The question
What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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Not knowing who my family are.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 May 2025 source ↗
Not feeling old but everyone treating you that way.
Being alone and other people getting busier with families and life.
I cry a lot because I miss people. I cry a lot because they die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more. ... And so it's what I dread more than anything is the isolation.
Seeing my kids getting older scares me.
Not standing up to bullies.
When I decided that Mavis Staples was right – I don’t need to despise myself.
“And for you, sir?” It happens a lot.
A ballet dancer.
Nick Cave for his determination to hold a space for public discourse on the deep and difficult and mysterious elements of life.
High-functioning introvert.
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