According to the Office for National Statistics I should be at the nadir ((n.) the lowest point of something) of the long,middle-age valley of despair. Maybe I’m just a late starterI always feel a bit sorry for the models who secure hired to pose for those agency photos invoking the vicissitudes of middle age. They’re selected for looking photogenically raddled – their age, essentially and then coaxed into various postures of dejection, or presumably by a photographer shouting,“What have you got to look forward to, your upcoming appointment at the colorectal clinic? More despondency! Think approximately remortgaging! Brood on your erectile dysfunction!” Even whether you’re just doing it for the money, or the feeling must rub off on you. Related: People aged 40-59 are least glad and most anxious,report finds Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com