I remember clearly the day my mother, who was in her 40s at the time, received her first mailing from AARP. Let's just say she was none too pleased to be considered in the geriatric demographic. I thought of that when I read this article about Smitty in Boom! It's a very complimentary article, but being in your 40s and having your profile appear in a regular feature titled "Fifty & Fabulous" has to be a little disconcerting.
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Earth to readers. 50 ain’t bad at all. The alternative is usually less attractive.
Im sure 50 aint bad, but no one says you have to get there sooner than necessary. Except, of course, for AARP and Boom!
They did the same thing to me. Your day is coming.
I hear fifty is the new thirty.
Hey, Jon, do you remember the weathermen on TV in DC? How they would, during extreme weather, be it heat and humidity or snow storms, remind viewers to “check on any elderly relatives”? I LOVED calling my mom every time and telling her that’s what I was doing, well before she turned 50. Every time her reply was a laughing “Go to hell” and a hang-up.
When she turned fifty, I signed her up for the Baskin Robbins “Silver Spoons Club” and she almost killed me.
Good times, gooooood times…