The Perception of Age

Let's face it, actress Sharon Stone is a knockout. Listening to the news "comments on the street" I can't help but laugh at some of the comments by younger men. One fellow said he thought she was 75 or so, therefore too old for him and not a sexy woman.

For the record, I'm sick and tired of blatant sexuality portrayed in Hollywood. I'm not a prude, but I think about the children of these actresses, and imagine what unbelieveable embarrassment they are going to face when they become aware of "mommy's nude movie". As sensitive as I was as a child there's no way I could have handled that emotionally, I fear for those kids.

I do find it amusing that young people might think a 49 year old woman is 75 or so. Wasn't too long ago I thought 30 was on the edge of the dirt nap. That perception isn't uncommon. I don't know why there is such a gap in perception of "old" between children, to early to mid-20's, and roughly 30 yr olds. It seems there is a common trigger around age 30, or shortly before, that makes one realize 40 isn't really old at all.

Then at 40 you realize 60. At 50 age 70 or 80 isn't old at all.

90's is almost getting old.

100's is definitely old.

So when do people become unattractive? What is it that takes the sexy out out of people? (And why on earth does it even matter?) What is it about our society that prizes youth and beauty above character and honor? We've gone a long way down the wrong road. Our values and morals are pretty much shot.

As a society we've placed the young and beautiful above wisdom. "Granny dumping" is more common than we want to admit. Our precious elder population is shoved aside and ignored. They're treated poorly, in public, in government, by scammers, and so on.

The vulnerable suffer greatly.


There's nothing wrong with young and beautiful, we'd all like to be young and beautiful forever.

Sorry, it ain't gonna happen.

Seek the wisdom, find the right path. You may not be able to hang onto beauty, unless you can pay a king's ransom for plastic surgery. You can't hang onto youth, the body ages no matter how much you lie about it...but you can learn wisdom. In the end, it's the wisdom that matters.