I made an appointment for a manicure, came to the salon and sat down – to wait my turn. Near sat two girls who were talking nervously about something. Soon I realized that they were discussing me. Scraps of phrase clearly indicated that they wondered why this grandmother, i.e. me, get a manicure. You see, I only delayed their turn … I go to a manicure every month, but, frankly, this is the first time I heard that. Do they really think that when a woman retires, i.e. stops being a woman?
I’m 66 now, and I don’t think I have to behave in any kind of senile way, limit myself in everything, save on food and walk around in old clothes. When my retirement age was near, I knew even then that I wasn’t going to act like a classic grandmother. Why should I? Because it’s stupid and pointless. For example, when my husband and I stopped working, our lives changed-but only for the better. We had a lot of free time, which we began to spend only on ourselves.
We started taking more vacations, and we even took up sports. Spending on utilities or food has not decreased at all. Anyway, saving for gifts for our children and grandchildren worked out quite well. As for various beauty treatments, I’m not going to give them up either, and my husband fully agrees with me on this. We’ve signed up for massages, and we’ll start getting all the treatments soon. And as for these girls: I told them, “I’d rather spend less on groceries, but I’ll never give up a manicure.
