Not until I've finished relieving myself. These trousers show off the embarrassing damp patch far too well.
Embarrassing? What's that?
Was/is it hard to accept being 50? 40 was terrible, when I turn 50 I'll either have to laugh to keep from crying or jump in front of a truck.
I hit 50 two years ago and it didn't really bother me. I always think getting old is better than the alternative. Some of my friends never made it.
Nope, not hard at all. But then I had no problems with hitting 40.
TBH, the hardest was 20. After that, it's all been a breeze.
Nah. I'm 56 and I'm boozing & schmoozing, artfagging and fornicating with aplomb. With two plombs, actually.
One of the most positive changes since my forties has been that I give less of a fuck about anything with every passing year. Greyhair & I have completely changed the direction of our work; I bought a mountain bike & take great pleasure in careering down a bridleway on the verge of being completely out of control. I go to the park & bounce about on Poweriser stilts or fly my quadcopter. I recently bought £200 of booze to fill a cocktail cabinet. I wear what the hell I want and say what the hell I want, in private or on public platforms.
Mid-life crisis? Whether I go by my death date tattoo or the sheer abuse I rain upon my body, I must be well over mid-way, and it certainly doesn't feel like a crisis; just liberation.
You are all an inspiration! I hope I can approach 50 like that, but I doubt it. 40 was hard and every passing year just pisses me off more. By the time 50 rolls around I'll be screaming at kids on my lawn and mumbling to myself!
I hit 58 back on June 21 (Thanks for the cards y'all) and I still feel as young as ever, apart from the tiredness, and arthritis. Oh, and the poor memory and awful existential doubt. Then there's the realisation that now I really never will sleep with Kate that I was in love with from 11, and that when I look at a pretty 25 year old now I come over as some kind of Jimmy Savile. I can overlook the 'senior' colleagues 20 years younger than me who patronisingly compliment my work in the 'database space', because, what the hell? I get to retire soon. Other than that it's pretty good really.
I think that is another cruel trick! In your mind you don't feel different at all (well I do because my mind is broken) but in reality your body can't do what it used to. The mind doesn't know that and tells the body to drink 12 beers or ride that bike for 20 miles. Then the mind wonders what the hell happened! Stupid mind anyway!
Time is a cruel thing, it really is!
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Like Milko says, when you are away from people and in the woods it really does make life better. There are times when I think it would be great to sell everything and build a cabin in the woods and just unplug from everyone and everything.
I like the way you guys think. :) My old man and I spend a lot of time in the woods year round. It's wonderful!
Deanna
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Wait until you start picking an age in the future and then you count back and think about what you was doing then. For me lets say 65, takes me back to 39, the things I did then seem just a few years ago.
That's only because you're heading in one direction. Unlike Harry Styles.
I'm only 28 and I suck at keeping in touch with people - of all the great people I've met over the years I have one close friend who I speak to most days, but other than that I have about half a dozen people I'll see a couple of times a year.
I don't really know how it happens, I love going out with people - but don't seem to get around to calling somebody and then it's been years and you feel like you've passed the point where you can.
I recently bumped into a guy I used to hang about with most of the time, we barely had two words to say to each other - it took me by surprise that we moved on so much
Since getting married and having kids I've seen (as I'm sure most people do in this situation) a rapid fall off in the amount of going out time you get. I've lost contact with a few friends that facebook has gone some way to rectify, but like Dan I can go months, in some cases years without seeing people. Most of my friends are still people I've known from school and we've not moved on at all! It's great when we all get together, it's like no time has passed since we last met and can sit for hours talking about nothing in particular. It's hard making new friends though, probably because I know I can rely on that group and probably don't try hard enough when meeting new people...