I read Suzanne Moore’s column (G2, 17 July) with interest, as a good 10 years have passed since I got my bus pass. I had by then read Germaine Greer on the many benefits of being menopausal (or post): you become more or less invisible, and can watch other people without being watched. Furthermore, as she points out, you don’t mind what anybody thinks. But the other evening I had the experience of hearing what somebody thought of ageing old me when I was being escorted home by someone of similar age to me, by the hand after a performance somewhere. A gentleman about our age made it clear he wanted to talk to us. It turned out he was delighted to see people of our age holding hands in the street, as it made him feel optimistic and happy. How delighted we were to hear his thoughts!
Juliet Solomon
Frome, Somerset
