posted April 08, 2010 07:14 AM         

Is it that you hit 60, have a minor psychological break-down and spit tacks at the nearest person?

Is it difficult letting go of 'those days' and accepting that we all age?

I'm sorry if I sound shallow and mislead. I must say that Baby Boomers are really cool and I was born to 2 of them and they really rocked in the 70s and 80s when they were young and hip......

.....but sshhhhhh...come a little closer....... I think hitting their 60s is playing with their minds and they are having difficulty accepting the ageing process. Some are having power/control issues and are experiencing issues with accepting that there are really funky Gen X and Gen Y folk out there that know as much, if not, more than them.... and don't have a need to seek out power and status agendas to feel a sense of satisfaction.

posted April 08, 2010 10:12 AM         

hopefully as we get older we get smarter and less obsessed with power and control issues, and also hopefully we raised our kids with an open enough heart that they don't see us as idiots as we get older. and hopefully if YOU have kids when you are 60 they will still see what you have to offer...or you will be off somewhere having the time of your life and not having to worry about them into their 40's!!

posted April 08, 2010 05:56 PM         

I'm specifically talking about those born after the War after the Greatest Generation and the Silent Generation....

I'm an old X'er and saw the BB grow up from late adolescents.

Of course, I don't mean ALL of them, but in the last 3 years I've noticed a pattern.... The people who have shown aggression and lack of tolerance have all been in the same age group!!!

However, I spoke to a woman yesterday in her 40s and her theory was that women (not just those in their early 60s) have the potential to become aggressive after their children have grown up and they don't need that maternal drive as much as. So that primitive side comes out a little more.

I hope to be 60 one day! Even 70 and 80. I'm striving to be a healthy elderly person, hopefull with an open heart and mind.

posted April 08, 2010 08:30 PM         

The group that reminds me of them in many ways are the folks born betwixt about 1959 to 1965.
Both groups seem to tend towards fuddyduddyness and try to hard to fit in with the Joneses so to speak.

Now remember folks....I am not saying all...just from my own observations of folks I know in person.

As for being 55...well I personally like it!
I like me!
My body is a problem, but it is my being made disabled whilst I was only age 33 that did it, and not my age!

posted April 09, 2010 07:04 PM         

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Pluto in Leo right? Makes sense. "ME ME ME" etc haha.

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posted April 10, 2010 10:31 PM         

I have a few experiences that have left me wondering.....

** all women
** about the same age group 58-62
** snappy and semi-aggressive

However, in trying to process this for the last few days, I can draw on a few conclusions to help me understand. (I guess we can draw on ANY conclusion, if it makes sense and helps us to heal).

** I'm too sensitive
** the economic downturn lost one year of savings in retirement funds for those nearing retirement
** the Aust govt changed the retirement age from 65 to 67 just recently

I'm never ready for rude people, so when they spit something harsh out, I turn into a cooked marshmallow - I'm trying to figure me out so that I don't fry so easily.

amowls - you shoot from the hip

LEXX - I don't think you were a target

posted April 11, 2010 05:39 AM         

The way I view them might be something to do with their age relative to me, because I really hated them in their 40s and 50s - they're veering a bit more towards harmlessness now

posted April 11, 2010 01:08 PM         

b) the boomers being the generation that really insisted on equality between the sexes had a lot of failed relationships. those younger than us reaped the benefits of men who took for granted that equality and so it worked better for them.

i mention this because there are a lot of single women in this age range who suffered the consequences of insisting on equal treatment and found themselves punished for it....

but honestly, my mother, born in '18, became a bitter old woman due to her health disintegrating on her...and i know plenty of bitter aggressive 30 somethings. i don't feel this has anything much to do with WHICH generation you were born into, but is more of a personal thing.

i am in this age group and though i can be aggressive it's not really my style DESPITE aries nn in the third house - in fact i have been told in GU that i am not rude ENOUGH!!

on the other hand i would like to say that pluto in leo is not necessarily about ME ME ME, but it is prone to speaking out in situations where others might shrink or sugarcoat. i guess some people would consider this aggressive but it is not actually meant to be.

posted April 12, 2010 07:57 AM         

I've never known a thankful person to be bitter.....

