tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post1545895478665389262..comments2023-10-07T21:22:42.209+10:30Comments on Quilting in My Pyjamas: Slaps in My Saggy FaceShayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11032969125788408807noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-54250352256222307522010-09-07T09:02:17.652+09:302010-09-07T09:02:17.652+09:30I LOVE this rant. This is exactly how I feel, tho...I LOVE this rant. This is exactly how I feel, though at 52, I am old enough to be your mother. <br /><br />The latest ageist comment that got to me was a rant on one of the machine quilting websites from the 20-something blogger about "older quilters" who make comments about "things not being done right" when obviously there is no right or wrong, just self-expression. I think a certain (jealous) type of person makes comments like "your wrap-around binding isn't done right", and age has nothing to do with it. This is followed up by another post about a new blog for gen x and gen y quilters (implication-- us old ladies are too old to get the hip-ness of it all.) I'm going to forget it, though, because everyone has off days, the blogger is in her mid-twenties and overworked, and she's so damn good at design that I wouldn't miss her even if I did feel insulted.<br /><br />I think your unfortunate incidents are most likely due to the fact that you do look better for your age than they do and they're jealous. And I've been crafting since my teens.lwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08731797783816953087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-10961270569688387142010-09-07T00:16:33.677+09:302010-09-07T00:16:33.677+09:30That craft comment would have really got on my wic...That craft comment would have really got on my wick! I thought that sort of nonesense was over. I've been crafting since I was about 5! Admittedly I didn't know anyone else in my teens who knitted or crocheted or cross-stitched but in my 20s there were quite a few.Shevvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16597474715523695213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-68982885553667620842010-09-05T21:59:32.388+09:302010-09-05T21:59:32.388+09:30Mrs. P, youth is over rated, but if I had to guess...Mrs. P, youth is over rated, but if I had to guess, those ladies were not trying to age you, but youthify themselves. Drink a cosmo for me. I'm on my way to the *Craft* store.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-41967487844819610892010-09-05T12:17:03.961+09:302010-09-05T12:17:03.961+09:30My recent ageist experience involved an member of ...My recent ageist experience involved an member of staff of an employment agency who told me that I did not have any relevant work related skills despite having a tertiary education and 30 years work experience in the relevant area? Guess she must have been 20!Misteahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041179627345053724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-18162219330062434712010-09-05T08:56:47.581+09:302010-09-05T08:56:47.581+09:30Hmmm. Sounds like the two people you mentioned ar...Hmmm. Sounds like the two people you mentioned are trying to find their self-identity in an age group. <br /><br />I'm 46, and I wouldn't go back to being 26 for anything. I've finally accepted the fact that I'm not 5'10" and 100 pounds, that I *actually* should trust my own judgment over most everybody else's, and that I've got nothing to prove to anyone. <br /><br />Although I've got some gray hair, so far I've managed to avoid coloring it. Yes, there is the beauty of youth, but likewise there is the stupidity of youth. I've earned my gray hair dammit! I'm going to flaunt it.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805403370463885686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-63876863803449173922010-09-05T08:53:40.138+09:302010-09-05T08:53:40.138+09:30At least you are the grandparent! My husband and...At least you are the grandparent! My husband and I get asked if the boys are our grandchildren by strangers in the street and if Bill picks up the boys people will say 'your granddad is here' ( I am so much younger than B, and of course so much more mature ;-) )<br /><br />My Grandma and my Great Aunty were fantastic examples of how to live your life young. they were both always doing something and involved that they never had time to be old....Gran went on the Concorde to NY with my brother when she was 90!!! I was so jealous as we used to watch the 'Lovely Lady' fly past her window every day when she was landing at Heathrow. It was so fun, we would both hear her coming and rush to the window to watch :-)<br /><br />Hey that has nothing to do with being crafty (my mum was always doing something so I take after her) BUT thanks for the chance for a trip down memory lane.....I miss my Gran xxBaa-Me Kniitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532601173550095905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-68233268938380735832010-09-05T08:44:04.622+09:302010-09-05T08:44:04.622+09:30Hmmm... Are all these commenters really your frien...Hmmm... Are all these commenters really your friends? Cause I think they are not helping this situation at all. They are just accepting that you look OLD. (What's with that?) As I said. Not friends.<br /><br />My take on this situation is quite different. The NoniB lady is probably thinking that SHE is young. (Delusional, but there it is. She probably still thinks she is 17 - see comment above) So, when she says "our age" she could quite well think you look 17, because she thinks she's 17. Don't be upset at the NoniB lady. She's well meaning, but obviously delusional.<br /><br />As for the former workmate, (I'm going out on a limb here by suggesting that you won't consider her a friend. Just a former workmate.) come on....... This craft thing is serious. We not only spend hours doing it, we also spend hours reading about other people doing it and putting our work "out there" on the net for all to see. We are not some sort of "little old lady amateurs" who craft cause they got old and can't do anything else, whatever else she is. I mean, we have BLOGS!!! And people read them!!! No, we are professional crafters and are acknowledged as such by the blogosphere. She obviously just wishes she was in your league! (The woman has no clue so why are you worried about HER assertions?)<br /><br />So the way I read it you are not old at all. You are as young and fresh as you ever were. As for hiding grey hairs I just have this to say. I am extremely young and I have grey hair. So grey in fact that there are silver streaks in it. This has nothing to do with my age. I know this because my mother has less grey hair than me. (I defy anyone to prove that my mother is younger than me! It's science baby!) It is genes, not age that grey your hair. (Obviously not her genes! Grey hair comes from my Dad, a white haired man. Hi Dad! *waves*) So Mrs P, are you all good now? Don't do anything silly (We live in Adelaide girly! Is there even anywhere to go roller skating? Seriously!) and get on with some serious crafting!Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02611233587655427186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-26880178570093343722010-09-05T08:41:23.031+09:302010-09-05T08:41:23.031+09:30There are no numbers after 29, you know. I, mysel...There are no numbers after 29, you know. I, myself, am 29 and some months despite the ages of my children, who were conceived before I was born....a medical miracle written up in all the best medical journals.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461697058136548513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-84572640207116680662010-09-05T08:08:38.042+09:302010-09-05T08:08:38.042+09:30Love it! Who cares how old the calendar says you ...Love it! Who cares how old the calendar says you are. I work with a woman in her 50s who complains about her health so much, she sounds like she's in her 90s. And my grandmother, when she was in her 70s, was living with "an elderly" woman, helping her out, cooking meals, taking her places to visit her friends, and she told me she was getting tired of hanging around "all these old people". Live how you feel, and you'll be just fine.GaAmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645536686358270199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-52895149774089941292010-09-05T07:31:19.389+09:302010-09-05T07:31:19.389+09:30Loved the rant, nothing like a good rant to make y...Loved the rant, nothing like a good rant to make you feel better. Age is just a number and most of the time I forget what my number is, doesn't help much when your husband has peter pan syndrome and time has stopped still from the moment you met him (tells everyone including the kids that he is 27) and I am years older than him which I am not. And the crafting thing is a lot of rot only amateurs leave it until they are old, experts have been creating all their lives. I remember going to ceramic classes with my mum when I was a teenager, she crafted all her life didn't get to be a grandmother and lied about her age till she died at 49 (told everyone she was in her 30's up till the end I might add that shocked a few people at the funeral when her age was revealed lol). I am a better me than I was 20 years ago have less agst and know where I am headed (out to the sewing room of course or off with the quilting girls all whose number is bigger than mine but I don't care we still laugh cry and have fun and create together as much as we can and still feel that we are just in our early 20's only we DO KNOW MORE just don't think that we do).seabreezequiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05210564993790938890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-34217909066098791112010-09-05T06:52:42.824+09:302010-09-05T06:52:42.824+09:30That was a terrific rant, loved it. I've &quo...That was a terrific rant, loved it. I've "crafted" for as long as I can remember and surely that's not enough to classify me as old, LOL! I'm feeling my age a bit too, now that I am the mother of someone who is a quarter century old, but I agree with you, there's not such a hard line on old these days. You are free to act as childish as you wish!AnnieOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06619125197850685345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-60334386150459232082010-09-05T05:10:21.479+09:302010-09-05T05:10:21.479+09:30In my head, I'm still just 17. I have the bes...In my head, I'm still just 17. I have the best collection of super high, extra pointy heels, love me some teeny-bopper pop music, and stay up waayyyy later than any of these kids do because I don't have to go to school in the morning. I've figured out who I am, don't care what other people think of me and am totally happy with my life. And I'm a lot cooler than those 'young people' are b/c I don't have to ask my mom for gas money.<br /><br />I'm sure these people who've been giving you a bad time are just feeling old themselves and want to bring the world down with them.<br /><br />You rock Mrs. P. Age is just a number, and it is nobody's business what that number is.<br /><br />xo -EElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07980461113595763030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-45871299324779222772010-09-05T04:21:53.129+09:302010-09-05T04:21:53.129+09:30I'll meet you at the door..... I'll be the...I'll meet you at the door..... I'll be the one getting help ot of the taxi and walking towards yoy with the zimmer frame and in warm sweat pants and woolly hat.<br />Love ya!!!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148435873937023913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-45101835984806837062010-09-05T04:13:50.099+09:302010-09-05T04:13:50.099+09:30That is odd about that crafty comment, I have craf...That is odd about that crafty comment, I have crafted as long as I can remember....what does age got to do with it?<br /><br />Now I am in my 50's (sob) and it is not so bad....trust me. I feel better about myself, more confident and loving life just a little more than I did when I was younger.... the media makes it look bad....to grow old gracefully is a trick. You are just a young thing....don't let others rudness bother you.....Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06622919657309096651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-76055154184559230822010-09-05T01:54:24.011+09:302010-09-05T01:54:24.011+09:30Oh, reality bites! I'll be 47 tomorrow and I l...Oh, reality bites! I'll be 47 tomorrow and I love the invite I got for my friend's 47th birthday party she threw for herself a few years back: "47 and still sort of hot" was how she phrased it - I guess we just have to laugh and enjoy the perks of being in 'that age range' - free time, new kitchens, time and money to craft, etc, etc, etc...Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11123520405709193418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-42678348140238032832010-09-05T00:52:36.789+09:302010-09-05T00:52:36.789+09:30OK - you've convinced me - I still think you&#...OK - you've convinced me - I still think you're "hip"!! :)<br />Now, if you put "LOL" after everything you wrote you'd REALLY be hip!!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05238331730157203557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3678998574963856841.post-65739183381115100152010-09-05T00:24:51.059+09:302010-09-05T00:24:51.059+09:30I must be old because the thought of going roller ...I must be old because the thought of going roller skating (ouch, my knees, and, oy, my equilibrium), hitting a night club, getting ddd drunk, wearing a mini skirt (cellulite?) and ridiculously high heels (knees again, plus I respect my bunions)...just makes me tired.<br /><br />But you go, girl! Which is probably so 1995 to say...<br /><br />Anyway, I feel ya. That's maybe only so 2005...Paulettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181665241824945247noreply@blogger.com