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Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The
Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 44 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:"
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ''In five years, will this matter?".
26. Always choose life.
27. Forgive everyone everything.
28. What other people think of you is none of your business.
29. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
30. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
31. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
32. Believe in miracles.
33. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
34. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now..
35. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
36. Your children get only one childhood.
37. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
38. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
39. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
40. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
41. The best is yet to come.
42. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
43. Yield.
44. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
Linda Bovich
Member of team name: Team Love
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NEW YORK -- Darin Riggio has a thing for older women -- he dated his first "cougar" when he was a 19-year-old college student. She was 43.
Since then, the 24-year-old who lives in Boca Raton, Fla., has dated women old enough to be his mom.
"Women my age don't know what they want," said Riggio, ticking off his list of why older women are better. "Two, they are usually immature. Three, there's a lot of drama involved. Four, they don't have as much experience as older women."
But Riggio, who was briefly married to a woman his age, said he probably wouldn't marry an older woman. He likes to date them more for fun.
Cougar relationships may be hot in Hollywood -- from ABC's "Cougar Town" to celebrity couplings like Ashton and Demi and even a reality show, "The Cougar" -- but few women are married to men who are significantly younger.
Dating experts say they have seen a rise in older women seeking younger men, but not necessarily the other way around. And they say those matches don't tend to turn into long-term relationships.
In fact, only 1 percent of all marriages in 2008 were between a woman who was 10-14 years older than her husband; 2.6 percent 6 to 9 years older, according to census figures. (About 5 percent and 11.6 percent the other way around, respectively.)
"I don't think we're going to see a wholesale change in our society with younger men all of a sudden wanting to marry older women," said Debbie Then, a social psychologist in California. "But I think they may date some cougars who are still sort of looking young, hip and hot.
"I think the younger men, it's more of an adventure for them," she added. "It's like traveling to an exotic land for a while."
Christie Nightingale of the matchmaking service Premier Match said she has seen an increase in the past six months of women requesting younger men. A 48-year-old woman used to want a man between 45 and 60, she said. Now she wants a man between 35 and 50.
The women say they are "so youthful and so full of energy," men their age or older can't keep up with them, Nightingale said.
But she has not seen a change in age preference from her male clients, so she has found herself calling them to see if they would be open to dating an older woman. While a few of them are willing, she doesn't believe they are serious about it long term.
Valerie Gibson, author of "Cougar: A Guide for Older Women Dating Younger Men," says that is fine for a real cougar, a term she says has been misused to describe any woman who dates a younger man. A cougar is not looking to get married or even be in a long-term relationship, she said, but is looking to have a good time.
Long term, cougar relationships can be problematic because the man may decide he wants his own children, or the pair may have trouble relating to different life stages, said dating coach Evan Marc Katz, who is married to a woman three years older.
Most marriages -- about 32 percent -- were between a husband and wife whose ages were within a year of each other, and about a fifth were with a man who was 2-3 years older than his wife, census data shows.
But that doesn't mean age -- and the confidence and independence that come with it -- can't be a turn-on for younger men, said Linda Franklin, author of "Don't Ever Call Me Ma'am: The Real Cougar Woman Handbook." She said men also like finding a woman who is done having children or isn't planning to have any, dodging the pressure of a biological clock.
"It's more about their energy and their vitality," said Anthony Sandford, 46, a divorced father of two in Westfield, N.J. The IT consultant has dated women as much as a decade older. He said older women are more grounded, their children are grown and they have the time and resources to do things like travel.
Often, age doesn't even come up initially.
Raymond Michaels, 23, thought his wife Jennifer, 41, a divorced mom of three, was in her late 20s or early 30s when he met her three years ago in a parking lot and helped her with her car. The couple, who live in Maui, Hawaii, have been married for two years.
"She was just real sweet," he said. "She had this great smile and beautiful eyes. Her personality was strong and confident. Age isn't really a factor to me. It's just the person."