"Lies" is such a harsh word. But every day we utter words that we know aren't true. Sometimes we do it to make someone else feel better. Other times, it's ourselves we are hoping to protect. Here are a few of our favorite examples.
Let us know if you've told any one of these little white lies and feel free to add some of your own in the comments!
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I Just Need To Sleep For 10 More Minutes
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/11/sleep-deprivation-anxiety-uc-berkeley-study_n_1582321.html?ref=mostpopular" target="_hplink">Midlifers struggle with staying asleep</a>. We fall asleep easily enough, but staying asleep is an entirely different matter. And come morning, we plead with the alarm clock to say it isn't so.
I Can Still Wear Short Shorts
This is usually said by someone trying to convince you that she doesn't care what others say behind her back. Leg exposure is a tricky thing post 50. Varicose veins and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-choate-davis/in-praise-of-old-women-with-cellulite_b_1503667.html" target="_hplink">cellulite on the thighs</a> are just not attractive looks. Then again, if you <em>really</em> don't care what others say...
I Like Wearing Bangs
Little known fact of aging: Your eyebrows disappear. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/17/eyebrows-gone-missing_n_1421761.html" target="_hplink">They even have eyebrow transplants</a> now for when penciling in what's no longer there isn't enough. And then there are lovely wispy bangs, which you can see being sported increasingly.
Eating Early Is Good For You!
This isn't actually a lie. While who doesn't <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-brenoff/are-senior-discounts-deme_b_1119568.html" target="_hplink">love a discount</a>, the idea of going to an early-bird special is way too dated for anyone we know. But the truth is, eating a heavy meal late in the evening isn't so great for you. Your body needs more time to digest your food before you pass out asleep. Reservations for two at 6:30 p.m., please?
I Love To Wear Heels For A Night Out
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-brenoff/foot-pain_b_1106047.html" target="_hplink">Aging feet hurt.</a> They sprout bunions, their arches fall. Heels are the enemy and much time is spent finding not just comfortable flats, but also clothing you don't need to wear heels with. No, not even for just one evening.
I Didn't Lose My Car Keys; I Just Misplaced Them
Memory issues plague us all. Each time the TV remote winds up in the laundry room, we wonder whether this is the Big A -- Alzheimer's.
Baby Boomers Experience Is Valued In The Workplace
Don't we wish? <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/01/10-tips-for-midlifers-re-_n_1539718.html" target="_hplink">Mid-lifers who lost their jobs</a> in the Great Recession are still struggling. And unlike others who are younger, they don't have as much time left in their working lives to recoup what they lost in savings.
My Relationship With My Kids Is Better Than Ever
Of course it is. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/boomerang-kids-multigenerational-households-living-with-adult-children_n_1434966.html" target="_hplink">They are living back under your roof</a> and you are still supporting them because they can't find jobs. He who controls the pursestrings controls the kingdom.
I'm Totally Comfortable With Social Media And Use It All The Time
Can we all just admit right here and now that we post to Facebook, send tweets and have spent several evenings trying to figure out Pinterest to little avail? Now fess up: what we'd really like is an occasional hour spent on the phone chatting with our friends -- our brick-and-mortar, real-life friends. Just because we can connect to strangers in more ways doesn't make us more connected.
I Don't Have Time To Exercise
We make time for the things and people we think are important. It's called setting priorities and we've never met a post-heart attack patient who still didn't have time to exercise.
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Boomer lies, to me, are more like:
Your future has unlimited possibilities if you finish college.
I'm fine with the fact no one's heard of Shelley Fabares.
You are free to be who you are because conforming is bad.
I was in that Coke commercial singing "I'd like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company..."
Illegal drugs are bad.
Oatmeal tastes good.
I once flipped Nixon the bird.
I was a contestant on Password.
I've completed the NYT sunday crossword IN PEN every Sunday since 1968.
You're imagining things.
All those drugs I did in the 60's have had no effect on my adult life whatsoever.
The bedroom and job interviews as Cybill Shepard once observed. That's it.
So goes our rascism - so goes the US
a little lie we tell ourselves...
yeah right, come on
get really real.
i creak, i kvetch
i sag,
i wrinkle.
and if i laugh
uh oh
i tinkle
but being a baby
boomer still totally rules
short shorts and
high heels
anyway,
for fools;-D
(oh the above a tad overzealous...oh i am so jealous)