Just what does it mean to 'grow old gracefully' ?

Well, I'm getting there pretty darn quick. I think it means accepting your age and being comfortable with it. I don't think it means dressing in polyesters and cutting your hair off in a poodle cut. I used to wear halters and short cut-offs etc. Now that I'm 53...I think...even tho I've kept my body in decent shape...well...it may look a bit ridiculous. I do wear jeans and my daughters and I can swap jeans but it is all the tops and accessories etc. It's really hard to describe here with words but we all know the older lady that wears the mini skirts and belly shirts that just looks foolish. Then again, there are some that it just fits their personality and they look great. Look at Cher. Now she could pull it off. It is the ones obsessed with looking young that get offended at being asked their age and the same ones who try so desperatly to look young that they end up looking older.

Hi, debrak! I think I'm growing old gracefully. I've found that life gets better all the time. The major concerns sort of iron themselves out to soome extent, and every day is lovely! Of course, there are some difficulties, but they're not all that important. I wear what I like. My white hair is, frankly, beautiful. I can hardly wait for retirement (4 years away) because my interests are so varied, I can't imagine why some people think retirement would be boring! Appreciating life is aging gracefully.

I think that it means to grow old without so much worries, to in a way, grow old slowly. When I think of grow old gracefully I think of the women that didn't have to have plastic surgery to look younger then there age. The men who could still get out there and play a game of sports with the younger men, and beat them at their own game! lol! When old age happens, I hope to be on a farm, I hope to be an old woman with her old husband sitting in a rocker while he reads the paper and I crochet or knit or sew a new shirt or sweater for someone.

to grow old gracefully doesn't just mean to have youthful looks at old age.it means that you grow old wisely.you have learned the lessons in life.you enjoy living at the moment.you savor life's daily blessings.you aren't bothered by age.you are in touch with your inner child.

To me it is to accept that you are getting older. You will not battle with old age but you will embrace it. You don't get upset with the greying hair and wrinkles you accept them as a mark of time gone by and all of the special moments you have experienced in your lifetime.

I don't think any of us likes being old or called old. I don't think you should try to act younger than you are. When you do than you do make a fool of yourself least i feel this way. I have my good day and bad days. I'm 10 years younger than you. I all so think beatuy comes from with in no matter if your old or not. Heck I've allot of people think I'm younger than my age of 42. I think you work around what ever is hurting or standing in your way when you get older. Like me and my problems i take it 1 day at a time. Hay Debi you got granny day and i get mommy day. lol I've my days where I've to have the kids do things for me. I think my worse is not being able to saw as much because i can't see the darn hole to thread a needle. My mom use to say your as young as you feel age shouldn't matter.

Probably what you said, that you don't make a fool of yourself trying to be young again - or trying to pretend that you are still young. And h*ll no I don't like the idea of being or growing old, not one little bit. What will I do? enjoy life, deal with it, hate being my age. :-)

I don´t know exactly. I suppose I´m old. It all depends as everuything is relative. My mom (85 years of age) calls me "this girl" when she is telling me that I´m doing something wrong (I´m 64, by the way). Old age doesn´t "happen". One day you discover your knucles hurt a bit and you rub them. It passes. A couple of years later it´s not enough to rub your knuckles or your knees. I have discovered that you have to change the kind of things you like to do to suit your body. And that you go around better if you are not overweighed. I like myself as I am, I don´t hide my age but I´lm prouder than I used to be when I do something unusual. This summer some friends invited me to 3 weeks in a yatch. It´s NOT a cruise, it´s difficult. I did it. And I´m proud I survived a wonderful and new experience. Take care

It is not a pleasure anymore to age.Better to leave after 50 healthily