#everythingzoomer

Retail theft is rampant and we all pay. We’re not talking about George Costanza’s kind of shrinkage issues here, or what happens to our jeans after dessert. The first time I heard the term shrinkage was in 1970 when I was working in the cosmetics department at the Eaton’s College Street store in Toronto (shades of Are You Being Served?). When a young sales girl (we could call them that in those…

Boomer lifestyles are very different from earlier generations of seniors. It’s not just millennials (also known as Gen Y) who are experiencing the failings of the housing market. The boomer generation has challenges too. Those of us who already own may be stuck in family homes that no longer meet our needs and they tie up one helluva lot of capital. That sounds like a good problem to have but…

There’s now unprecedented competition for early morning tee-off times. We first became aware of the downside of the new “working from home” trend when my (retired) husband was unable to book his usual early morning golf time. He noticed all the twenty, thirty, and forty-somethings grabbing his preferred weekday tee-off times. Then, they began filling up the rest of the times throughout the day…

One of the best-selling YA books ever has been made into a movie. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret” was written by Judy Blume more than fifty years ago and it still holds up. I must confess I never read the book because I was already grown up and working by the time it was published but the experiences and emotions described in the book are universal and timeless. Boomer women will love this…

Remember when boomers used to count down the days to the weekend or the start of vacation? That’s when the real fun in life began. We thought our time on this earth was infinite and weekends and vacations were when we got to do what we really loved. Some would say we wished away the best years of our lives but I think our retirement years are the best years of our lives. The problem is, I do not…

Let me state right up front that my life since retiring is largely stress-free and for that, I am truly grateful. I have noticed, however, that whenever a stressful situation does arise, I am no longer able to handle it with the calm and patience I had in my working days. My senior marketing research candidates would become very agitated if I was late for an appointment. When I was managing my…

Should we be concerned about the shortage of babies? The so-called experts are abuzz these days about the dangers of declining populations around the world. Italy has a dearth of bambinos. For some reason, the people in Scandinavian countries are not doing what Scandinavia is famous for. Even without the heavy hand of Mao’s guidelines, China is succumbing to declining fertility rates that…

When I find that rare movie that appeals to the boomer generation I can’t peel off to the movie theatre fast enough. 80 For Brady starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field promised to be just what I was looking for – as well as the popcorn and diet fountain Coke. My husband even agreed to go with my girlfriend and me because it was about football. Perhaps because I know so…