[PREVIEW] Just Another Middle-Aged Person on TikTok

You’re listening to Burnt Toast!We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay, and it’s time for… part 2 of our 200th episode!We are continuing to revisit favorite moments from the podcast archives. Coming up:?We have feelings about aging!?What’s our current take on heterosexual marriage??How do you set boundaries when you’re in eating disorder recovery but your partner is…on a diet?And so much more!This newsletter contains affiliate links, which means if you buy something we suggest, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only ever recommend things we love and use ourselves!Episode 201 TranscriptCorinneOkay, so here’s the first question that I picked, from a mailbag episode we ran in January 2023:Is It Ever Okay to Eat at Chick-fil-A?What are your personal philosophies on aging, and are you conflicted about it in any sense?VirginiaI feel firmly that I am someone who was born to be an older person. I think my whole life, I have been working towards being someone in their 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, who mostly stays in and does puzzles and has plans.And I think the story I kicked this off with about my one night of tequila sidewalk lying down illustrates how bad I was at being a fun young person, and I’m so glad. I’m so glad I don’t have to be fun and young anymore.CorinneWow, there’s nothing you’re conflicted about? Like, how do you feel about gray hair?VirginiaI actually feel fine about gray hair.CorinneDo you have any?VirginiaOkay, here is the thing about me and gray hair, I don’t have a lot. I do have several. I am not actively trying to dye them, but I do get highlights, and my very talented hair stylist often places the highlights in ways that distract the gray hairs. Doesn’t cover them completely, but yes. And because I made a self care decision to outsource my hair to her, like about a decade ago, and I just do whatever she wants to do with my hair, because I’m always happy with it. And that way I don’t get, like, worked up about what should I do with my hair? I haven’t yet said to her, like, we don’t have to actively cover the grays, but, like, I haven’t started not dying it, is what I’m saying, because I’m happy with how it looks. But it’s not because I’m happy it’s