Cathy, Age 70
I just turned 70 last week. I really don’t feel any different than I did. I am still working full time, and, with the commute, that takes care of 10 hours a day. I am involved in other activities, including spending time with grandchildren and great grandchildren (ages 2 and 4). There are hardly enough hours in the day.
I just took a solo car trip across the United States to vist extended family members. This is my fifth such trip. I hope to do it again this year. I have seen most of the states. I use my vacation time for the trips.
I have been widowed for twenty years. Life has been very different since then. Both of my parents passed away several years ago. I have a daughter who is turning 50 and a son in his late 40s. Sometimes I can’t believe I lived so long! My grandparents were really old at this age. However, I don’t know what life has to offer me in a few years. There are things I resolve to do better, like exercise more.
Do I miss being married? You bet I do- but to my late husband. I do not want to compete for the few available men out there and am content now to live as a single woman.
I really liked it when you said, “I don’t want to compete for the few available men out there.” This really says it all. ❤️
Jane Hallowell
I had my 71st birthday in January and I feel no different than when I was much younger. I walk every day and exercise in the gym. After my knees were replaced in 2006 I realized the value of keeping fit. That has been my goal ever since.
thank you for this post about being single at 70, healthy, working, and enjoying the present. I’m 61, married to a 75 year old man, and am trying to convince my recently widowed father, almost 91, to stop trying to replace my mom, with whom he enjoyed a 68 year love affair.