Age Reckoning Approaching!

[vulgarweed]

If I make it to April with no period, I will officialy be menopausal. It will have been a year at that point.


But honestly, based on a conversation with a friend, I think the most shocking thing about my ageing is the realization that

I'm 4 months away from age 50


and I have never had a credit card.


(There've been a few occasions when I really wished I did, but mostly I've got along fine without it. I just only spend what I have and no more, yo. I have a Visa debit card that lets me shop online and book flights and hotels and stuff)

But as I get older, I'm starting to think this might be something that could be useful.

I spent a lot of decades never even thinking about it.

My parents didn't have credit cards until they were well into their 40s. I never got educated about how to get one when I was young. (And frankly I'm glad I didn't, because so many of my friends have huge debt. I have a credit rating that's lower than my IQ but at least I don't owe money.)

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[silverfox]

If I make it to April with no period, I will officialy be menopausal.
*crosses fingers for you*
I wish I were at that point as well. Instead my period decided to reduce the last interval to 23 days, I get to feel depressed at the halfway point of my cycle these days and have anxiety attacks at the slightest opportunity. - But then I am five years younger.

I have a credit card, because my father declared that one couldn't use the internet without it and he had control of our first connected computer at the time. I never spent more money than I had in my bank account, though, nor can I remember ever using it offline. - But then I hear they are considered much more important over in America.