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In reply to the discussion: On growing older: [View all]CrispyQ
(36,470 posts)46. Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.
My dental hygienist shared that with me on my 40th birthday. That was 16 years ago, or rather, just a few spins of the roll.
I gained a lot of weight between 36-40 & didn't take it off until 2 years ago. I lost 50 pounds & look better than I have in years. That said, even though I'm svelte again, the skin is crepe papery, the face is sagging a bit, & the head is sprouting some wild white strands.
Mostly I look back with recognition & humility that I have lived one of the most privileged lives of all humans that have ever existed. It is boggling.
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I second that. I like men, but haven't been in a relationship for a long time.
raccoon
Aug 2013
#111
I think it was on the "M*A*S*H" TV show that one of the characters was talking about a woman with
calimary
Aug 2013
#71
As one gets older, a year becomes an increasingly small percentage of total life experience
Thor_MN
Aug 2013
#17
I'm in a similar position. You have my sympathies. I'm 62, have been healthy all my
Nay
Aug 2013
#59
Congrats on beating the cancer. There's a lot of diabetes in my family history, so I'm
Flatulo
Aug 2013
#66
Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.
CrispyQ
Aug 2013
#46
Young people just don't understand that, on the inside, we're the same as we
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#51
scary when hubby still has a pic of my 19 yr old self in a bikini in his wallet
SoCalDem
Aug 2013
#94
I think what's remarkable about this thread is that I would have never guessed Anyones age.
adirondacker
Aug 2013
#106