tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post5526529559817154850..comments2023-10-26T03:26:53.959-07:00Comments on Suebob's Red Stapler: I know, I knowSUEB0Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301963922769609715noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-50031990501004480272008-10-09T14:07:00.000-07:002008-10-09T14:07:00.000-07:00I will turn 47 on the 19th of this month. I have ...I will turn 47 on the 19th of this month. I have to remind myself now what chronological age I am.<BR/><BR/>I was Shocked when my uncle said, "well you're nearly 50". I have never thought of myself as being something other than what I see me as.<BR/><BR/>And, as I glide toward my 47th year, I can only hope that the giggles turn into grace.bacionihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01960257681747184725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-69744678448743601382008-10-08T06:42:00.000-07:002008-10-08T06:42:00.000-07:00Ouch. Me too. And like the queen, younger and th...Ouch. Me too. And like the queen, younger and thinner. Such a shock to look in that stupid mirror.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653383372182667361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-67093948897063429172008-10-07T23:58:00.000-07:002008-10-07T23:58:00.000-07:00Oh, I don't know that I agree with you. I think i...Oh, I don't know that I agree with you. I think it is fine for middle aged women to flirt and giggle. I just think that there is a time and place for it. The VP debate is not one of them.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16279999850117456433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-21365750957901010782008-10-07T22:27:00.000-07:002008-10-07T22:27:00.000-07:00Mrs. Palin only wishes that she had as cool a wink...Mrs. Palin only wishes that she had as cool a wink as yours. Don't you stop, Girl!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-21829473273302502332008-10-07T18:53:00.000-07:002008-10-07T18:53:00.000-07:00I get the bigger picture, but having had the good ...I get the bigger picture, but having had the good fortune to meet you twice, I disagree with your assessment of yourself. In contrast, I saw you as mature (not old), composed, suffused with grace.Count Mockulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912128943502704921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-66374348534969981162008-10-07T12:52:00.000-07:002008-10-07T12:52:00.000-07:00That sounds really accurate about Sarah Palin. She...That sounds really accurate about Sarah Palin. She's still a high school mean girl though.. and I'm sure you're nothing like that. :) <BR/><BR/>At my age, I've totally given up on still acting "young". There are others around me who do that and, oh man, is it ever distasteful! <BR/><BR/>Giggly senior citizens are truly, truly unbearable! LOL <BR/><BR/><BR/>~*thailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-30264673184911426092008-10-07T12:43:00.000-07:002008-10-07T12:43:00.000-07:00My but you are being quite generous to Mrs. Palin,...My but you are being quite generous to Mrs. Palin, methinks.<BR/><BR/>Me? I'm hoping to end up a full-on cougar. Raowrr!Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526629366170486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-177985297686930522008-10-07T11:23:00.000-07:002008-10-07T11:23:00.000-07:00Wow. You put your finger right on something that ...Wow. You put your finger right on something that I couldn't identify but it was making me uncomfortable.Working Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01519439101834552487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-20325207061026338342008-10-07T10:12:00.000-07:002008-10-07T10:12:00.000-07:00even pushing 30 in a college town makes you questi...even pushing 30 in a college town makes you question your age restrictions, if not your sanity. <BR/>it's difficult to know when you don't 'feel' that old. <BR/>(then again, with my arthritis flaring like it has this week, i feel about 90.)marhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974936666312566850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-38869552282667797782008-10-07T07:52:00.000-07:002008-10-07T07:52:00.000-07:00No one knows how to do this now, with a million me...No one knows how to do this now, with a million messages piped at us about 50 is the new 40 and 40 is the new 30 and every boy wants a MILF but don't be a pathetic Cougar. <BR/><BR/>My grandmother said there was comfort in giving up at 40 and wearing a housedress and an apron everyday. But I don't want that, for sure. <BR/><BR/>I'm full fledged in a midlife crisis, but I've got my seatbelt on so I'm seeing where the ride takes me.Deb Roxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04149071375558799305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-89884158936498604012008-10-07T07:46:00.000-07:002008-10-07T07:46:00.000-07:00OMG, I am right there with you.I feel like I am tr...OMG, I am right there with you.<BR/>I feel like I am trying to hang on to my youth with both hands - I refuse to dress age appropriately (though I DO NOT dress like a slutty teen - I'm more an "outdoorsy" dresser), I pull out any gray hair that pops up, and I am relentlessly "cool." But, yeah, I don't want to be one of those women who are workin' it too hard or in the wrong places.<BR/><BR/>But what do you do when you still feel like a college kid? and how do I not get freaked when my husband gets carded and I DON'T!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-73930207188172627642008-10-07T05:56:00.000-07:002008-10-07T05:56:00.000-07:00Not only younger, but younger and thinner. And bas...Not only younger, but younger and thinner. And based on my great aunt and grandmother, in my family it only gets worse.the queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10263293738568555668noreply@blogger.com