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BearlyBreathing (original poster member #55075) posted at 3:06 AM on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
I did a thing. I got accepted in to grad school. At 52. Something I never did for myself and always wanted to. Super excited and terrified.
Wish me luck!
Me: BS 57 (49 on d-day)Him: *who cares ;-) *. D-Day 8/15/2016 LTA. Kinda liking my new life :-)
**horrible typist, lots of edits to correct. :-/ **
Superesse ( member #60731) posted at 3:18 AM on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
That's so cool! You are younger than I was when I went back to finish my Bachelors with the eventual goal of grad school. Took me 4 years to do that, going part time to Junior and Senior level courses. I walked with my diploma at age 59. Still wondering if it's too late for me to apply to a graduate program, now that I'm almost 69!!! So you are getting an early enough start, believe it or not.
What are you going to be studying?
WhoTheBleep ( member #49504) posted at 3:22 AM on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
I believe we have two lives: the one we learn with, and the one we live with after that. --The Natural
minusone ( member #50175) posted at 11:39 AM on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
What a wonderful and exciting thing to do!!!
Wishing you the best of luck!
You got this.
"I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better". Maya Angelou
Chili ( member #35503) posted at 2:43 PM on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
You did an amazing thing! Good on you Bearly. I still ponder going back myself just 'cause I've always liked school. What a fabulous part of a new beginning.
You will do wonderfully - those life experiences help you approach all that learning in a really practical worldly way that is able to put all the pieces together. I think I'm a much better learner at this age when I was in my 20s. So maybe we can't do the all-nighter's any longer...but we are better at time management, right?
Keep us posted!
2012 pretty much sucked.
Things no longer suck.
Took off flying solo with the co-pilot chili dog.
"Life teaches you how to live it if you live long enough" - Tony Bennett
squid ( member #57624) posted at 2:46 PM on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
Congrats! I got my masters degree last year at 52!
Definitely challenging going to back to school. You got this!
BH
D-Day 2.19.17
Divorced 12.10.18
This isn’t what any of us signed up for. But it is the hand that we have been dealt. Thus, we must play it.
wildbananas ( member #10552) posted at 3:04 PM on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
Congrats - that's awesome!
Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light. ~ Yogi Bhajan
Phoenix1 ( member #38928) posted at 8:22 PM on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
Congrats, BB! That's awesome!
The hardest part will be getting back into your student "groove." Until you get there, you are likely going to get frustrated at times. But persevere, and it will come!
I only say this because I have this very discussion with students of mine that are returning to college after either a long absence from a previous attempt or waiting until later in life to dive in. I love seeing them push past the frustration and succeed!
fBS - Me
Xhole - Multiple LTAs/2 OCs over 20+yrs
Adult Kids
Happily divorced!
You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. ~C.S. Lewis~
tushnurse ( member #21101) posted at 8:36 PM on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
Wow BB Congrats!!!
That is awesome.
I have considered going back multiple times. I just can't justify the cost because even with an advanced degree I would not make any more money.
Me: FBSHim: FWSKids: 23 & 27 Married for 32 years now, was 16 at the time.D-Day Sept 26 2008R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.
3kids30years ( member #38879) posted at 10:27 PM on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
HOORAY!!! That is total awesomeness!!!
CONGRATS!! 
BW - 52 on Dday
WH - 53 on Dday
DDay - 3/2/13 - 2:07pm 2+ year EA/PA
TT until 2016 - why do they do that?
Trust is earned, respect is given, & loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one is to loose all three.
Phoenix1 ( member #38928) posted at 10:40 PM on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
Slight T/J:
I have considered going back multiple times. I just can't justify the cost because even with an advanced degree I would not make any more money.
My brother was always the same way. He was tempted many times but knew, as an engineer, he would not make any more money to justify the cost or time involved.
End T/J 
fBS - Me
Xhole - Multiple LTAs/2 OCs over 20+yrs
Adult Kids
Happily divorced!
You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. ~C.S. Lewis~
EllieKMAS ( member #68900) posted at 10:42 PM on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
Amaze-balls!!! Get on with ya badass self!
"No, it's you mothafucka, here's a list of reasons why." – Iliza Schlesinger
"The love that you lost isn't worth what it cost and in time you'll be glad that it's gone." – Linkin Park
Greeneyesbluezy ( member #58158) posted at 12:03 AM on Thursday, February 13th, 2020
Omg Bearly,
No yikes, just YIPPIE!!
Congratulations!!!
Someone once told me, when I lamented about how old I would be to finish education, “well, you’re gonna be that old anyway in x amount of years, you might as well have the degree!”
Best wishes. You’re gonna kill it!!
Stop right there, I already don't give a fuck.
BrokenheartedUK ( member #43520) posted at 3:34 AM on Thursday, February 13th, 2020
Awesome!! I’m actually working on my third masters- long story- but the first one in 24 years. I’m 55 and I started last summer. I’m LOVING it!!
Me: BS
He cheated and then lied. Apparently cheaters lie. Huh. 13 months of false R. Divorced! 8/16 3 teenage kids
"The barn's burnt down
Now
I can see the moon"
-Mizuta Masahide
foxglove ( member #21791) posted at 12:38 PM on Thursday, February 13th, 2020
I returned to school to earn a doctorate at 52. Best decision I could have made for myself.
I was the oldest in my cohort, and initially that was very intimidating as the younger students in my classes were very technologically adept. I had to work hard to close that gap, but I also had a much broader range of work and research experiences so that was a plus.
Good luck, you'll love it.
Me (BS) 57
XH (WS)
Married 21 years
Divorced 2/19/07
Two grown sons
Remarried 9/18
Chrysalis123 ( member #27148) posted at 12:18 AM on Friday, February 14th, 2020
I have considered going back multiple times. I just can't justify the cost because even with an advanced degree I would not make any more money.
I wanted to go back for a doctorate. I just can't figure out how to pay for it and I am 60. I know who I would study/research under but it is impossible to afford unless I won the lottery. And it would limit my employment opportunities.
Good one you!! I am excited for you.
Someone I once loved gave me/ a box full of darkness/ It took me years to understand/ That this, too, was a gift. - Mary Oliver
Just for the record darling, not all positive changes feel positive in the beginning -S C Lourie
BearlyBreathing (original poster member #55075) posted at 3:00 AM on Friday, February 14th, 2020
Thank you all! I’m excited and terrified. And that’s okay.
Me: BS 57 (49 on d-day)Him: *who cares ;-) *. D-Day 8/15/2016 LTA. Kinda liking my new life :-)
**horrible typist, lots of edits to correct. :-/ **
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