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A middle-aged woman looks forward to growing old because she believes older people are less beholden to other's expectations, but her friend disagrees.
A man thinks about his relationship with his parents (especially his mother) as he watches them grow old. He then realizes that he is now old too.
When a friendly resident at a retirement home starts to decline in health and popularity, a woman reflects on what it means to grow old when there’s no one to look out for you.
A young being describes coming of age on their planet. Though they spend most of their time without gender, when it comes time to get physically intimate, they meet at a kemmer-house for a short duration, as either female or male.
An elderly woman in a senior living community spends most of her time alone. As she waits for her daughters to visit, she quells her loneliness by having dinner with her neighbor.
An old man becomes aware of the finality of his life, and that he couldn't find much meaning to it anymore.
An elderly female-identifying character remembers the past through dreams and memories, growing frustrated with the limitations of age and the fact that the revolution she has spent a lifetime working towards is starting elsewhere. As she comes back from a walk in the city, someone invites her to speak at tomorrow’s march, but she replies she will not be there.
Set in 1914 Detroit, a young man with a life threatening condition is forced to live a mundane life protected from the outside world. When a new friend begins showing him the joys life has to offer, he is forced to decide how he wants to live.
An old woman experiences several blackouts as she approaches death.
Throughout her life, a young woman from the future has gathered evidence about her ancestors to understand the way they lived before and during the era when society was reimagined.