DEAR ABBY: "Hurting in Whittier," age 45 with wrinkles, complains that men prefer younger women. Tell her that she IS a younger woman to men in their 50s, 60s and beyond.
Mature men have learned that as a woman ages, she becomes increasingly attractive. She gains more in wisdom, empathy and kindness than she loses in appearance. And, of course, men similarly improve.
"Hurting" is shopping in the wrong age bracket. -- VOLNEY V. BROWN JR., RETIRED JUDGE, DANA POINT, CALIF.
DEAR JUDGE BROWN: Whether you're ruling from a bench in a courtroom or a bench in a park, you have rendered an enlightened opinion. It takes keen vision to see past the surface to the core of what's important. (And they say that "Justice is blind"!)