Advantages to getting old

[Richelle]

I noticed as I approach 60 that my facial hair has turned white instead of the dark black it used to me and that my 5 o’clock shadow is not as noticeable as it once was.

This very evident yesterday when I was out with my wife in made mode, i.e. no makeup or breast forms. I was wearing, long dangling earrings, a necklace, a woman’s V-neck tee shirt and nail polish. We went out to dinner late in the day and I had not shaven for over 12 hours.

Normally, one look at my face the servers at the restaurant would know I was a guy. However, we were greeted with Hello Ladies and I was Mam’d several times during dinner.


Richelle

[Cheryl Ann Owens]

I hear you Richelle! I'm 60, and there is an advantage for us. In the past few years I've noticed my features and my skin softening, less shaving, and with lower T levels my breasts have grown to almost a b cup. My doc prescribed T gel because on my last lab work my T levels are WAY down. I have to say that I don't use the gel. My Adam's apple has also shrunk to be far less noticable. I'm actually enjoying it even with reduced libido. My wife and I don't miss that while we can still be very intimate. I'm less driven as a male and instead I'm enjoying some of the finer things including all things feminine. It seems like I'm transitioning without trying. LOL! I have no problem with it! My life has never been better! My wife loves it all too!

Cheryl Ann

[AllieSF]

Yes, age has its advantages when compared to youth, like that graying hair (I prefer my darker natural color), more aches and pains in new places, like every other month a new surprise, thinning of leg hair, better attitude about life and this lifestyle ("I just don't give a damn, Charlotte!"), more free time for us retirees, and hopefully a bit more money to be able to indulge in special things, whatever they may be.

[VictoriaPaul]

This reminds me of the opposite: advantages to being young: my facial hair isn't fully opaque, it grows slowly, and I don't have anywhere NEAR a full beard yet.

[Danielle/Mo]

I am in my mid 50's and I dread getting old. I wish society was as open 25 to 30 years ago as it is now. I regret that I lost what probably could have been my best years as Danielle.

[Karren H]

I'd trade all my age advantages, perceived or otherwise.... to be 24 and have a killer body.... be wrinkle free..... and have a wicked slap shot! sigh...

[MsJanessa]

I am in my mid 50's and I dread getting old. I wish society was as open 25 to 30 years ago as it is now. I regret that I lost what probably could have been my best years as Danielle.

Don't worry too much about it--by the looks in your avatar and personal page pics you have more than a few good years left

[Emogene]

My SO's father was fond of saying "I'm an old man, what are they going to do to me?" Usually, I might add with a wicked gleam in his eyes.

Go, do, enjoy! Who gives a rat's butt what other people think! Life, as intimated, is too short!

When the time comes, slide into your coffin in your best fem outfit with a big grin on your face and a well run race!

I like me, my SO likes me! As to the rest, pffffft!

[Marleena]

I can get the seniors discount at the drug store and anywhere they discount for being over 55.

Other than that everything else sucks.lol.

[stephNE]

For anyone over 50, McDonalds will sell you a "senior coffee" for 50 cents!
But other than that, aging sucks.

[mikiSJ]

I wish I had bought Microsoft in 1983!
I wish I didn't lose $4,000,000 in the real estate crash of 1989!
I wish...
I wish...

I AM GLAD I DISCOVERED MIKI six months ago and I am letting her fly - if only from branch to branch right now!

I am glad...
I am glad...

Come on girls, your future is tomorrow, not yesterday.

[Stephanie47]

One advantage of being an old cross dresser is that the grey wig will easily match the grey sideburns. Hair is much finer or non existent on the legs. As you get older that mustache may be accepted by more people. Doesn't everyone's eighty year old grandmother have a mustache???

[kellycan27]

Oh yeah... Being young is such a curse! LOL

[Marleena]

Oh yeah... Being young is such a curse! LOL

Darn you Kelly, another reminder! Wanna use my senior discount for anything?

[Nikki A.]

Our features soften and women as the get older tend to get more angular and wrinkled. It does make it easier to pass. However I'm getting tired of people telling me I remind them of their old aunt, I still want to be the foxy niece LOL.

[Angela Campbell]

I always thought getting old is better than the alternative.

[Kevyn53]

In the morning, when I try to get up I really want to be anything younger than 45. When I think about everything I know and can do that I didn't know when I was younger, I'm glad I'm creeping up on 60. AND I'm at the point where, other than my spouse, and you gals, I really don't care what a lot of other people think of me.

[Barbara Ella]

What I got is all I get, and no going back. Only found myself 19 months ago, and am still very much enjoying what i really am at age 66. i will never look like a young hottie, but that's not gonna stop me from thinking like it. Every age has its own set of advantages, but no "if I only knew then what I know now" aka if I had the bod now that I did then, thinking allowed. Live, love, and enjoy yourself.

Barbara

[RenneB]

As one ol sailor once said "I's ams what I ams". No need to waste anytime on what coulda woulda shoulda....

Beside, youth is wasted on the young.

End of drama....now where's my senior discount??? LOL...

Renne.....

[Teri Ray]

Age is just a number. I am young at 59 and plan to be younger next year. Well except for wrinkles as Karren suggested. As for my slap shot.............I dont know what the $#&^% that is.... something to do with field hockey I think.

[Beverley Sims]

I am sorry, but who wants to preside over a PTA meeting for their children in their mid forties.
Mine have all gone and I can enjoy life and am still fit.
They come to visit and I have the strength to handle anything they dish out.
A bit different to sixty and seventy.
You do slow down a bit then.

[Barbara Maria]

The only advantage that I can see in aging is that I know myself better now,found through experience what works and what doesn't,and I don't do quite as many stupid things as I used to.Other than that it sux.

[noeleena]

Hi,

He who wish's to be young again will wish away thier life, to enjoy life now... is ...what we have,

She who wish's to be sexy like she was will allways look back & remember what was. yet cannot look in the mirror for fear of lost youth.

20 years ago was really the start of my life, & it took time to get there . ( i would not wont to go back nor be young again. ) this time has been different & being able to be expressive in who i am. this has & is the best part of my life. at over 65,

The butterfly best sum's up how my life progressed, a time for every thing ,& this is the best part. for myself ...now...

...noeleena...

[Claire Cook]

Hey, it's not so bad being an ole broad! As friends once said, "When you're over the hill, you pick up speed." I'm with Noeleena, Emogene and everyone else who point out the positives. (Although I admit that the first time I was asked "Ma'am, do you want the senior discount?" I thought "Oh gosh, it shows.") At least now I don't waste time shopping for bikinis and miniskirts....

Here's to the Golden Girls!

[Jaymees22]

Oh yes, We're not getting older we're getting better! Actually I've never felt better since I started dressing a little over a year ago at 67. Jaymee