I'll never understand...

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I dont' understand people that fear growing older either.

This I understand. Not that I fear being old. It's the growing old part. It's the watching my nose turn into a replica of my father's nose. Will MY nose become that veiny? Will it? I already notice small veins. Will they become raised old man nose veins?

Will my memory become even more squishy than it already is?

I already have the beginnings of arthritis, I fear.

Will I develop that shrinking slouch so many tall older people get?

I already feel like I'm aging before my time. Took a left at puberty and straight into menopause...

So, yeah, I kinda understand that fear. Because though a lot of people improve with age, I have a feeling I'll be just the opposite. It won't happen with grace so much as with a ravaging, unstoppable force.

Bah.