here is a salut to all the women over 30.  I'm not there yet but I will be!!!  

Here is a piece written by Andy Rooney - CBS 60 Minutes.

Andy Rooney says:

As I grow in age, I value women who are over 30 most of all. Here are just a few reasons why: A woman over 30 will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, "What are you thinking?" She doesn't care what you think.

If a woman over 30 doesn't want to watch the game, she doesn't sit around whining about it. She does something she wants to do. And, it's usually something more interesting.

A woman over 30 knows herself well enough to be assured in who she is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few women past the age of 30 give a damn what you might think about her or what she's doing.

Women over 30 are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you deserve it, they won't hesitate to shoot you, if they think they can get away with it.

Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it's like to be unappreciated.

A woman over 30 has the self-assurance to introduce you to her women friends. A younger woman with a man will often ignore even her best friend because she doesn't trust the guy with other women. Women over 30 couldn't care less if you're attracted to her friends because she knows her friends won't betray her. Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over 30. They always know.

A woman over 30 looks good wearing bright red lipstick. This is
not true of younger women or drag queens. Once you get past a wrinkle
or two, a woman over 30 is far sexier than her younger counterpart.

Older women are forthright and honest. They'll tell you right off if you are a jerk if you are acting like one! You don't ever have to wonder where you stand with her.

Yes, we praise women over 30 for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot woman of 30+, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a
fool of himself with some 22-year-old waitress.

Ladies, I apologize.

Andy Rooney

I have a feeling you will just continue to improve, Carissa... and you have a damn good foundation as it is!

However, I didn't know Rooney wore yellow pants... :P

Well I do think women over forty are included in the women over thirty, right?  Such as women over 50 are included in the women over 40 and the women over 30, right?  The only group of women not included in the women over 30 are the women over 20, right? Ahhhh, semantics    hehe.  Kisses to us women.

Hi Carissa;
I remember listening to Andy give that piece.

It was true then and it's true now.

It's a shame that women get more beautiful as they mature and men tend to just "grow".

I am one of those "mature' guys, but by no stretch am I paunchy, bald, or wearing yellow pants,. Thank God.

May you mature as gracefully as you seem today.

I would love to meet you some day.

Just my opinion...
B

Nice post Carissa.  Here is the ladies, of all ages.  The men, oh well!  We will just continue to make fools of ourselves.

But when you do it's worth reading.  If some as yet unforseen reason ever brings me to NY...

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Hi C;

Having had the full tilt Carissa encounter last week, I think it is incumbent on me to also say...........



"Here's to the women UNDER 30" who are like you.

Thanks very much, October can not arrive quickly enough.

Take Care
N