Don't know about you, my dears, but as I get older negatives about my body...are getting worse and more, and no amount of rowing or bicycling will do a thing...Like no one ever told me that the bush thins and will probably disappear...My friend Debby mentioned merkins...Will our pubes sag like our boobs? All these physical things to worry about, besides good and bad cholesterol, body fat index, avoiding arthritis, heart disease! Well, you know, when we exercise at this age, the body doesn't tighten like it used to...muscles kind of push out the fat, like a push up bra...and the upper arms...I mean..the muscles are there, but... ... .It was enough, Nora Ephron...her book about hating her neck...I hate my neck, too.
Are you going to do any cosmetic surgery stuff? I am not. Retin-A, yes; beyond that, no. Striving for acceptance of the age stuff. Yes, right.
Recently, my friend Greg, a sensitive guy who has been happily living with Jennifer for more than 20 years, emailed me an article he saw on CNN.com, "Why Women Should Feel Good Naked." The original article, "The Nude Attitude," from O Magazine, was an interview with therapist Laure Redmond, who wrote a book "Feel Good Naked." Here's the link to article.
In the article, Redmond said she had a body epiphany when she saw Tina Turner perform in the 1980s...When Tina stopped dancing, Redmond saw that Tina's legs were substantial, but the way she moved them, turned them into an art.
She wrote, "...women who feel good naked approach life with that same spirit of boldness, that same use-it-or-lose-it zest. And by the way, that spirit is very sexy. I know a professor in his 50s who's been single much of his adult life and who's had relationships—or at least relations—with many women, some in their early 20s. At a dinner party recently, he told me that sex with a woman over 40 is way more pleasurable and satisfying than sex with a younger woman—because a woman with the joie de vivre that comes from having a bank of life experiences is a much bigger turn-on than a youthful body...."
We all knew that all along...but...Ok, so no more moaning about drooping boobs, chins, wrinkled necks...
