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Midlife Observed: Where We Answer the Question 'Is There Such a Thing as Middle Aged Fashion?'

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Fashion, TV, books ... "Midlife Observed" is where we focus on the intersection of middle age, popular culture, and the media. Some might call it the section for everything we couldn't fit elsewhere on the site ... we call it eclectic!

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Ten Surprising Baby Boomers Facts

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Ten interesting things learned about baby boomers from reading Mary Furlong's book Turning Silver Into Gold:

    * The average adult American woman is 5 foot 4 inches and wears a size 14 dress. »more»

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

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Not to be morbid ... but you will die one day. We all will. Most LifeTwo readers will make the time to read some significant books before their day comes -- but which ones? »more»

Interview with Baby Boomer Advertising Expert Chuck Nyren

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Chuck Nyren is an award-winning advertising video producer, creative strategist, consultant, and copywriter focusing on The Baby Boomer Market. He is also the author of "Advertising to Baby Boomers." Unlike most business books about advertising, Nyren's book is written for clients with products or services that they want to market to Baby Boomers. »more»

Middle Aged Women: Driving Around In Miatas With Blonde Young Surfer Dudes?

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The Arizona Republic says dating much younger partners is no longer the sole province of middle-aged male dentists:

35 percent of women want to date younger men, and 34 percent are. Three percent of women date men 15 or more years younger, 5 percent date men 10 to 14 years younger, and 11 percent date men 5 to 9 years younger.

The article by Barbara Yost and Susan Felt says that part of the reason may be because now they can: »more»

Middle Age By The Numbers

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Slightly over 4m Americans should turn forty this year. If you're one of them, you're not alone in having to face up to the annoying fact that you're no longer "young." In the U.S., there were 37.5 million women and 36.1m men age 40 - 59 at the 2000 Census.

What do over seventy million middle aged people do? »more»

Boomers to Gen X: So You're Middle Aged, Now Let's Talk About Us Some More

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Lost in the media hubbub about the first baby boomers turning 60: the first Gen-Xers turned forty last year and entered midlife. »more»

Oldest Boomers Say Health, Money Are Biggest Problems

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If traditional "middle age" is from 40 to 60, then the first baby boomers are moving on. But a survey of 800 people born in 1946 shows that many aren't ready to be "old." Although generally satisfied with their lives, virtually all plan to continue to improve their lives. »more»

Fifty Is Definitely Not Thirty

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"Boomers should act their age ... as they age," says Harry Jackson, Jr. of the St. Louis Dispatch. [Source: BoomerGirl.com]

Media hype aside, most individuals in their fifties will tell you that just getting out of bed is a reminder that they are definitely not thirty.

Even people in top shape need to recognize they're not kids anymore, says Dr. John Morley, chief of geriatrics at St. Louis University School of Medicine. "You cannot be at 50 what you were at 30."

Fortunately, it's not all bad news. »more»

Brent Green's "Marketing to Leading-Edge Baby Boomers"; When the "Sixties Generation" Reaches Sixty

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By now most of us are well-versed in the statistical relevance of the baby boomer generation--including its size, wealth, and extraordinary influence on world events. In response, there have been no shortage of books studying every aspect of baby boomers and how to optimally market to them. »more»

The Generation Gap: Same As It Ever Was

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Newsweek, March 21, 1966 (link)

The girl in this 1966 Newsweek cover probably spent the next decade of her life decrying the generation gap, experimenting with a cornucopia of mind-bending substances, and participating in the sexual revolution.

Now, according to her children, she's a square.* »more»

Attn Boomers: The Top 50 Albums that Changed Music

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Baby boomers in particular might find The Observer's list of the "Top 50 Albums that Changed Music" to be relevant to their lives as well as a possible prodding to add another couple of albums to their collection. »more»

Six Ways Summer Is Worse Than When You Were A Kid

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Aah, summer. Carefree days at the beach and ... what do you mean, not so fast? Just like 50ยข gas and the LP, it looks like those days are gone. Read on and see if you feel like staying inside until, say, October: »more»

Our Most Recent Articles About Midlife Observed

Your Deadly Assumptions

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Have you ever been traveling from one city to another, and you're in the airport at the gate, waiting for your flight to load? »more»

A Sneak Peek at the Future

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As the world financial situation continues to unravel before our eyes, the last vestiges of that sense of security that we've all been led to believe in has been exposed as the fairy tale that it's always been. »more»

The Lazy Woman's Guide To Midlife Reinvention

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With all due respect to Oprah, the life coach industry, and my overly-enthusiastic friend Y. who keeps insisting I live an "authentic" life, I'm beginning to think this midlife reinvention stuff is strictly for the birds. »more»

Get Proactive or Face the Consequences

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I'm putting out a warning call that the wise (especially wise men) will want to pay attention to: get proactive about midlife or face the consequences. For almost 20 years, author Stephen R. Covey (The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People) has been trying to convince people that taking a proactive stance toward life's problems works, whereas being reactive just doesn't work. »more»

What Color Do You Dream?

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If you dream in black and white, blame the TV and movies you watched when you were a child. »more»

Top 5 Money Saving Tips For The 40+ Woman

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Lately I've taken to saving rubber bands.

I haven't a clue what to do with all of them but I'm trying to be a responsible saver. The dire economic news has gotten me spooked and all I can think of these days is "Save, save, save". »more»

Living a Life of Regret

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Emily Dickinson wrote, "Remorse is cureless, the disease not even God can heal." 'Remorse' arises as a sorrow for past decisions that you've made, while 'regret' serves as a broader, more useful term, describing a wish that you'd made other choices in the past: choices either to avoid doing something that you've done or to do something that you avoided. »more»

Finding Peace with Yourself

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I do spend some time with what I call the 'Education Section' of the Washington Post every morning. »more»

Sounding the Emotional Depths

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We know one thing for certain regarding midlife: it's an emotional maelstrom. »more»

Your Life in the Balance

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Did you ever see the movie Defending Your Life with Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep? »more»

The World's Having a Male Midlife Crisis

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If I didn't know better (but I'm not sure that I do), I'd say the world was having a midlife crisis. Whether it's about half-way through it's life span, I don't know; but I do think that it's behaving just like a middle-aged guy. »more»

How I Accidentally Spent $60 For A Bottle of Shampoo

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My university roommate, W., used to tell stories of how her grandparents coped with the "problem" of driving.

Neither of them could see very well, particularly her grandfather, but since he was loath to give up his license, the pair came up with a system of tandem driving. While her grandfather manned the steering wheel, gas pedal and brake, my friend's grandmother served as the eyes. »more»

Women at Mid-Life Dreaming of Divorce and Happily Married

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I was recently asked to comment on Oprah magazine columnist Ellen Tien's "She's Happily Married, Dreaming of Divorce." Eagerly I clicked the link and began reading, wondering why it had been sent to me in particular for comment. »more»

Slightly Off-Topic: Are you getting a lot of emails from CNN?

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If you are anything like me you have been besieged by emails purporting to be from CNN with various heading such as "CNN Alert" or "CNN News Alert". These are viruses and you should be aware of the threat they possess. »more»

New Google Tool Reveals The Top 10 Midlife Crisis Cities

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A new Google tool shows that the world's most midlife crisis-ridden cities are in the Netherlands. »more»