I'm 55 years old. How did that happen? I don't feel like I'm over half a century. It still shocks me when people look at me and say, "You don't look that old." I don't think of 55 as old anymore, especially since I said I would live to be 100. I still have a long ways to go!
I was at a store last week and for some reason age came up while I was talking to a clerk. He guessed my age as early 40's and I found myself saying. "Thank you". Who does that?
I wouldn't want to go back to an earlier age, but I don't like the way others see my age and when people ask me, "Are you STILL working?"
At a movie theatre in Florida, the ticket guy tried to sell me senior citizen tickets and the popcorn guy tried to give me a senior citizen discount (you had to be 65 for the discounts!). I was so angry and hurt and wouldn't accept either, though I tried to be gracious. I wanted to cry. My daughter was laughing and said they were just trying to give me a break, that I should have taken it.
Some people think anyone over 50 is finished. Well, I've go news for them....I've only just begun to live.
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