Tuesday, 30 August 2011
What is old?
Arriving late to meet friends recently, I advised that I was delayed because I was taking my aunt to a hospital appointment. One friend asked if she was old and I confirmed that at 80, she was. Almost everyone jumped at this, insisting that 80 isn't old. It is! I hadn't said that she was a useless drain on society of anything else that would offend or insult my much loved aunt. She is many decades older than me but could still give me a run for my money on many fronts. I just said she was old. Why are people uncomfortable with this? If 80 isn't old, what is?
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I think everyone has just gotten a little to politically correct in this country. In other cultures getting old is an honor in this one it's almost like a disgrace. Sad.
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