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Aging Fast
The only sure-fire trick to stop it
Yesterday morning I read an article by one of my Medium peeps about how there is nothing that says you’re old like a grey pube.
When I was able to get my laughter under control I tagged it, knowing I’d come back to it later.
Let me put this in perspective: this person is about seventeen years younger than I am. I’m nearly 67.
Tomorrow I head out to Ethiopia for three weeks. I’ll be hiking, riding horses, exploring Coptic Churches, and in all ways pushing my boundaries.
Most of the pubes I have are grey. In fact, it’s full-time Christmas season down there. Some folks get them young, which is one way to claim you have distinguished genitals, but I digress.
I’m not making fun of her. This is what we do.
I could give less of a flying shit about grey pubic hair.
It’s a lost cause.
Don’t like ‘em? Pluck ’em. Until that becomes so painful you have only two other choices:
- Brown Betty.
- Get over it already.
Because, and here’s The Great Big Secret to Aging:
The one thing guaranteed to age you faster than any other thing in the world is