Don't you hate that term? I do.
The use of that term fits you in a catergory, into a box you can't wriggle out of. Its use defines a person by a number. A person using that term on you tries to restict you by rules and restrictions that are of absolutely no importance in the grand scheme of things.
We reach a certain age and that's all we are?
When we are young we are told how to dress and how to behave by our parents, our grandparents, by anyone whose "superior" age gave him/her the right to dictate to you. Now that we are older with acquired knowledge, experience and wisdom, we are told by everyone how we should live "for our age".
Who decides for you what is appropriate for your age? Having experienced anxiety, loss, pain and sorrow, having faced what life has thrown at you, who should dare to!
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