Good News: Getting Older Isn’t Entirely Awful

Some people say 30 is the new 20 and 50 is the new 40, but Annabelle Gurwitch isn't buying it. The author of "I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories From the Edge of 50" is certain 50 is the new 50 and that's all there is to it.

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Annabelle joined Ali for some cautionary tales from the other side of menopause. “We should retire that phrase ‘aging gracefully,’” she says. “There’s nothing graceful about this.”

The book is a collection of essays, each addressing something Anabelle says you can expect when you hit 50.

Among them, “There’s the indignity of realizing you are becoming invisible to people younger than you. They just can’t see you.”

Other indignities? “Your teenagers start to hate you, the way your parents are getting older.”

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So what are the good parts? "It has made me closer to my girlfriends, this whole experience," she says. "You can't talk about it with your spouse. They don't want to hear about it."

Annabelle says she's also become less of a perfectionist with age. "I'm terrible at cooking, and I do it anyway. I love it."

To see Annabelle demonstrate the one pose that always looks good in pictures (when you’re 50 and over) check out this episode of Daily Shot!