Ten Things That I Love About Being Fifty

1. When I see attractive young males at the beach wearing board shorts and nothing else, I can make animal noises, whistle or tell them straight to their faces how 'hot' they are and they always give me a big smile and laugh (as if to say "it's ok for us to give the poor old dear a thrill").  I would never have had the guts to do that when I was younger.
2. I can play sport with little effort for five days a week and people consider me to be fit and conscientious.
3. Where I used to fight so hard to find my identity among all of my titles of daughter, wife/partner,  mother and grandmother,  I now take pride in those titles.
4. I can leave a party and go home to bed at 9pm and nobody questions it.
5. As long as I don't look in the mirror, I can pretend that I look like Elle MacPherson, and almost believe it!
6. Men in their seventies and eighties think that I am a hot young thing.
7. I don't feel self conscious about doing things by myself, like drinking coffee in a cafe or going to a movie.
8. I can look a man in the face and tell him if I don't like his attitude.
9. My life has slowed down enough that I notice all the colours and the beauty in nature.
10. I lie down for a nana nap in the afternoons and nobody thinks anything of it.