Something that has re-occurred several times these last weeks has finally caused me to voice my concern about how maturity is viewed by the younger generations. Can I say it forms a dividing line between the aged and young at heart who maybe the same age.
As we age we get more cautious, probably because of baggage and pain we incurred throughout life. But where is a line drawn, when caution is more like fear, and less like adventure or an open mind.
Now I know I am more reckless than most my age because I have always taken chances, but I do admit as we age we do not bounce back as quickly, so caution can start to look like it's taking control.
Is this why we hear we are wiser in maturity, or is it no more than caution edged with fear and does it effect us meeting a new life partner?
How often have we given someone a second chance...it is often the way we are raised, but what happens when that chance is again abused.....and we pull the rug rather quickly, the intention to safe guard ourselves from further abuse.
But when a person tries it on for the third time, and totally out the blue, making out they have come across your cell phone number, and can't put a name to a face and more....how you know each other......
Now you can believe its genuine, but how can it be....they must be trying it on...but why?
Is it the way we are raised, lacking morals and manners, so thick skinned....I am stunned they would try it again and again....months/years apart....they must believe they will win...does that make them an optimist or an idiot.....?
How many have silently questioned details of location posted on profiles?
I don't mean when someone gives a single place name, but when they give two that you know are miles apart.
I used to give the benefit of the doubt, thinking they lived in one place, maybe worked or was relocating to the other, but if you question them, they will rarely give you a straight answer. Are they just plucking locations from the air, thinking others won't question or won't know the difference.
Are others like me?