Why is the 40th birthday a big one for women? If we’re fortunate enough to do so, we’ll eventually reach the age of 40. It’s inevitable. Time keeps moving on and doesn’t wait for anyone, male or female. Somehow, though, the Big 4-0 seems to be a bigger milestone for women than it is for men, who stereotypically get more distinguished with their wrinkles and grey hair in comparison to women, who just get old. My 40th birthday is just … Continue reading →
Why do we think we’re younger than we actually are? Last weekend, my fiance and I moved into our recently acquired home. Although I’m new to co-habitating with a member of the opposite sex (other than my father), I’m not new to the process of moving since I’ve moved to dorm rooms, apartments, townhouses, and regular houses before. So, when I was relocating from my 1-bedroom apartment to our 4-bedroom house, I naively thought it was going to be like … Continue reading →
Why do so many of us have trouble facing our birthdays? Yesterday was my fiance’s birthday, and although he’s normally a positive, go-with-the-flow, the glass-is-half-full kind of guy, he wasn’t 100 percent chipper about it. You could say he had the birthday blues or what I like to call “the birthday bug.” Besides facing the normal ritual that he had turned another year older, he was feeling a little dejected by the fact that he officially entered his mid-forties. Perhaps … Continue reading →