strikes me as I am getting more forgetful & absentminded. I just turned 40. what happened to me? I used to hv good memory…I start to feel "life is too short"…
I used to keep all the new & nice dresses or clothes. Recently I took all the new clothes out & start to wear it. I worry that I might not hv much chances to wear these kinda clothes anymore. -
No presbyopia yet but I got shoulder tendinitis. So painful...
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tankee:
when kids get older, we get even older.As our DS and DD grow older, taller and mature; :love:
our body inevitably ages and weaker.
Come share our main complaints about this ageing process, our concerns and how we are dealing with it.
i started having 老花 when i was in my late 30s...couldn't zit pimples, thread a needle nor read instructions on a bottle when i'm out shopping.
my white hair start to show and i try not to dye unless i find it unbearable.
at 45 years old, i want to dress nicer and be more presentable when i go out...what is important is to try to be happy everyday.
cherie chung is ageing gracefully. i hope to be like her. -
think we are accepting it quite well…nowadays dh and I will tell and remind each other to be mindful when carrying heavy things/bending position and be careful not to have any fall.
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MrsKiasu:
think we are accepting it quite well..nowadays dh and I will tell and remind each other to be mindful when carrying heavy things/bending position and be careful not to have any fall.
i've been taking calcium supplements all these years as i'm lactose intolerant. hubby hardly drinks milk...so every night, i take out 2 portions of calcium and glucosamine. also reminding him not to carry heavy things.
but he is more vain...dyes his hair more often than me. he has several pairs of reading glasses all over but can't remember where he places them. -
I look on the bright side - my body has been going over half a century of life, and which machine lasts that long? So the fact that it’s operating mostly quite well is already a blessing! Sure, there are the aches and pains, the presbyopia, the grey hair, the forgetfulness, menopause etc etc, but there are still the times with family and friends, hobbies, good food, quiet times with books and music, the ability to walk (and even run, for some) etc. I do try to take decent care of this aging machine, but I am fully aware that its days are numbered and I can’t expect it to operate in the same way forever.
On this side of 50, there is no longer any need to look for "upward" progression in career, prove myself, not "waste" my education etc, and I’m happy if I can stay gainfully occupied as long as possible. Finances wise - I may not be rich, and will probably get poorer as I age, but I don’t expect to live at a high standard all my days (we have lived at a very moderate level all this while anyway). My kids are nearly grown up, and even with a special needs kid who is taking longer to grow up than most, I can see gradual progression. My nest may empty soon, but there will be satisfaction in knowing that I have successfully (I hope) launched 2 useful, independent adults into society, and my husband and I will have greater freedom to devote ourselves to other causes, travel etc without needing to be so concerned about them. And who cares what I look like now? As long as I am decent enough "for my age", why would I want to ape the 20- or 30-somethings and be "mutton dressed like lamb"?
Remembering my younger days when people my age were so worked-up about promotions, pay, career etc (not me, I’ve always been quite laid back about career), and about kids’ exam grades and enrichment classes, it’s good to be able to put those days behind us. We find that most of our friends have come to terms with who they are and what they can (or cannot) achieve. I am happy to just live life as it comes, grateful each day that I am still alive to greet it.
Just to add one more thing - it’s good to have a partner to grow old together with. If I don’t complain about his grey hair and flabby tummy, then he won’t complain about mine! Knowing and living with someone for so many years means that you have nothing to hide, no front to upkeep - it’s the most comfortable kind of friendship. -
vinegar:
I told dh this is going to be my mega bling bling decade :rotflmao:I hv been thinking abt ageing recently too. It strikes me as I am getting more forgetful & absentminded. I just turned 40. what happened to me? I used to hv good memory....I start to feel \"life is too short\"...
I used to keep all the new & nice dresses or clothes. Recently I took all the new clothes out & start to wear it. I worry that I might not hv much chances to wear these kinda clothes anymore.
After that i will work my way up to the i-know-i-am-old-so-what woman in leather pants and obiang tops, and graduate as the old woman who scold anyone whom she deems out of line.
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My main concern is deterioration of eye sight
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