My second post for Psychology Today–hope you enjoy!
Careening into Cliché
Sometimes I think getting older gracefully simply means not bridling too much against the fact that most of us, at midlife, find ourselves drifting inexorably into cliché.
I mentioned this, my latest theory on this bizarro transition I and my agemates are undergoing, to a dad at my kids’ school, as he gave me a lift back home in his brand new…do I even have to say it? Minivan! He laughed his agreement, an then pointed out, “But you know, I have to say, as minivans go, this one is really sporty.” My cliché-o-meter was way over to the right on that one. Slap on a “Proud Parent of an Honor Student” bumper sticker, and he could pull into his reserved parking spot outside the Cliché Hall of Fame. READ THE ENTIRE THING HERE
June 15, 2010 at 3:16 pm
The link from Google Reader didn’t work, so I came here. Then the link here didn’t work, so I went to psychology today, and there you were on the cover page. I click their link http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/my-formerly-hot-life/201006/careening-clich (which is different from what you have here) and that worked.