Over 50 and fabulous-Susan Wakhungu Githuku

Ask any woman her age and you can almost see the wheels in her head turning as she tries to figure out whether to state her real age or fake age, because as society stands, the older a woman gets the more she loses.

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That is why turning 50 for a woman is preceded with fear. In fact, for most women the world over, turning 50 is a milestone bombarded with jokes of dried eggs, drooping breasts, wrinkles, thickening waist, knees and back ache; all compounded with empty nest syndrome when children leave for university, work or marriage.