Ageism: An Ugly Reality

The Rookie Retiree10 Jan, 2023Other

I?ve been noticing that I?m getting subtly annoyed at my friends and close relations who are in my age group. They have not changed their interaction styles. They still have all of the virtues that have made them so precious to me. So??what could it be? The fact is, this change resides in me! Witnessing their induction into the rank of ?senior,? I am exercising my implicit bias: ageism. For the record, implicit bias is an unconscious attitude or stereotype which might affect your actions, but it may not align with what you say or believe.