Does Age Quash Our Spirit of Adventure?

[MouseWife]

The closest I've been to tent camping was Housekeeping Camp. But, since then, I did purchase air mattresses in case we go back....Which we almost just made reservations for and the Hubster said we wouldn't need the air matresses!! I somehow weasled out of THAT and changed the dates for when we would have a nice room.

My back is what mostly doesn't like camping...

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

At my last concert at the Trubidor, I was the creepy old guy.

That's exactly how I feel when I go to Rocky Horror! Not that I let that stop me.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

age 35 was a mark where 95% of the population was no longer interested in listening to new music

at age 39, 95% of the population who had not already tried sushi would try sushi

When it came to tongue piercings 95% occured between the ages of 16-23

I'm over 35 and while being willing to listen to new music, I find I don't have the energy to seek it out myself. I have been falling away from music entirely lately, and listening to NPR nearly exclusively, with AM1070 as a backup.

I'm under 39 but I love sushi. I'm perfectly happy to try new food though some of the ... "delicacies" make me cringe. I'll try it, but wow. Can't believe some of the things people call food.

Piercings... not so much a fan of them. I have considered a tattoo, but it would have to be something meaningful to me, not just "it was pretty". I work with guys who have "just-because" tattoos and I wonder what they'll think when they are my age. I know I wouldn't want them.

Sky-diving: still on the to-do list.
Shark diving: still on the list.
Bungee jumping: not so much. Not afraid, just not interested.
Scuba diving: certified, just don't like the water all that much.

The newest hobby in the ABG house is biking. Hubby and I bought bikes and since May I've put nearly 700 miles on mine. He's got over 900. Our city is small enough that bicycles are perfect; I can be nearly anywhere in town within 3 miles. Makes me happy though I'm not sure it counts as adventure.

[flippyshark]

On my list - shark diving for sure. It isn't age or lack of adventurous spirit that stops me. It's money, plain and simple. There are a lot of fairly adventurous things I'd love to try, but that money thing trumps most of them.

The older I get, the more I desire to travel, largely because I have done very little of it in my lifetime, and I'm starting to dread that my clock will run out before I manage to see the world.

One reason I don't like a lot of current music is that I don't find it nearly adventurous enough! I definitely rely on friends with eclectic tastes to introduce me to new music. (The LoT is a good place to be for that.) I admit that with age, I am no longer investing as much time investigating new sounds. The reward to effort ratio hasn't been as good lately, and that is probably a function of "nothing sounds new to me."

[alphabassettgrrl]

I've been pondering this. For me, I think it's more a lowered tolerance for discomfort, as well as being lazy.