Signposts for Boomers

How to tell you’re not 34 any more.

Photo by Giacomo Lucarini on Unsplash

At each of the big birthdays, the ones that end in zero, you cross an unseen border. At 50, you have officially entered middle age.

The first time my husband and I bought a condo in an over-55 community, I waited for someone to say I didn’t look 55. Anyone. I planned to blush becomingly and smile and protest gently then assure them that yes…