maybe it's just a reaction to the feminism of the 60's..where we were pointedly told to go away when feminism was discussed. We were the problem, so there was no need to discuss it. I suppose some habits die hard..
Don't feel bad, I'm closer to 50 than 40, and things are happening. I've got what I call 'locational memory'..where you go out of a room with a thought, and you leave, but it doesn't, and you have to go back into the room to remember what it was..;) Other things just don't work the way they used to...'nuff said. And the reason for the chin hair on women, etc., is that by the 40's, a woman's level of testosterone (yes, it's there) starts to rise.. and this leads to hair, uh..a desire for more of something..'nuff said again..;)I have found that older women are more sympathetic (well, maybe just more patient..;), more sure of themselves, and more fun to be around..but that's just me..;)
I'm a prime candidate for 'old clothes syndrome', since I find it hard to wear something 'hip' without laughing in the mirror. There are those men who just say 'to heck with it', and just grow old semi-gracefully. It's the other folks with comb-overs, toques, (tukes? whatever..;), the 'middle age crisis', etc., that have the hard time. I know women aren't fooled by it. Being St. Paddy's day, I have on 30-year-old Kelly Green socks (not throwing out clothes is a 'guy' thing too..;) which is about as close to geezer as I intend to get this week..;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)