by Judith Stafford | Jul 18, 2022 | Becoming a Wise Woman
A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Old Disgracefully I am sure you have heard the phrase ‘to grow old gracefully’, but what exactly does it mean? If you do an Internet search, you will find everyone has a different idea. From accepting you are now old to doing everything you can to avoid it. It is all quite depressing, really. I think the word ‘graceful’ is the wrong word. It either applies to the way you move or as an adjective to mean someone pleasant, polite and kind. All very pleasant, but not very inspiring and a bit passive for my taste. The words I associate with ‘growing old gracefully’ are nice, bland, and boring. This woman wears sensible clothes in muted colours and has neat, short hair. She doesn’t complain, accepts that she has had her time and is happy to step back and let the younger generation take the spotlight. I don’t know about you, but that isn’t something that I aspire to. But if you can age gracefully, does this mean you can also age disgracefully? Now that sounds much more appealing. What does ageing gracefully look like? During my Internet search, I found it covered how you look, and how you behave. Attitude didn’t come into it at all. How you look There are so many conflicting ideas. I can’t decide whether it means young looking as long as possible or letting nature take its course. According to The Lady, women over 50 should not be wearing miniskirts, skyscraper heels, false eyelashes, fake tan, leather trousers, baseball caps or glitter of any sort. Oh, and being...
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