As part of a special week organized by SITS.com, each participant is guest posting with another blogger. I introduce to you our guest blogger, Lisa Carpenter. I wrote the post today on Lisa’s blog, Grandma’s Briefs, and conversely, she wrote this delightful post. Lisa writes a successful, entertaining blog centering the wonderful life of a grandmother. Her grandson, Bubby, is a regular on her blog. You will fall in love with her immediately! You can find her at Grandmas Briefs.
Balloons, cheers and shots all around often highlight the reaching of that milestone 21st birthday. While a hefty hangover the next day may teach the birthday boy or girl the error of such festive ways, it’ll take decades for that youngster to learn what we on the far side of 40 have already figured out: Revelry and celebrations should be saved for the later years, as midlife trumps 20-something in more ways than one.
10. You know what you want to be when you grow up.
9. You can admit without fear of jeers and sneers that ladder climbing sucks … and isn’t for you.
8. An empty nest echoes with the sounds of freedom. And possibility..
7. You don’t care if anyone catches you in your jammies at 8 p.m. on a Friday night. Or sweatpants at the grocery store.
6. You finally have the house, the car, the career. No more struggling to stay ahead of those pesky Joneses.
5. You can drop the pretense that you know everything. The older – and wiser – admit their ignorance.
4. BFFs no longer demand that you call, text or tweet every single day. Years can go by without communicating, yet you still know your BFF will be there for you when needed.
3. Being a grandma is so much easier – and so much more fun – than being a mom.
2. You don’t really care, or no longer have to ask, “What are you thinking?” You either already know or don’t care.
drumroll … last but not least, the
No. 1 reason midlife trumps being 20-something:
Perimenopause and menopause: The end totally justifies the means!
