BS: Indignities of Aging: the Sordid Truth

Subject: RE: BS: Indignities of Aging: the Sordid Truth
From: Senoufou
Date: 27 Jan 18 - 01:38 AM

Hahaha Steve! Your divorce lawyer would have a rare old time formulating the papers, with sheets and sheets of lists of 'who gets what'.
Yet another thing I've noticed, particularly in my husband, is a strict adherence to routine. He does everything according to his set-in-stone schedule. If it's 10pm, a lovely cup of tea appears for me, bless him.
After he's cooked a Spicy Horror, the kitchen always gets a deep-clean (bless him again) Before getting into bed, we both solemnly fold our clothes like two Royal Valets. I find all this very reassuring. We both nowadays seem to need our routines. Couple of old codgers!

Subject: RE: BS: Indignities of Aging: the Sordid Truth
From: wysiwyg
Date: 27 Jan 18 - 09:34 AM

"....that's another thing I've noticed: attachment to things.
I like my dear old tea towels, which are in fact an utter disgrace (faded and threadbare) I don't want new ones thank you...."

I was just reflecting ydy that this little retirement house could be titled, "My Patchwork Life," because as a lifelong renter till 2013, I've decorated it with fabrics I've had since my first apartment and in the ~45 years since then. Every piece evokes so many stories.

When I last purged my closet abt 5 years ago, I discarded the items that had seen me thru the weight gain resulting from a thyroid Dx 50 years late. The few pieces I'd loved (tent-size couture doesnt offer much in the way of fabric eye-candy), I cut into frame-able pieces. It's time for another purge of worn out clothes, now that I won't be living in two states anymore (with a full wardrobe in each house)

I haven't decided whether to put them in an album of pages to touch, or frame them for display on top of my kitchen cabinets. The answer will prob have to be-- BOTH! :-)


As far as divorce custody of thibgs, I'll enforce my choices with My Kitchen Knife; Hardi will defend his with His Gun. "When we appear on Forensic Files."

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Indignities of Aging: the Sordid Truth
From: Thompson
Date: 27 Jan 18 - 10:22 AM

Apart from physical decrepitude and a passionate love of bargains (free films in the library every Tuesday! Over-68s get free passes to travel on buses and trains all over the country! Whee!) I find a distinct lack of tolerance for men who want to lecture me about how to be a woman, how to run women-only events, etc.

Subject: RE: BS: Indignities of Aging: the Sordid Truth
From: Senoufou
Date: 27 Jan 18 - 11:08 AM

Yet another thing I've noticed over the past few years is 'getting in supplies of stuff'. I always like to have 'one in use and a second one for when the first one runs out'. This means that there's always toothpaste in the bathroom cabinet and a spare tube in the storage cupboard. I seem to stockpile toilet rolls. And if I see a nice cardigan at a reasonable price, I'll get a second one in another colour, in case they stop making them. I'm obviously preparing for a siege!