tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post7018993857731828304..comments2024-03-15T00:27:48.794-07:00Comments on Retire In Style Blog Too: Aging in 2014: Fitting In with the KidsBarbara Torrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09618291241661047482noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-68182553100825309282014-09-29T17:53:32.059-07:002014-09-29T17:53:32.059-07:00I wanted to add something here...isn't it true...I wanted to add something here...isn't it true that it is not what you do but who you are or how old you are? Couldn't it be that behaviors by a younger person would not have been acceptable when they were older or even younger? <br><br>It is a thought!Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-42773452091020922972014-09-28T20:39:19.076-07:002014-09-28T20:39:19.076-07:00You said it girl...thank you for for comments. Som...You said it girl...thank you for for comments. Sometimes I do these things to see if anyone is actually listening. <br><br>It is a balancing act I think though. I have just seen too many old people behaving badly and giving everyone a black eye.<br><br>Thank you again.<br><br>b+Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-24156787925545309202014-09-28T10:55:57.350-07:002014-09-28T10:55:57.350-07:00Life will always be the way that we perceive it, w...Life will always be the way that we perceive it, which in most cases may not prove to be the truth. My girlfriends and I, ever since our college days have always split appetizers and desserts. We do it for our constant desire to watch our calories. Never once did it enter our minds about costs. We just want a 'taste' of something. Not the whole enchilada (no pun intended). Guys do the very same thing: they just want a taste of something. Has nothing to do with costs. <br>I inherited my father's early grey hair at age 21. And I had been dying it ever since then a pale blonde to cover it up. I got my first senior citizen discount when I was only 48, simply because I was wearing a wool hat and my grey hair was peeping out from under it. Rather than get upset, I've been happily enjoying all those thousands and thousands of dollars I've come to enjoy several years earlier in my lifetime thanks to my gorgeous grey hair! (I no longer dye it, but I do have it cut in a youthful pixie hairstyle)<br>I never waited till I got older to enjoy my life. I did it as soon as possible! I'm the same person today that I was at 14, 21, 35 or 58. I've had arthritis in my fingers since I was 40. I don't think about my age at all. I just do it! If I'm with a bunch of toxic people, I move or leave the premises. I did the same thing in high school, college or on the job.<br>The only give-a-way to age, IMHO, is the stealth weight gain. My fault. Not mother nature. And that's why, even to this day, when I'm dining with my buddies, we share appetizers and desserts. And if a waiter snickers, there's always that tipping thing. Just chuck it off to old people not tipping much, eh?<br>Just because I am in my sixties is absolutely no excuse for me to give up my daily yoga stretches (since 1975) multible weekly walks/hikes, stay up with current events, watch my money and my calories. I still can be found wearing college jeans and a tee shirt. <br>One night, when my youngest was in college, she and I were riding the elevator up to her dorm room, when a fellow student friend of hers got on on one of the floors. Snidely, he said to me and my daughter "Whadya doing? Baking cookies tonight?" No, I said. I'm here to erase DD2's hard drive and I'm loading in a new operating system. The stunned look on his face was priceless.<br>His bad. Certainly NOT mine.<br>I still do all of the uploading/upgrading into everyone's computer, laptop, iPhones, iPads yada, yada yada. Why wouldn't i?<br>I don't believe that we get older. The world around us does. And that is their prob. Not mine.<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-30043697772288978072014-09-28T09:40:32.818-07:002014-09-28T09:40:32.818-07:00Thank you for stopping by.Thank you for stopping by.Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-36996449095869845082014-09-28T09:38:07.804-07:002014-09-28T09:38:07.804-07:00Yes you are probably right. I suspect it is all ab...Yes you are probably right. I suspect it is all about how you do it. In the end the costumer is the boss. I think it may have to do with pride<br><br>But it seems to me that good manners never go out of style. we often share a meal or appetizer but there are lines we should not cross. I for one don't want to act like I am in over my head. If I cannot afford it I should go someplace else.Barbara Torrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306252283429139894.post-83398837894656243762014-09-28T06:51:19.720-07:002014-09-28T06:51:19.720-07:00You might have to get used to that business of sha...You might have to get used to that business of sharing plates at 5 star restaurants. It still surprises me, but I'm seeing it more and more. It doesn't seem to be about saving money, but more about sampling a variety of items, and adjusting the portion to ones appetite. It may look silly, but it's sensible!Rosenoreply@blogger.com