She is Great Britain’s oldest pregnant lady. She is 66 years old and due this summer and this, like the story of Shirley Jones (aka Shirley Partridge), age 75, wanting to appear naked in Playboy, sends me into a tizzy. I am a bundle of conflicted emotions.
Here I am one of those women that considers herself a cheerleader for other women. I am rooting for every gal to accomplish amazing things and to age with grace and dignity and yet, I still believe there may be a time and a place for everything.
I don’t know anything about Ms. Adeney’s history, like whether this is her first and only child and whether she is fulfilling a life-long dream and I do not want to rain on her parade….but she will be in her 80’s when this child is in high school! And dancing at it’s wedding may pose a whole different set of challenges.
Is it a good idea to have a child at an age when you and the baby may experience teething and wearing diapers at the same time? Or an age when the greatest gift a friend could give you is a t-shirt that says, “I AM NOT THE GRANDMA?” Do they make wheelchairs with sidecars? (If they don’t sounds like a good idea doesn’t it?)
My desire to “stay young” is evidenced by my obsession with fitness, my quarterly botox fix and a cellulite cream called “Fat Girl Slim.” The thought of naked pictures at 75 or having babies at 66 so my grandchildren will have contemporary playmates….just doesn’t appeal to me.
What do you think?
Leslie Adler is the founder of thevuvclub.com
