Age

Around the age of 20 cards talk about the partying life and being free and "having fun while you can." In  the 20s era of a person's life your carefree with not many responsibilities. You usually have to worry about yourself and that's it. The 30-4- age cards usually talk about settling down and having to grow up. The cards remind you of your responsibilities and the work life. I even seen a card that said life just goes down hill from here on. It expresses that the fun life you once had is over now.
   The 40-50 age cards talk about how your getting old and the wrinkles are now setting in and how real pain starts now. It's generalized as this being the age where most people start to get into the process of slowing down. Some cards start mentioning the kids growing up and being the pain in the butt.
   Now the 50 and above cards really start to bring out the jokes of getting old. I found a lot of humorous cards to do with this age period. It not only jokes age but also a persons significant other. Women are talked as being the nags while are seen as being lazy. Cards tend to focus a lot on the spouses and the usual faults in a joking matter.
   It seems that the humor about aging grows as the years increase. some people find the humorous cards about aging offensive but I think they're truly funny. I think aging cards should be funny to lighten the mood about getting old because it really can be a sensitive issue at times.
   Aging in our society is seen as a negative thing once you hit a certain age. When you're young you rush to grow up as fast as possible, a kid would do anything to grow up as fast as they can. Then when you actually do grow up you wish to be young again. Older people also do a lot to prevent the aging process; at least most do. They use creams to take the wrinkles away, dye their hair so it's not gray anymore, and many other changes in their physical appearance. Some people even go to the extent to lying about their age. In my opinion when you get older you should be happy about the life you lived and not frown upon it so much. Be happy you made it far enough in life to grow old.