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Okay ~ so, did anyone see Oprah YESTERDAY?!?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 79925" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Barbara, I'm sorry to have missed the show. This is a topic near and dear to my heart. </p><p>Who said we have to be grandmotherly? By that meaning we sit and worry and fuss about the house? We have choices to be that way if we choose or we can go another way.</p><p>When taking my last breaths, I don't want to have regrets that I didn't try it all. I didn't give it my best shot and that I didn't take some risks. </p><p>Somehow after 50 the culture/us think we are asexual beings. How did that happen? We aren't marketed to with neat innovative looks that emphasize what we are all about. Seems like we get "comfortable" clothes, sensible shoes,and elastic waisted jeans. It's no wonder we have midlife confusion.</p><p>Sex is more interesting and varied. We substitute creativity for urgency we had as when we were in our 20's and 30's. We are much more open to suggestions from each other. </p><p>Definitely being comfortable in one's own skin is good. I think we have to change gears in our 50's but we don't have to become bland. We can dress cute, be sexual,look sophisticated, be admired, be desired and be the life of the family if we so choose. </p><p></p><p>I'm trying hard to not fall into "the look" of an aging woman. I'm fighting the stereotype in order to stay true to myself. I went out and bought the cutest heels I have had in a long time. I just fell in love with them. I intend to wear them with some pleasure. </p><p></p><p>I just keep feeling time is ticking away. I don't want to go into my 70's and 80's rested and unworried and unpressured. Hopefully I will be a bit of a character who is drinking fully from the cup of life. We are a force to be reckoned with and now we can turn that into a life force that fills the room. (at least in our own minds). :princess:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 79925, member: 3"] Barbara, I'm sorry to have missed the show. This is a topic near and dear to my heart. Who said we have to be grandmotherly? By that meaning we sit and worry and fuss about the house? We have choices to be that way if we choose or we can go another way. When taking my last breaths, I don't want to have regrets that I didn't try it all. I didn't give it my best shot and that I didn't take some risks. Somehow after 50 the culture/us think we are asexual beings. How did that happen? We aren't marketed to with neat innovative looks that emphasize what we are all about. Seems like we get "comfortable" clothes, sensible shoes,and elastic waisted jeans. It's no wonder we have midlife confusion. Sex is more interesting and varied. We substitute creativity for urgency we had as when we were in our 20's and 30's. We are much more open to suggestions from each other. Definitely being comfortable in one's own skin is good. I think we have to change gears in our 50's but we don't have to become bland. We can dress cute, be sexual,look sophisticated, be admired, be desired and be the life of the family if we so choose. I'm trying hard to not fall into "the look" of an aging woman. I'm fighting the stereotype in order to stay true to myself. I went out and bought the cutest heels I have had in a long time. I just fell in love with them. I intend to wear them with some pleasure. I just keep feeling time is ticking away. I don't want to go into my 70's and 80's rested and unworried and unpressured. Hopefully I will be a bit of a character who is drinking fully from the cup of life. We are a force to be reckoned with and now we can turn that into a life force that fills the room. (at least in our own minds). [img]:princess:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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