A thread for discussions on aging and forms of ageism in our culture…
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Maybe… I cracked a math problem a few weeks ago that’s been kicking around for a while. Wiles was 40 when he solved Fermat’s Last Theorem.
I might agree with the speed thing but, at the same time, I get to do stuff that is always making me think in different ways. With age, you go from digging down to master a particular sub-field to being able to see the common modes of thought. That means often being able to do things in new ways and get there efficiently.
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I turn 60 tomorrow. As far as i am concerved, i am living my best life right now. I think the best part of getting older is perspective. That stuff that seemed sooooo fucking important 30 years ago means nothing now. I have developed an appreciation for what is around me, and for how fleeting it is, so i am going to love every damned second of it.
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Happy Birthday!
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¡feliz compleanos!
i will be 62 next week, and like you, feel i am living well.
living in a community of other retired Olds, i don’t feel all that different or discriminated,but then i am not forced to find work. my entire responsibility now days is as caretaker to my mum, who is a mere 19 years older than i. we are often mistaken for “that old married couple” when we are out, but that doesn’t bother me.
i guess where one finds themself at this age makes all the difference.
i honestly want for nothing, except maybe more time to enjoy with mum. every day is a gift.
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I’m slightly older than you guys but I’m not there yet, because my dad and my older daughter have complicated my empty-nest stage.
I don’t live where or how I would like to, I don’t feel safe or supported, and being a woman with adult daughters really doesn’t help things with the state of the world right now. At least, I’ve been promised that they’ll be living in Europe (different countries) next year, no matter the outcome of the election.
But I’m dealing with the consequences of so many medical issues that were not diagnosed in a timely fashion because (see above: I’m a woman), feeling like I need to start my life but not able to put my feet in the starting blocks yet. And how much longer before serious medical issues due to advancing age start to show up?
If next Tuesday goes to hell in a hand basket, I’m totally screwed. Literally, I’m a member of about half of the categories the Nazis used to determine whom to round up. I don’t have any living male relatives (yes, women all over the country have to think about these things now). I want to be able to rest and relax. I want to be treated with kindness, and yes, some deference due to my age. Remember when we were taught to be polite and respect old people? That’s gone. There are no perks to being older and wiser anymore.
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((((@chgoliz ))))
i think that is old school for giving offering you hugs.
i didn’t mean to sound smug. i know i benefit for certain privilege and never meant to vaunt that. i do worry for all of us of a certain age if things go shitty next week. i have fear for my own longevity, should the project 2025 take hold and end my SSDI and medicare. but that assured death sentence is really nothing compared to what women and disabled and minorities our age would face.
we are at a frightening precipice at this moment in history and i want to see us all on the other side of this come together to collectively say, “whew, that was close. let’s not do this again.”
be well. take care of yourself, as well as those you are also caring for.
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I’ve got to believe we’ll prevail.
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Happy birthday! Welcome to the club!
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