...or a bitter person to be thankful.

From a thread in Universal Codes "Science from the Heart" - I'm learning to keep my heart safe and strong....I'm adopting a "Keep my heart safe at all costs" approach.

Here's my strategy.....

A bitter person snarls unexpectedly in face. I instantly put up my hand and say "You are in my bio-electromagnetic field and are now compromising my psycho-physiological coherence - please step away from my bio-electromagnetic field"

posted April 12, 2010 01:05 PM         

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LEXX - paramahansa yoga used to say that the act of smiling was so important that if you couldn't manage a smile it was worth it to use your fingers to push your mouth into one!! apparently the muscles used when smiling actually stimulate endorphin production which helps bring you out of the dumps...

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and laughing, even if fake, is even better for one's mood!

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posted April 12, 2010 02:33 PM         

My mother, a very bitter woman, still blames all the wrongs in her life on either, her mother, or my father.

She was married to my father for only 2 short years, and he did mention many times that he did NOT want to get married, but, she got pregnant, so he did "the right thing."

He was bitter that he had a family and couldn't pursue his dreams.

Wow, I was just a pain in the a s s for everybody!!

Anyway, I always wondered if my mother was bitter because her parents generation never (or hardly ever) got divorced, and she did??

posted April 15, 2010 07:26 AM         

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Wow, I was just a pain in the a s s for everybody!!

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Oh, sorry to hear that that's how you feel.

posted April 15, 2010 10:45 AM         

but what does "meh" mean?
I see it a lot of late.

Others are:
btw=by the way
brb=be right back
ltrz=later
ttyl=talk to you later
tmi=too much information

posted April 15, 2010 03:34 PM         

This is meant to be a wake up call for a self-centered generation that is at the threshold of its greatest creative
experience - the giving of self for the needs of humanity. What the entire Pluto in Leo generation is now set to
learn is the nature of group karma versus individual karma. All these years of recovery, psychological selfexploration,
dealing with family of origin issues and the wounded inner child have led us to the brink of
narcissistic self-absorption at the cost of social and political activism. Our inner cities and their poverty, suffering,
drug addiction and crime will not just go away. The excessive and revolting salaries of our cultural superstars -
athletes, media celebrities, musicians, actors and actresses, corporate executives - are now becoming a painfully
real disgrace as the middle class sinks into a low level mediocrity and the truly poor are beyond description in their
daily struggles for survival. The transit of Pluto through Scorpio has wrought gangs, AIDS, childhood sexual
abuse revelations, an explosion of penetrating psychological breakthroughs and insights in family systems
understanding and treatment of chemical dependency and alcoholism, and the exposure of violence, both sexual
and cultural, as a shamelessly marketed commodity to sell TV, movies and commercial goods. If this does not
shake our character and sensibilities to the marrow, what will? And how much suffering do we need to witness
before we mobilize our generational forces and take action (fire element-Leo) to heal (Pluto) the ills in society that
we see all around us (air element-Aquarius polarity)?
It is time for the Pluto in Leo generation to assume power, think in terms of the group rather than the individual,
and see that transpersonal growth is not complete until the private psychological and spiritual transformation is
used to serve the good of the collective. Seek out the painful trouble spots in your community, go there, and offer
yourself in service to the solutions. It will be the best therapy you never paid for. Guaranteed.

posted April 15, 2010 03:44 PM         

( i swear .. britain is the most socially violent place i've ever spent time in )

Murder charge boy, 13, in court
~ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/tyne/8622196.stm ~
" Mr Mbaye, who was also known as Alioune Cisse, arrived on Tyneside earlier this year seeking asylum in the UK. "

Boy, 15, in court over shot woman
~ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/london/8622005.stm ~

i certainly hope tweed gets what he deserves
'Tweed rape victim like a ghost'
~ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/essex/8623051.stm ~
just love ( not ) the wannabe celebrity lot ..

sorry it's ** off topic ** ..
i'll delete it after 'n think up something positive to say about the b.boomers ..

long hair for guys ??? .. the leonine mane .. ( sorry poor atempt there )
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