Women over 50 have learned to roll with the punches. We’ve suffered our share of slights as society attempts to marginalize us, make us feel irrelevant, and acts like our age alone is something that diminishes out worth. We hear the condescension couched in terms such as “sweetie,” “dear,” and “young lady,” and we recognize [...]
Last year I wrote a post asking readers to consider the following: Have you ever fibbed about your age? Is the weight on your driver’s license off by more than a few pounds? How do you respond to the most dreaded question a friend can ever ask: “Does this dress make me look fat?” If [...]
Boomer women have long been known for our chutzpah. So rather than fading into the margins of society once we hit fifty, we chose to become anything but invisible. Perhaps it was due to our vast numbers, our revolutionary spirit, or maybe it was menopause and the energy generated by a communal hot flash of [...]
If you’re over 50, you’ll likely remember Jack Webb’s indelible delivery of “just the facts, Ma’am.” And who could forget how Perry Mason reminded the witness to “tell the truth because they were under oath” just before he exposed their dastardly deeds in his big Perry Mason moment. To our youthful minds, there were clear [...]
Menopause has gotten a bad rap for centuries. First it was whispered about—even dubbed “the change” because the m-word was just too controversial to use in polite society. But once boomers encountered this major life transition, we burst the closet doors wide open—no hiding for us. Seemingly everywhere one turned, there was a book or [...]
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