Then: What Me, Worry? What Alfred E. Newman of Mad Magazine fame used to say. Now: What, marry, and have kids? No Thanks! What our kids are saying; at least a lot of them. Okay. Young folks don’t want to marry and have kids. They know the stats, the divorce rates, an economy that is…
I was at the VA getting a hearing aid repaired and the medical technician said, “I see you made 82 recently.” I acknowledged I had and asked her, “Does that make me old?” “Not necessarily,” she replied with a smile. Views on Aging: You Only Get Better I thought about that remark as I drove…
So I met this guy for coffee. We were getting along well, filling each other in on our respective romantic histories. His amicable divorce. My acrimonious break-up. We shared a small table by the wall at my favorite coffee shop. He was in a chair and I, on my side of the table, had a…
As we age and lose life partners, finding senior companionship can be a trying task. I, for one, never want to end up on “the reservation”. An old uncle of mine used to call it the senior citizen care center. He wound up and died there. Luckily I still, at 82, have my wife to…
I live in the Philadelphia suburbs. My son and his wife live in California. Although Tom and Amy were born and raised here on the east coast, they run a successful start-up together and work from home. So they could choose to live anywhere. Before they chose California, they were living in Baltimore. It’s hard…
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