What is something you would have liked to know and no one told you?
What is the reality about aging that people might not b aware of?
Time will move faster than you can imagine. There is little to nothing in society for you that is cool or fun. You will still feel young, feel like you always did, but young people don't want to talk to you - you will be looked at in disdain if you try to be friendly with younger people. You will become irrelevant at work, not because of anything other than young people not wanting to associate with you (Unless you are in a power position). Young people judge you on nothing other than you are older than them. Being in a room with people that are 10-20 years younger than you is like being on Mars. It is very difficult to have a good time, and your odds of having a summer romance are slim. The feeling of being at the end of the road is unnerving. You will eventually lose everything that you love...
I was by far the oldest person at work. A male coworker cut off his shoulder length hair. I thought he looked great and told him so. The look of pure horror on his face! I realized the last thing he wanted was an old crone complimenting him. I learned to keep my mouth shut.
It's incredibly sad, but it's reality. They really don't want to even acknowledge us in most cases..