From Paul Mealing, Melbourne, Australia
I’m 75, yet I have never experienced the stigma Lawton talks about. That may mean I’m either oblivious to it or too self-centred to notice, but I don’t think I am either of those. I interact with a lot of people younger than me by a generation or more, even though I wouldn’t call myself an extrovert.
I have been retired for close to 10 years but I enjoyed working with people younger than me. I have always been curious and I write fiction where I regularly enter the minds of people of diverse age and gender, so maybe that helps. I am not without health issues, but they are largely hidden and while my hearing has deteriorated, it doesn’t seem to affect my interactions with people.
