I can’t watch Nightline when she’s on. For the love of god, she’s pushing 60, and she still simpers and talks like Shirley Temple. It’s not cute, it’s creepy. I hate “newswoman voice” in general, but McFadden’s is worse than fingernails on a chalkboard.
So she’s 56, which would be the latter half of one’s 50s, which is reasonably close to “late fifties.” If she’s not pushing 60, she’s getting ready to.
Hey, I just turned 50, which is less than a decade from 60, which is the gateway to 70, and my parents are in their 70s. I’m the same age as my parents!
Young people are so adorable about age perception, what with their “I’m twenty-two and three-quarters.”