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Reviewed by Charles Ashbacher for Readers' Favorite
It is a seemingly inexorable law of nature that all human bodies slowly break down as they age, some faster than others. A great deal of time, effort and money is expended in slowing it down, but nothing works for long. All of the things that we did with such ease in our younger years now either cannot be done or must be done in a much slower manner. The skin and muscle tone that we had in our youth slowly fades into our memories or exists only in pictures that we often would rather ignore. There are few things that we can do to cope with this and one of the most effective is to find humor in our aging. That is the point of Aging With A Sense Of Humor: A Humorous View Of Growing Old by Stephen George.
The author extracts humor from sagging and wrinkled skin, the belly protruding and the muscles that no longer exist. In other words, many of the ways our bodies start to fail us. There are also jokes about current prices compared to what we remember, how negotiating deals is now a struggle and how it is now necessary to make a list for any shopping trip where the goal is purchasing more than three items. One of the most amusing is altering your routine so that your “evening meal” is pushed to earlier in the day so that all of the digestive problems such as acid reflux are experienced and conquered before bedtime. Embarrassing moments are a necessary component of all humorous books about aging and some of those self-zingers are included. Other amusing situations involve medical care and what it feels like to expose your naked body, even if it is in the line of duty.
The author does a low-key, yet great job in describing the problems experienced by the aging body and mind in a humorous way. If you can’t find some humor in getting old, then not much is left for you to enjoy other than the memories of the way you were. They are one of the few things that improve with age.
