"He hasn't the heart to discharge her. She's been with him for years."
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art, artist, artists, painter, painters, painting, model, models, modeling, age, aging, aged, growing old, growing older, aging model, aging models, old age, job security, h.r., hr, sack, sacked, fire, firing, fired, terminated, retire, retiring, retired, layoff, layoffs, laid-off, lay off, lay offs, collaboration, collaborator, collaborators, discharge, discharged, let go, letting go"Call this an iceberg? When I was a kid we wouldn't have called this an iceburg!"
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dad, dads, grandpa, grandpas, father, fathers, grandfather, grandfathers, senior, seniors, growing up, growing old, growing older, when i was a boy, cliche, cliches, war story, war stories, parent, parents, grandparent, grandparents, curmudgeon, curmudgeons, codger, codgers, penguin, penguins, iceberg, icebergs, complain, complaints, complainer, complaining, good old daysFull Moon
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old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, over the hill, over-the-hill, senile, senility, middle age, middle aged, middle-age, middle-aged, midlife crisis, mid-life crisis, tattoo, tattoos, getting a tattoo, full moon, full moons, insanity, crazy, strange, idea, ideas, sudden, impulse, impulsive"What will it take to put one of you two into a brand-new Eterna-5000 today?"
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death, planning for death, coffin, coffins, casket, caskets, casket store, casket stores, coffin store, coffin stores, funeral, funerals, funeral planning, end-of-life planning, after death planning, salesman, salesmen, making the sale, sale, sales, selling, shopping, customer service, old age, getting old, getting older, growing old, growing older, middle-age, middle-aged, old people, elderly, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, ageing, aging, customer, customers, shopper, shoppers, consumerism, black humor, black humour, dark humor, dark humourAn old man and young man who are mirror images of each other pass on a street
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men, man, mirror image, mirror images, look-alike, look-alikes, dress-alike, doppleganger, doppelganers, double, doubles, twins, twin, duplicate, duplicates, clone, clones, copy, copies, similar, double-take, double-takes, double take, double takes, old vs. young, youth, young, younger, young man, young men, old, old man, old men, older, ageing, aging, growing old, growing older, elderly, senior, cane, canes, future, street, streets, street scene, street scenes, suit, suits, men's clothingMan and a woman sit in a living room; a sign on the wall behind them reads "100% Recycled Conversation".
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, conversation, conversation, boring, dull, unexciting, stale, stagnant, stable, stability, romance, unromantic, lack of romance, lacking romance, lack of excitement, middle age, middle-age, middle aged, middle-aged, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, stages of a relationship, recycle, recycled, recycling, talk, talks, talking, ltr, ltrs, long term relationship, long term relationships, variety"I figured you'd end up looking like that."
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aging, ageing, aged, growing, growing old, growing older, retirement, old man, old men, retiring, retires, retired, retiree, ugly, ugliness, change, changes, changing, posture, good posture, bad posture, overwork, overworked, over work, over worked, married life, marriage, married, couple, couples, old married couple, bicker, bickering, insult, insulted, i told you so, hate to say i told you so, wife, wives, mean"Think of it as one less thing to worry about."
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death, grim reaper, grim reapers, reaper, reapers, embodiment of death, death personified, spectre of death, thanatos, angel of death, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, worry, worries, anxiety, anxious, stress, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, widow, widows, saying goodbye, black humor, black humour, dark humor, dark humour"I'm just as ambivalent about her as the day we met, fifty years ago."
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, romance, romantic, love, first meeting, first date, first dates, anniversary, anniversaries, wedding anniversary, 50, fifty, mixed, ambivalent, undecided, unsure, feeling, feelings, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, middle age, middle aged, middle-age, middle-aged"Old is when your daughter announces she's seeing a younger man."
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kid, kids, child, children, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, father, fathers, fatherhood, dad, dads, family, families, daughter, daughters, adult child, adult kid, adult kids, father-daughter relationship, father-daughter relationships, relationship, relationships, dating, boyfriend, boyfriends, younger, man, men, old, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age"It may not be resplendent, Your Highness, but it's totally ergonomic."
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king, kings, sovereign, sovereigns, ruler, rulers, monarch, monarchs, monarchy, royal, royalty, chair, chairs, throne, thrones, royal throne, royal thrones, ergonomic, office chair, office chairs, desk chair, desk chairs, back support, lumbar support, health, spine, spine health, back health, posture, postures, good posture, advisor, advisors, adviser, advisers, medieval, chiropractor, chiropractors, orthopaedic, osteopath, osteopaths, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, old, comfort, comfortable"You may not recognize Bobby. He's turned into his father."
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kid, kids, child, children, son, sons, adult child, adult kids, parent, parents, father, fathers, fatherhood, dad, dads, family, families, father-son relationship, turned into father, similar, similarities, aging, ageing, growing older, getting older, growing up, developing, development, family resemblanceFour Stages of Boyhood
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boy, boys, boyhood, good boy, good boys, old boy, old boys, good old boy, good old boys, growing up, growing older, men, man, manhood, variations, variants, grown up, wordplay, child, children, youth, youths, adolescence, adolescences, middle age, middle aged, old age, youth, youths"Must you use those three-by-five cards every time we have a discussion?"
