As a 20s working girl decades ago, I remember always thinking that my office mates who were in their early 40s then seemed so oddly eons of ages older than me. It was often embarrassing in fact, to call them by their first names, thinking that I should be obliged to add “Tita” or “Aunt” before their names as a sign of respect. Ironically, you never really give middle age a thought until you actually find yourself in the cusp of mid-life.

As many of my friends and I have been celebrating our mid-life birthdays, it’s odd how many of us did not completely plan for nor foresee where we are, who we’d marry, or who we’d turn out to be. In fact, when I go through my high school yearbook, I’m often amazed at the little surprises of who turned out unexpectedly successful, good-looking, and settled in so many different corners of the world. For many of our friends, it seems as if middle age redefined our passions and life plans. I guess, sometimes, there is the overwhelming urge to live the “Been there, done that” motto—and this is exactly how many of our friends have been sailing through middle age.

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