How much longer
I grew up slightly wistful that I wouldn't see the year 2000. It wasn't because I couldn't imagine being that old, I just knew I wouldn't. At 2 minutes to midnight, Dec 31st 1999, hectic street party, someone fired a shot in my direction and I thought oh, riiiight. Then I thought hang on, am I dead or not?So it has been unexpected borrowed time since then, and the last couple of years have been particularly brilliant. But how much longer before that bullet finally catches up?
I come from a family which roars into the eighties before starting to falter, but that thought horrifies me. I don't want to get old (too late, too late, would be the chorus from most on this website) but when does old actually start?
First signs of losing of the memory or mind? If I have, I haven't noticed. You'd tell me, right?
First aches and pains and groaning when you get up (or sit down)? Touch wood, still leaping around like a flea (especially when cramp attacks during that morning stretch, but that's not age, has had me dancing a morning fandango for years)
First time you get a chance to go out with someone hot and think hmm, rather stay home and read a book?
I have friends younger than me with arthritis and aching joints, yikes. I have friends 10 years older who insist life gets better and better. Luck of the draw, but I do know I don't want to get old. I long since told my daughter if anything abruptly happens and I'm gone, she must remember I'd have been surprised but ultimately downright relieved.
I just wondered when, apart from having a bloody birthday, one realizes "hell I am OLD". Anyone got an opinion?
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That you celebrated A year early
One must Complete The Year 2000 Before The New Millenium Begins
You Were to early by 365 Days
The new Millenium began With The First Day Of The Year 2001
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But yup, you are entirely right. At 9, it was the clocks ticking into 2000, not the birth of the millenium, that I realized I would never see. Not the first time I've been wrong, mind. Won't be the last.
who else wpuld keep us in check!
Exercise is the key.
And I choose that form of exercise
glad your dads got a new "tablet"
move WITH the times, im struggling with mine
resisting the urge to fling it out, them last night after Monthsssss of no-go,
finally success! Pictures, simple to some not all though
life is for living, experiencing, loving, fail/success its all learning
so a boost is always good, Tea viv?
Not down, really, I just finished answering a whole bunch of birthday emails from family members who are, for the most part, much older than me and thinking I hope I never get old enough to need a hip replacement
Made me wonder if the first hip replacement is the turning point or if it kicks in before that!
Life was never meant to be fair. Whoever first said it was, should be taken out and shot.
Or even better, be made to act as peacekeeper in the Blogs
We get out of life what we put into it.
Life, nor anybody, owes us anything. The sooner people realise that, the sooner they might start enjoying it.
I left SA in 2000 and moved to the UK so yeah, my old life ended too. Right now I can't get any idea of the future. Maybe another big change coming up?
Sugars bad, little natural-honey, good to go!
an old former neighbour had both hips replaced, I didnt know this she always walked with an aid/stick/frame
I saw her ride past me on a Bike! ! !
I was ...astonished to say the least, she had a whole newwwww lease of life, no pain meds any more iether !
...oh here's your tea btw
Sugars bad, little natural-honey, good to go!
an old former neighbour had both hips replaced, I didnt know this she always walked with an aid/stick/frame
I saw her ride past me on a Bike! ! !
I was ...astonished to say the least, she had a whole newwwww lease of life, no pain meds any more iether !
...oh here's your tea btw
Honey in tea, oh okay. I hope it's organic, not just sugar pre-digested by commercial bees, though.
Oh, surgery can revolutionize lives for those with aches and pains. I just don't want to get to the point of needing it
Just imagine not being able to roll on floor laughing? (Or anything else)
Lord, let me die like that too!
I may think about old, but I don't do old. Two days ago, I went out on impulse, had a ball and returned home at ten to five in the morning. And! I had stuff to do, a lot, I may add. Luckily I always seem to get a second breath (providing I keep busy)
As for my body's subtle reminders (spiteful ), I just find or do something (natural) to overcome that
Not too sure what my kids think of my impulsive antics though I'm sure by the time they reach my age their outlook would've changed
Real honey of course organic even, from my own bees
Perhaps I should stop telling my daughter what I get up to, hehehe. She does sound horrified sometimes ...
Lovely cuppa, by the way. Much enjoyed.
They say "a man is as old as he feels and when he stops feeling, then he IS old"!!! I suppose that could apply to women as well?
My mother is 91 and doing very well for her age. She has a few aches & pains, of course, but has a young mentality and hasn´t lost her marbles.. yet!
She was given the 3 books of the 50 Shades of Grey for her birthday and, although it was much lower than her normal literature level, she enjoyed every minute of it and said it was a page turner...
im very domesticated, routines and all, a friends wife came round a while back, she needed help in Englisg for a course she had to pass, she commented "omg are you a perfectionist?"
I replied " sorry its a bit untidy" she goes " theres not a thing out of place!"
After 30 you are too old.
BUT
One thing for sure, when R and I are together, he would often comment, "You know I'm an old man......."