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[the_siobhan]

I've never understood why people denigrate getting old.

There have been a bunch of times when I was pretty sure I was never going to get old. And I thought it sucked.

Comments

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

The creaking joints kinda suck, but the ease of Making Things Happen When It's Time makes up for it.

[gashinryu.livejournal.com]

Getting old's alright...I've been doing it for years. :-)

[firecat]

Brilliant subject line...

[eveningstartwo.livejournal.com]

The body maintainence starts getting annoying and bothersome. Sometimes worse than that. Getting things done require more time and effort. On the other hand, I don't care about getting things done that used to be oh-so-important but not so much now.

Maureen

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

there are things i don't like about getting old.

however, i like the alternative less.

(i'd really love to be able to stay up for twenty hours at a time and be functional, which i could do when i was eighteen. bah!)

[girfan.livejournal.com]

agreed!

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I can still do that, I just have to sleep more the next day.

OTOH, there are lots of things I can do now that I would have loved to have been able to do when I was eighteen.

[grimjim.livejournal.com]

There are definitely cultural factors in play. Age doesn't seem to get much cred in the West.

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

Getting old is far, far superior to the alternative. It annoys me when people older than I warn me about how horrible it will be for me to get to be 70; I always tell them that I'll be delighted and surprised to get there.

[dj-doc.livejournal.com]

Well I'm a lot older now then I expected to get.
We'll see how far this goes Lux made it to 62 so there's some hope ;-)

[entropymage.livejournal.com]

My 4-year old daughter asked me recently if I missed being a kid.

I thought about it for a second, but it didn't take me long to answer in the negative. I get to play whenever I like, watch cartoons, hang out with friends and play video games, *and* it can involve staying up til whenever and imbibing whatever I please, *and* I don't have to deal with the crappy parts of being a kid.

I told her I miss being small, though. Then I picked her up, brought her to bed, and tucked her in.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

That's a cute story.

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

There have been a bunch of times when I was pretty sure I was never going to get old.

Me too. Which makes me feel like everything else is "bonus time" and a total gift. I just can't understand when people lie about their age... For me, each of those years was well *earned* and I'm not just going to ignore/degrade them as if that time never happened.