Posted on 02/18/2014 7:43:03 PM PST by DogByte6RER
I'm female, old, but female. I've no family left as they have all passed. I have some friends still alive, but MOSTLY I miss my poor, sweet husband who passed away from lung cancer three and a half years ago.
WOW! You answered me line for line, you are a gem!
I see you spread your joy all over these threads and usually shrug and move on. However, your asinine comment regarding how women age was just so pathetic, I wanted to make a comment.
As you have demonstrated so clearly, you are a rather irrational sort, dull too in fact. Seems you are quite focused on the outside as you take note of all these failings us mortal humans have.
‘wanna cookie’? Really? That’s your come back?
Here’s a tip for you cloud, when one is happy on the inside, it shines through, past every winkle that may appear. And yep, ‘a little bit of effort’ really does keep the majority of lumps and bumps to a minimum :)
You are fortunate to have had your lovely Mother for 94 years, I had not such luxury. It wouldn’t have mattered one bit how my Mother aged had she lived past 73.
Sorry to hear about your late husband.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Thank you.
CAVALRY HO!!
1. I was a P.E. yoga instructor (college) level and we did have a "seniors" class so I did see how women and men age. If you don't believe it, I couldn't care less. I taught the class for YEARS.
2. When people take the time and effort to respond to me, I try to reciprocate. But, I guess your calling me a "gem" was just a lie as you wouldn't then scold me like you did. It really was a schizophrenic answer.
3. How can I be a "gem" PLUS "rather irrational sort, dull too in fact"?? Lol. They are contradictions!
YOU are the one who isn't making much sense.
Signed the "irrational dull GEM." :o)
Hahaha, irrational, dull GEM. I WILL chuckle over that again sometime. Forty-four MUST be your I.Q.
God bless you!
Bless you too cloud, I read your response to wku man stating you are an older woman who lost your beloved husband.
So very sorry for your loss.
You can continue your bitter rants, I will stay clear.
I have no idea what you are trying to accomplish at this point, however you have revealed yourself to be quite bitter. Sorry that has happened to you, I truly am.
I’m 56 and have none of the things you described, nor do most of the women may age I know. We all work out together so I think I’d know. I have also taught pilates and strengh training for several years now. None of us has had any kind of surgery.
I actually could make the case that your list describes a great deak of the men I know over the after of 50.
You are probably in GREAT shape now. I've taught THOUSANDS of adult students but what would I know? I tell it like I see it...and I've seen so many bodies that it's second nature for me to see people's bodies -- with their accompanying odd movements, problems, etc.
Lol. I used to tell my students that I probably wouldn't recognize them, their faces, if I saw them in the street, but I WOULD recognize their bodies, the way they walked and so on. It was true.
One woman at Church was kneeling on ONE knee only, her right knee, and her left foot wasn't on the kneeler but was way back away from her. After Mass I talked to her about it: about how misaligned she was and that she OUGHT to kneel on BOTH knees EVENLY. If she continued kneeling that way she WOULD eventually have problems in her knees, thighs, hips and lower back...only the truth.
She thanked me and HAS felt better. She was ALREADY beginning to feel the repercussions of kneeling in an unbalanced, misaligned way. She hadn't even been aware of the way she was kneeling...not a CLUE.
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I actually could make the case that your list describes a great deak of the men I know over the after of 50.
No doubt since both genders have the SAME muscles and bones. Whether over or under 50, the bodies of men and women tend to age the same: SAGGY. That's the deal with all humans of all races. Maybe you don't like the adjective SAGGY but what else would you call it? NOT taut? NOT the same as when younger?
Men DO have more muscle (about 7% more) and that muscle is very helpful to them. Ten pounds of fat looks like a volleyball while ten pounds of muscle looks like a baseball. Male muscles let men age more like a baseball while women's muscle (AND 14% more body fat than men) makes them age like a volleyball.
It AIN'T pretty but we can take it up with our Maker when we finally meet Him. [I ASSUME that you and I will indeed finally meet Him.]
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