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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When is this show going to be more realistic and talk about gaining weight, tired, lonely, and having to start wearing depends?   [/quote]

You know, I think that's the focus many people see with aging, and I *really* think it's the revenge fantasy some men with deep misogynistic issues use to soothe themselves. It's just not the experience of many women, especially not those who remain physically active and involved in the world around them.

For example, urinary incontinence in women in their sixties affects about 30-40% of them -- but that includes very mild forms, and most can be treated (and sometimes cured). Britt I've seen men online really get off talking about this as a universal problem, kind of as if it's payback for the women they had some reason of their own not to like.

Aging is head on the body, absolutely. And interpersonal relationships are a whole new balance, not to mention your complex relationship with the self. But that doesn't have to be a focus of a show like this in a negative way in order for the storyline to express truth.[/quote]

+1, most women I know have aged much more comfortably than PP is describing, especially at the ages portrayed on the show (obviously your 80s are kind of a different deal, but these women are not 80). Even my mom and MIL, who have gained weight and aged in more of a Golden Girls way than a AJLT way, don't wear Depends, and they are both late 70s. The women I know in their 50s and 60s are active, travel a lot, many are still working full or part time (because they want to, not because they have to). The ones who are divorced or never married (or in rare cases widowed) have very active social lives and most date at least occasionally. The ones who are married tend to be very active with their kids and grandkids, host a lot, travel to visit family a lot.

None of them are sitting around lamenting being lonely, wearing depends, or getting fat. They don't like 25 anymore and it's fine, they are also more confidant and generally happier with their lives than they were at 25.[/quote]

The 60 year olds on this show are acting like they are still in their 20s30s.  It’s so unrealistic![/quote]

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