He not busy being born is busy turning 50

M is 50 today. Happy birthday to him, and many congratulations on being such a splendid example of 21st century middle age. 50 is the new 40, 40 is the new 30, 30 is the new 20 and 20 is the new 10. There's no room left for 10 year olds, but they're all too busy being part of focus groups and having their IQ tested anyway.

Having said that, babies are still the new babies, so it's getting mighty crowded in certain cohorts. Meanwhile, Saga have to resort to ever more tragic tactics to attract people who actually *want* to identify as 50+.

Me, I've got a way to go, and I never feel old in this relationship -- one of the advantages of dating someone from a different generation. But it's still kind of weird. The late Aaliyah once said that age ain't nothing but a number, but hey, she was 15 at the time.

Hope I die before I get old, but hope 'old' means what I want it to mean, not what someone else thinks it is.

joella