Miss Manners: How to respond to jokes about my age

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Miss Manners: How to respond to jokes about my age
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Letter writer doesn’t like the birthday jokes implying aging is bad.

I just turned 43. I’ve worked hard to achieve a level of success I’m comfortable with and have taken pretty good care of myself. In short, I am happy to be exactly where I am in life. When my birthday rolled around, a number of people gave sly winks and said, “Oh, are you 21 now?” or “Turning 30?”At first, I responded truthfully that I wouldn’t go back to 21 or 30, as those years were hard and my 40s have been the best years of my life. But this seemed to offend the people in those age groups.

This incident pushed my buttons because throughout my childhood and young adulthood, everything I ate was monitored relentlessly. The list of foods I was discouraged from eating was long, and included many foods I really liked. Decades later, I still resent the food police. I had already told my friend on an earlier occasion that I am an adult making my own food choices and that I don’t appreciate being criticized for them. Is there a polite way to respond to someone expressing disgust over what I choose to eat?washingtonpost.com/adviceMiss Manners: Being pressured to invite the uninvited

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