What do you do when your husband is 2 years younger than you?
You lie and say he’s 2 years older. Mom’s philosophy? Shame on anyone who asks a lady her age – they deserve whatever answer they get.
My mom had a thing about getting older – she didn’t want to look her age. She wore big hoops in her 60s and short shorts in her 70s. She got her hair done every Saturday and was on a perpetual diet to lose 10 pounds. Her belt matched her high-heeled shoes which matched her purse till the day she could no longer dress herself, and she never left the house without lipstick.
She was hot.
I hate to admit this, but when it comes to aging, I am my mother’s daughter. I have 6 or 7 lipsticks on hand at any given time, start diets almost every Monday, keep my hair stylist’s number on speed dial, and believe it is a woman’s right to answer that question however she pleases. Or not.
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