Gérard confesses it while laughing, he is
“a bit macho”
.
So, at 83, he tries not to be overtaken on his bike by his companion, twenty springs younger than him.
Admittedly, she pedals faster, but Gérard prefers not to stop at this minimal
“disadvantage”
.
“Around me, many people have disappeared or are diminished
, he notes.
I am aware that I have the privilege of still being there.
So I take my age in derision by calling myself old and senile.
Humor to defy the passage of time… In the eyes of Marie-France, 77, another resource makes it possible to approach old age more stoically:
“I was brought up in a gay family
, she notes.
My mother lived through two world wars, and despite that, she remained
optimistic
.
She died at age 75.
I remember a fairly alert woman, never complaining.
I inherited this temperament.
To be old and happy?
Although it depends on many factors (income, health, lack of isolation, etc.)…
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