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How do you change the perception of aging?
Aging Well | Last Active: Jun 22, 2020 | Replies (35)Comment receiving replies
Bravo and thanks for addressing this topic!!
A little of my background. Go back to mid 1970's and caught in between to societal waves. One pressure to get married, children, house, and the other side the beginning of the women's movement, bra burning, etc. Such confusion but married for 18 years then divorce. Times goes by quickly and now 65 years old, single, post menopausal, losing my beautiful hair and teeth but want to go out and dance, date ( when safe). Happened to mention to younger generation that I'd like to date and they asked me...you date??? If one has gray hair one is perceived as out to pasture giving the word "senior" a negative connotation. Senior just classifies a particular age group but cosmetic and clothing companies still primarily cater to the younger generations.
I too look in the mirror and don't recognize who I am now and it seems like it's happened overnight. My skin is drier and makeup needs to require better ingredients and applied with a lighter hand to enhance what is the current state of affairs for my face/skin. I still like to wear heels and be somewhat fashionable, but the gray hair and if I share my age changes other's perception of me.
Guess it's obvious I'm having a difficult time dealing with aging. So how can we help one another?
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@marjou- Good morning. I remember the 70's. I did both in the 70's- Married and had a son and was involved in the women's movement. I thought that it was an incredible time, exciting, and energizing. All of my friends were in the same boat that I was too so it made it a very special time. I just wish that I had been less naive.
How young people perceive us is a laughable offense if it weren't so sad. The perception that time and activities stop when you get to a certain age by society is pathetic. I'm sure that age labeling goes on for many economic reasons but it is damaging to the ego! There are a lot of youtube videos that deal with fashion and makeup for older women but not many discussions, if any, about all of the activities that we still do, including dating and having sex, and lifting weights!
When my mom was in the hospital for Parkinson's she had a fever and when the doctor mentioned it she said, "well doc I'm not dead yet!"
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My name is dave and a freind told me she gets depressed sometimes so I wanted to look up some information and I saw your post and it made me think. So here goes when you told people about dating and their reply was you date they were not being positive or negative they were just responding to the to your openness of you talking about it good job by the way putting yourself out there. So now if someone asks you how they can support you please let them know in an open and loving way and describe in detail best you can how they can help and forget about what you think that they think about their answers you date. By the way look into taking a dance lesson here in mpls most lessons you rotate partners to become better