<p>What I really love is seeing a cute guy who is 25 or 30 , and saying he is very cute , and he says thanks !! Having alot of useful wisdom, that others ask me for ! Wearing something that is practical or comfortable , and not caring if it is a current fashion ! Knowing that with 4 kids the livelihood of grandchildren is excellent !</p>
<p>LOL I love this thread! I LOVE being 50+. I accept how I look and feel like “hey love me or not” I’m ok with that. I agree with you faux…I like telling a guy or girl that they are cute or pretty and being honest. I like being confident in who I am. I LOVE that I can have intelligent conversations with my kids who are 16, 19 & 20. I worry less and laugh more! Life is Goood-</p>
<p>I don’t care what is in style ! I think more about what I like , and what is flattering ! No more shoes that pinch my feet ! Yay for Dansko and Naot footwear !</p>
<p>No more acne. </p>
<p>I had it constantly from the age of 12 to my early forties.</p>
<p>home equity and no debt</p>
<p>“Knowing that with 4 kids the livelihood of grandchildren is excellent !”</p>
<p>Even with this economy…</p>
<p>Sorry !! I meant the LIKELIHOOD !! I don’t think much about how they will earn money !</p>
<p>Wisdom, fitness, money, knowledge, understanding, balance.</p>
<p>Ha! My first reaction was More people look attractive than they used to. Guess most younger people are more attractive and its just a matter of percentages. </p>
<p>On a more serious note, 30 years of smallish annual raises have compounded into a comfortable lifestyle. While money is still certainly an object, we can definitely do more than we could when first married.</p>
<p>I don’t get stressed out about things as much as I used to, and I am a lot more accepting of people and their frailties. I finally see Life’s Big Picture.</p>
<p>I’m less afraid, more confident in myself, and still completely in love with my spouse of 30+ years.</p>
<p>The alternative. ;)</p>
<p>I am a better person. I tend to be more polite and less judgmental and argumentative then when I was younger and brimming with (unjustified) arrogance. We have more money in our 60s then we ever had when my wife and I were younger. I know stuff; lots of it. I have a head full of stuff learned from experience and a very specialized skill set to go along with it. People respect that and do not attempt to tell me how to do my job. They listen to me, and more often than not do as I propose. I have learned to think strategically. I have much more self-confidence than when I was younger (even with the arrogance). I am also much more careful in what I say, and much less willing to make self-defeating grand gestures. </p>
<p>All in all, except for the darn creaky knees and some other stuff, I am much happier now then ever.</p>
<p>Having the mortgage paid off, the cars paid off, son through college and money in the bank.</p>
<p>Definitely much more comfortable with myself. No more uncertainty of where live will take me. I’m finally arrived and learn to enjoy the present.</p>
<p>I love that over 50, I don’t have to think about the things I or anyone else did 30 or more years ago. When I went to my last high school reunion…it didn’t matter whether folks graduated from HARVARD/MIT or the local community college/beauty school, we were all friends.</p>
<p>I love that being over 50 I can’t even REMEMBER where people went to college, unless they keep reminding me.</p>
<p>I don’t care what others think.
I have learned to keep my mouth shut (most of the time).
I am less judgmental.
I have more money, but am less interested in material things.
I am more thankful for family and friends.</p>
<p>I have access to thermo-nuclear weapons.</p>
<p>Mini, you are just a firecracker today, aren’t you? 
You reduced me to tears this morning by the way.</p>
<p>I like that my eyesight is starting to fail just about the time that my skin is starting to wrinkle, so that I still look pretty good to my eye.</p>