Sunday, October 09, 2005
Aging
I had a realization the other day. It was that I am now 31; I am no longer young. So I'm middle aged now, right? I really don't have a problem with the idea; being middle aged seems to represent something horrible to many people, but to me it's just the spot where you're not young and your not old, hence the term 'middle.' But when I mentioned this to my brother and mother, they erupted into spewing runnels of denial. I really have no idea why. They claim that I'm not middle aged, yet, that's more around 35, which I can see the argument for, but I'm not exactly sure I agree. Of course, I guess one could argue that you're only middle aged if you look it, for instance, if someone were to describe me as "that middle aged woman with brown hair," which I don't see happening anytime soon as strangers are STILL giving me advice as to what I should try to accomplish while I'm still in high school! Jeez. And the other day, we saw part of this show called something like, "The Great thing about being 30," or something like that, and it claimed that 30 is the new 20. So I guess I'm free to still act like I'm not middle aged whether I am or not. It also claimed that young guys love women in their thirties (see earlier post about all the young guys that are attracted to me these days) and that the pressures off to perform when you turn thirty (see much earlier post where I said the exact same thing.) Seems like this show was full of wisdom! I ain't worried about it. I'm still me, whether I'm young or middle aged or decrepit, so whatever, it's all good.
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well life expectancy for women nowadays is 80.1 years, which would make middle age 40. but if you ask me you're only as young as you feel. i'm willing to you'll still be a sexy momma when you're fifty.
willing to bet. dammit i need to start previewing my comments.
Thanks! You know, when people talk about what they think I'll be like when I'm older, I universally recieve two descriptions. The first is just like Weeza on Steel Magnolias; grumpy, mean, and hilarious, and probably with lots of cats. The second is lots of makeup, tight clothes, big hair and coming on to all the hot guys within 40 years of me. Oh wait, I forgot, there's a third description I get less often than the other two: married to a handsome black or foreign man living in a New York City loft with a large studio for painting, wearing sexy artsy clothes and being bohemian. I think I like the last one best. :)
I've also heard that 30 is the new 20 and 40 is the real start of the "adult" years and that now 45-50'ish is middle aged. But I don't know. I like the idea of living in New York being all bohemian...I can see that...and the Weeza thing too. ;)
Yeah, I've actually had people call me Weeza. It's a pretty popular opinion. I guess the early polls are showing that I am not middle aged, yet. I guess you can't argue with the masses.
I've always thought of "middle-aged" as one's fourties and fifties. Sort of assuming that everyone will live to one hundred kind of thing. There are children, teenagers, young adults, adults, middle agers (aka over the hill-ers), older gentlemen/ladies, grandfathers/grandmothers (reguardless of spawning history), blue hairs/creepy old men, and then the Methusalahs (aka older than dirt-ers). The actual ages for each stage depend on a variety of factors, but generally the "adult" stage is the longest. So, you still have a few stages to go through before you can start rescuing strays.
Ok, they votes have been tallied, assuming of course that Dave won't comment, and it's seems the people have spoken. I am officially NOT middle aged. I guess I'm just an "adult." That seems so. . .blah. Oh well. I guess people can refer to me as "that lady" rather than "that middle aged lady." I suppose this also means I can avail "adult" services. Such as; adult swim, adult themed movies, things that are labelled "adult entertainment," and so on. Yay! I can finally enter anywhere that is adults only!
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