Dear Queenie,
I’ve been retired and on pension for a couple of years and now my wife has retired too. I’ve been looking forward to having more time with her, but it bothers me that she has stopped colouring her hair and is letting it go natural, which is gray.
I guess the reason it bothers me is that it makes me feel so old to be married to an obviously old woman.
Queenie, how can I get her to keep on coloring her hair?—Old fogey with young ideas
Dear Old fogey,
Would you also like her to lie about her age? And maybe start asking you to make yourself look younger too?
What matters about growing older is not how you look, but how you feel. If you and your wife are “young at heart” what difference does it really make what colour her hair is? Think of it as her going silver-blonde, not gray, and maybe you will feel better about it.
And let her enjoy all the privileges of senior-citizenship!
