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What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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Losing the people that I love.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗
Not being flexible enough to dance freely.
Becoming doubly incontinent.
Getting even older.
Becoming invisible.
Dancing on stage with an open fly.
The Covid years. My life is diminished since then. I lost my brother. My children lost some social expression, and we are still recovering from that.
“You’re selfish.” It was a friend.
When I worked at a dog food company shovelling the exterminated rats.
Immunity to cruelty.
An accounting is given of our lives. Did you give more than you’ve taken? Hurt more people than you’ve helped?
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