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In reply to the discussion: On growing older: [View all]life long demo
(1,113 posts)95. I really love this thread, it really helps to read from
someone else, what my brain keeps telling me. I'm 70, and I think I went thru a time warp and lost 20 or 30 years. How could I misplace all those years. In any case have not accepted the face that stares back at me from the mirror. That can't be me. My body realigned itself. Had a bout with cancer and conquered it. All my sisters and brothers are still with us, 6 of us ages from 78 down to 60. Three of us conquered cancer. I guess all in all, luck has been with us. Thank God.
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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