I like to think I'm aging well, but what it means to age well has been dramatically redefined. It used to mean eating healthfully and staying in reasonable shape. Now, it means one thing: looking young. By 31, I was done having kids. For years, I'd bask in the surprise of others when they'd hear I had three sons. Once, when I told a new coworker, she responded, "You must mean you married someone who already had three kids!" Ah, the warm sun of vanity -- and how quickly it was eclipsed by the cold cloud of reality.
I'm old. And if you're post-40, so are you. Pick up an
Us Weekly. Go ahead, flip through it. Chances are you won't recognize half the "celebrities" featured.
Who wore it best? Who cares? I don't know who they are, anyway. And, likely, neither do you.
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