Accessibility links
At 78, Birthdays More Difficult to Celebrate Essayist Alice Furlaud "celebrates" her 78th birthday today. But as she approaches 80, she says she is finding it hard to ignore all of those "old people" jokes that never seemed to bother her before.

Opinion

At 78, Birthdays More Difficult to Celebrate

Heard on All Things Considered

At 78, Birthdays More Difficult to Celebrate

Listen
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16809351/16809315" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Essayist Alice Furlaud "celebrates" her 78th birthday today. But as she approaches 80, she says she is finding it hard to ignore all of those "old people" jokes that never seemed to bother her before.