People are living longer, healthier lives thanks to better healthcare, quality of living and all that jazz. So, we get to constantly push back the years from ’60 is the new 40′ to ’80 is the new 60′ – thereby making ’80 the new 40′. While physical well-being and staying fit-faat is excellent, what also matters is how senior citizens are increasingly behaving like ‘senior high’ (school). If you haven’t noticed neighbourhood uncleji living it up with all-night house parties since he turned 70, then there’s that mausi who picked up ‘smoking-drinking’ when she retired. In fact, bad old boy/girl behaviour may be the true sign of healthier, happier senior citizenship.
Take Bonnie Gooch, a 78-year-old from Missouri, US. Last week, she was arrested for robbing a bank – for the third time. Her first heist was in 1977; second in 2020. She reached an age when she hoped to get third-time lucky. Regardless of age, waving a gun can deliver youthful results. But Bonnie (inspired by her name being the other half of Clyde?) handed the teller a robbery note demanding ‘13,000 small bills’, adding, ‘Thank you sorry I didn’t mean to scare you.’ The getaway gerontocrat at least got to be ‘Bad Grrl’ again – something all senior citizens should try. After all, if oldies turning boldies get busted, even with longer lifespans, life imprisonment will be shorter.
