I know I'm getting old when...

[Betty]

Ya know - it's totally not fair that men can simply shave off their beards and get an instant age makeover. Not that I want a beard - just an near-instant youngness-makeover. (for looks - I'll keep my mind right here at 37)

I know I'm getting old when I've been sitting on the floor too long and my kness crack when I get up.

... when I look back at my driver's license photo that I used to hate and think - man - I looked good back then didn't I!


...when I look at the year and note that my 20 year high school reunion is next year. 20 years! when did that happen? 10? Okay. But 20? Come on now. Someone is just fooling.

...when I talk to some of the people I work with and note that I'm twice as old as a few of them. Twice as old! x's 2. Double.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Betty

Ya know - it's totally not fair that men can simply shave off their beards and get an instant age makeover.

Well, according to one definition of a beard (see #7), you could shave off a beard and look years younger!

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Betty

...when I look at the year and note that my 20 year high school reunion is next year. 20 years! when did that happen? 10? Okay. But 20? Come on now. Someone is just fooling.

Mine is tomorrow.

Take my word for it, when you see some of the other people in your class, you'll realize yeah, its been twenty years, esp for them.

[ozron]

Originally Posted by Betty

...when I look at the year and note that my 20 year high school reunion is next year. 20 years! when did that happen? 10? Okay. But 20? Come on now. Someone is just fooling.

My 30th is next month. I'm not going. The show makes for a good excuse, but the fact is while I think it would be fun to see some people, and know that I feel better about myself right now than I did then, I think that would wear off in about ten minutes, and I'd revert into the insecure dweeb I was back in '77.

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by ozron

My 30th is next month. I'm not going. The show makes for a good excuse, but the fact is while I think it would be fun to see some people, and know that I feel better about myself right now than I did then, I think that would wear off in about ten minutes, and I'd revert into the insecure dweeb I was back in '77.

You know it's funny. While gathering things together for mine last night someone said to me, Its funny how people are so different.
I pondered this, and asked why that was stated.
I was informed that while they couldnt care less to go to their reunion, or see those people or think about HS, I seemed to revel in it, and be attached to it.

I still cant decide if I am anything other than insulted, but I dont know the intention.

But I've always been the mother hen. Even when I was the dweebie HS academic music chick.
I'm cool with that.
Hell, the four years after high school were FAR worse than HS.

[Capt Jack]

aint that the truth. however, at least a dozen of the folks you'll see will make you feel wayyyy better about yourself.

I'll betcha. in any case, have fun.

[Capt Jack]

initially I thought so too, but after the first one (the 10 year that was little more than a drunken college party) the 20 was way different. it was amazing to see those who had come into their own since HS was now a distant memory, those who peaked then and were sliding downhill at an incredible rate of speed. those who hadnt moved an inch in all that time and saw everyone around them as sell outs, old people or just 'stuffed shirts' because they dared to move on with real life.

its good from a personal perspective sort of thing.

I wouldnt miss my 30 for all the tea in china

[BarTopDancer]

I skipped my 10 (MouseAdventure was having a night event). Heard it was a waste of money too. I may go to my 20. I really have no desire to see any of those people again (accept to see who has gone downhill). Last I heard (about 4 years ago) the "queen bee" was a mother of 4, divorced and living in a trailer in podunk AR. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

[blueerica]

I missed my 10 due to finances. While I could have pulled it together, I couldn't justify the $400+ air fare, plus whatever rental car and hotel would be, only to be there for a day. I was pretty sad - my good HS friends were there and I know it would have been a great chance to see them face-to-face, though I keep in regular contact with a handful of them.

[blueerica]

That reminds me. Normally, I don't spill my age to classrooms of 20 year olds, but at the beginning of my marketing class this session, I did. It's been nice, actually. Not blending in. Being who I am.