On trend and fiftysomething?

I thought I was keeping ‘on trend’ with the life of my two ‘hip’ daughters.  I was very proud to be able to master texting and emailing to keep in touch during senior school and university years.

 But now they tell me about the hilarity of my loving texts, thinking I was signing off saying lots of love.  Now they tell me what LOL really stands for! And it really did make them laugh out loud, every time I sent a message!

It’s not like the old days, this over fifty Mum is not allowed to sink into comfortable shoes, tea parties and music my parents used to enjoy.  I have to keep a tight grip on my clothes which just have to be borrowed. I don’t mind the shoe sharing, it gives me the license to accumulate even more as they have treble the usage! And as for the bathroom cupboard and make-up drawer, well I have developed a technique to storing which involves packing so much in that any unexpected movement brings the whole lot crashing out and a lot of explaining to think about! It doesn’t stop there, even my husband has discovered the wonders of Clinique products and he smugly thinks he is above any reprimanding, he’s probably right, I keep quiet in return for no comments on my excessive use of a credit card.

Now we can share our knowledge as I can explain the finer details of running a website and they give me instructions on how to use the cast off ipod and if I’m lucky, the old Blackberry will be winging its way to me
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Fifty something is certainly a far cry from the stereo typical image in my mother’s day and here you’ll find some light hearted thoughts and observations of coping with this fast changing world and accepting that our ‘little babies’ have grown up.