Why I’m Not Bothered When Men Tell Me I’m Too Old to Date
The only thing that has “hit the wall” is their logic
It’s 2023 and this Gen Xer has just decided to take a stab at building an audience on TikTok.
I was dragged there kicking and screaming, if I’m being honest. I understand some people love to look at a camera and talk. But I think that’s a millennial thing. I don’t even like posting photos of myself on Instagram.
However, I wanted a chance to grow my audience. Not much was happening in that department. Have you tried building an audience on Instagram? I honestly don’t know how people do it. In early 2023, I had around 1,200 followers, which is the same amount I’d had for the previous four years. Things were looking dire.
So when my therapist and I started talking about ways I could potentially practice using my voice, she mentioned TikTok might be a good opportunity for that.
There I was, ranting about how people are attacking Madonna for not aging gracefully (as if that’s a thing) and attacking Justine Bateman for aging too gracefully, and suddenly, I was inundated with comments from men saying I’d “hit the wall.”
I had no idea what they were talking about. Obviously, it was an insult, but what did it mean? Any time I had used that…