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, argument, arguments, arguing, fight, fights, fighting, conflict, conflicts, discussion, discussions, discussing, card, cards, prompt cards, speech cards, prompts, talking points, speaking points, presentation, presentations, prepared, presenter, presenters, speech, speeches, prepare speech, prepared speeches, memory, bad memory, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, over the hill, over-the-hill, politician, politicians"I'm getting too old for a broom."
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witch, witches, halloween, hallowe'en, all hallows eve, broom, brooms, broomstick, broomsticks, flying carpet, flying carpets, magic carpet, magic carpets, literature, stereotype, stereotypes, old, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, comfort, comfortable"Do you think we're a storybook romance transformed into a textbook case?"
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relationship, relationships, love, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, storybook, storybooks, storybook romance, storybook romances, textbook case, textbooks cases, boring, dull, unexciting, stale, stagnant, stable, stability, romance, unromantic, lack of romance, lacking romance, middle age, middle-age, middle aged, middle-aged, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, stages of a relationship, transformed, changed, change, transformation, transformations, changes, psychology, failure, failures, writing, book, books, literature"There's lots of things in my life I absolutely needed to put in, and now there's lots of things in my life I absolutely need to get out."
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messy, mess, messes, junk, items, things, trash, rubbish, garbage, stuff, cleaning, cleaning out, spring cleaning, purging, hoard, hoards, hoarder, hoarders, hoarding, collector, collectors, collection, collections, collecting, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, materialism, life, put in, get out"I honestly don't know what you're waiting for. By the time I was your age, I'd been married twice."
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, divorce, divorces, split, splits, separation, separations, breakup, breakups, break up, break ups, break-up, break-ups, ex, exes, serial monogamy, serial monogamist, serial monogamists, divorcee, divorcees, serial divorcee, serial divorcees, multiple marriages, second marriage, modern life, age, ageing, aging, getting older, growing older, getting old, growing old, middle age, middle aged, middle-age, middle-aged, dating, date, dates, commitment, fear or commitment, young, youth"Attention, shoppers. We have a lost boomer at the information desk."
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department store, department stores, store, stores, shop, shops, shopping, shopper, shoppers, mall, malls, shopping mall, shopping malls, shopping center, shopping centers, shopping centre, shopping centres, information, lost & found, lost and found, lost, missing, boomer, boomers, baby boomer, baby boomers, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, over the hill, over-the-hill, senile, senility, middle age, middle aged, middle-age, middle-aged, announcement, announcements, attention, man, men"Yeah, our first album went vinyl."
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bar, bars, pub, pubs, patron, patrons, customer, customers, drink, drinks, drinking, drinking alcohol, alcohol, alcoholic, liquor, booze, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, dating, date, dates, pick-up line, pickup line, pickup lines, pick up line, pick up lines, show-off, show-offs, bragging, boasting, boast, boasts, hipster, hipsters, vinyl, record, records, album, albums, music, musician, musicians, band, bands, middle-age, middle age, middle-aged, middle-age, midlife crisis, mid-life crisis, trying to stay relevant, old, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, modern life, millennial, millennials"Ichthyosaurs are all gone, mosasaurs are gone, pterosaurs are gone. There's none of the old crowd left."
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animal, animals, dinosaur, dinosaurs, extinct, extinction, extinction event, extinction events, history, historical, pre-history, pre-historical, prehistory, prehistorical, jurassic, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs, pterosaurs, old crowd, friend, friends, friendship, getting old, getting older, growing old, growing older, ageing, aging, old age34th Honeymoon
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relationship, relationships, love, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, honeymoons, wedding anniversary, wedding anniversaries, celebrating, celebration, celebrations, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, middle age, middle aged, middle-age, middle-aged, midlife crisis, mid-life crisis, diner, diners, drink, drinks, drinking, drinking alcohol, alcohol, alcoholic, beer, beers, nickname, nicknames, slang, young at heart, wild"Mommy's tattoos are the result of very bad decisions she made when she was not much older than you."
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child, children, kids, kids, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, mother, mothers, motherhood, mom, moms, mum, mums, discipline, childhood, teen, teens, teenager, adolescent, adolescence, mistake, mistakes, decision, decisions, bad decision, bad decisions, young and stupid, tattoo, tattoos, regret, regrets, permanent, growing up, growing older, raising kids, raising children, modern life, modern parenting, modern parents, middle-age, middle age, settling down, past mistake, past mistakes"Oh, nothing too exciting, Donna. I burned the toast last Wednesday, and on Saturday Jim split an infinitive. What's new with you?"
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relationship, relationships, love, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, boring, dull, stagnant, stale, stable, stability, middle-age, middle-aged, middle age, middle aged, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, unexciting, uninteresting, nothing new, modern life, phone, phones, telephone, telephones, call, calls, calling, phone call, phone calls, telephone call, telephone calls, talking on the phone, talking on the telephone, phone conversation, phone conversations, telephone conversation, telephone conversations