When does 'Growing Up' evolve into ''Getting Old'?
Is there a single 'stage of life' or occasion/event that marks the transition?
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Carla1951 · 70-79, F
When you realize that this is YOUR choice. It doesn't have to be a struggle. Nobody WANTS to get old. The tipping point is when we can open our arms and accept it. I don't want to look OLD.
I color my hair to block the grey. I walk and walk the pounds away. I present myself to the world in hope of seeking acceptance. We have to accept the choices and the changes. AND if we're lucky, we find a partner to share it with.
My life has been good. I can take or leave it. And for now I feel I have made the correct choices.
It's not that I don't like who I am, nor who I've become. Yet I continue to strive to ensure it will become better.
I color my hair to block the grey. I walk and walk the pounds away. I present myself to the world in hope of seeking acceptance. We have to accept the choices and the changes. AND if we're lucky, we find a partner to share it with.
My life has been good. I can take or leave it. And for now I feel I have made the correct choices.
It's not that I don't like who I am, nor who I've become. Yet I continue to strive to ensure it will become better.