Since I work in advertising (my husband and I own a commercial production company and we have for about 18 years) I have been painfully aware that I am older than my clients for a while, in fact, most of my clients are typically younger than my 32 year old son. And while there is some consolation in that a producer can be “seasoned” and it’s not necessarily a pejorative, while in contrast, directors have a very short shelf life, the one thing that is very clear to me lately is that it’s just time for us to move on… I don’t connect with the people I work with and frankly, don’t have the same interests, hopefully I will be able to figure out what else to do for a living sometime very soon, wish me luck!

Yes, at work, I am often the oldest in the room but this morning, when I report to work, for at least a half hour, I will be the youngest in the room. Perhaps that morning meeting should last a little longer on Mondays so I can think about that role for a little while longer. I remember the day my new gynecologist walked into the room and I was certain he wasn’t old enough to shave. Probably the most significant “age” event occurred for me two years ago when a group of ladies went out for dinner and we began discussing where and when we had graduated from high school. All of a sudden it occurred to me that I was the oldest woman at that dinner. My status was accelerated when the two ladies who were “ahead of me” relocated to other parts of the country and were no longer able to be part of our GNO’s. I had slipped, unbeknownst even to me, into the role of matriarch. A surprise? Yes. Shocking? A little. Most of the time I’d rather be the oldest in the room than not in the room at all. Age is just a number and there is so much to learn from everyone who is willing to share, no matter what their age.

Don’t you know that WOW women don’t get older, they get better and better. Age is not an issue when you are a Wow woman….. oops…off to change my Depends.

I am the oldest person in my part time job and I am being spoiled by every one. I may be “older” y et I have had less sick days than anyone else on staff.

I live in a youngish city, so I was the oldest employee at several jobs. Fortunately, I looked younger and was never treated as an old woman, and also I was usually the person with the most off the wall sense of humor. Difference in age was evident when I tried to talk to fellow employees about anything other than work. I do not own a TV (by choice), I read books, cook actual meals, and have goals that are not material, such as buying a hot new car. I have no desire to spend money on the latest “must have”. This baffled my co-workers. It amazed me that some younger college graduates have little depth of learning and knowledge of history and culture, along with limited curiosity about the world. The differences were isolating and more than once I was called weird.

Not yet, but let’s just say there are only six of us in the whole firm who remember where we were when John Lennon was shot.

I just turned 46 on June 21st. I noticed that all of the people who’ve been interviewing me for jobs look like they’re 24. That might be more of a statement about corporate greed than my age, if you consider how companies are lowering payscales by hiring pups for management positions. But, I move and groove much better now than many years ago. So, age is largely just a number, if you work out.