Parenting
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4 days agoI'm 66 and I built things with my hands for forty years and the moment I knew I was old wasn't a doctor's appointment or a birthday - it was the day my son hired someone to fix the fence I could have repaired myself and the look on his face when I offered wasn't gratitude, it was worry, and that single expression ended a version of me that had been running since I was nineteen - Silicon Canals
Aging shifts how others perceive your capabilities, transitioning you from the capable helper to someone requiring protection, regardless of actual ability.