Welcome to the Club - Volume 1, Issue 1

Some of the articles are from the archives of Daytripping Magazine
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• A sign of the zodiac - April
• Name an animal you might see at the zoo - Dog
• A food that can be brown or white - A potato
• Something a cat does - Goes to the toilet
• A famous Scotsman - Vinnie Jones
• Name a famous royal - Mail
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By Jeanette Brimner, Embro
On Hiding Your Age Daytripping July-August 2007
Age demeaning remarks can come
anytime, from anywhere. I was picking
out a colour for our new living room rug
when I pointed out a tint I disliked. The
saleswoman, in late middle age like
myself, answered my comment with “I
hate it too! It reminds me of old age.
But we’re all headed that way aren’t
we?” I managed a slight smile, gritted
my real teeth and changed the subject.
It makes me angry every time I hear
something derogatory about age. I hate
the commercials that tell us how to
erase fine lines and wrinkles, tighten
saggy eyelids, fade age marks and hide
every hint of gray hair. I should hold
a placard outside of our local beauty
salon saying “I’m keeping my wrinkles
and laugh lines, my sagging neck, my
droopy lids and everything else about
me that hints that I’m no longer young
and am not ashamed of it, so there!” Of
course the younger ones would agree
that my crazy behavior and outlandish
attitude was due to early onset senility
and I’d be swept away in a paddy
wagon!
A friend of mine, a very attractive
woman whose hair turned prematurely
white when she was in her thirties was
going to see a nice relaxing movie. A
cocky teenager selling tickets asked,
“Are you a senior?” despite the fact she
was only fifty one.”
“Not yet,” she said while forcing a
fake smile.
“Well if you’re over forty,” he
remarked arrogantly “You’re already
over the hill!”
It’s lucky my friend is good natured
or she might have kicked him way
over the hill and into the river! What
a nerve!
I’ve heard of age discrimination in
the job market, but when someone
on a documentary announced he had
lost his job as vice president of a large
corporation because he was too old
and set in his ways I wanted to laugh
out loud, because the facts were so
absurd. I’m getting used
to doctors who look like
teenagers taking care of
me when I go to the clinic,
and lawyers on sitcoms
looking as if they just got
out of high school, but
when a forty seven year
old is treated as if he’s
becoming obsolete it’s just
too much to tackle.
There are so many
people I know who
are living vibrant and
productive lives and are in their
eighties now. A friend who lives in the
area where I used to live is now eighty
four, but she’s still energetic and loves
life. And she’s very thankful to have
her health. To this day she attends
exercise classes every week, rides
her bike, travels and attends various
meetings and has her black belt in Tae
Kwon Do.
My husband plays bridge every
week and one of the oldest members
is almost ninety. She’s sharp and finds
duplicate bridge relaxing! My uncle
practiced law well into his seventies
and there are so many I know who are
living productive lives in their senior
years that they’re too numerous to
mention.
Imagine if Grandma Moses decided
not to paint because she was getting
old. If Michelangelo had decided at
sixty five that he was a ‘has been’ the
world would have been deprived of his
most famous frescoes. So many well
known people have achieved so much
in their later years.
“You’re as old as you feel,” is a worn
out saying but it’s so
true. A persons attitude,
not our youth obsessed
society, should have
the last word, and it’s
time that older people
demand more respect.
Now that the baby
boomers are ageing,
attitudes will slowly begin
to change. Older people
should be able to ripen
naturally, not succumb
to cosmetic surgery, laser
treatments and liposuction in order
to be accepted in society. When the
lack of young workers results in many
seniors returning to work, it won’t be
their looks that are important but their
experience, open mindedness and
health!
So here’s to people over forty. We
may be considered over the hill but
there’s another one up ahead waiting
for us to climb!
Publisher’s note:
Since when is 40 over the hill!
Egads, the nerve of some people!
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