I have become an old fart

I think its all relative - the way we look back at our "youth" and it doesn't much matter if we're 24 looking back on 19 or in our 30's, 40's, 50's - whatever - looking back on our "youth". I'm in my early 40's and, granted, I've got more "life" to look back on than someone in their 20's (at least in terms of actual years - I believe there are people in their 20's who've jammed more "life" into their 20 years than many older people have into their years on this planet).

I've squeezed a good deal of living into my 40+ years and I feel sort of like lavy. I think most of us probably do - at any age. I don't go out NEARLY as much - don't do the things I used to - not sure I could stay up anymore drinking and partying till 4am every day (oh, I can do it every now and then - but not EVERY DAY - and I used to...) - at the very least my work would suffer and you know what? I happen to enjoy my job - I'm proud of my accomplishments - and I like earning a nice salary that allows me to do things I didn't get to do when I was younger (travel in COMFORT, buy most of the things I want, etc...) so perhaps there is a sort of trade off?

Things come in waves as well. I'm doing more "fun" things these days then I was 10 years ago when many things in my life were still a struggle. One thing I do miss (see my concert thread) is going to concerts. There's no reason I can't except that I really do live in the boonies and there are never any concerts close to me. I have seen a lot of concerts, bands in my time... but not a single concert in the last 10 years (unless you count seeing local bands in bars).

This thread isn't about whining about age. Its about different perspectives on one's own life.
 
lavender said:
And, I'm not old by any means. I'm 24.

You can't be an old fart! That's my title.

A bit of perspective:

In 1977, when you were born, I had already completed two tours in Southeast Asia (12 months in Vietnam, and 12 months in Thailand) and a long tour in England. I had a four-year-old daughter, and was just a year away from having a second daughter.

I don't think it was intentional, but it is ironic that you chose the fifty-second birthday of the board's official "Opinionated Old Fart" to complain about becoming an "old fart" at less than half that age. Certainly made me feel young and spry. :p
 
Maturing

Spaeaking for the 60 odd year olds, DONT wait until you are 60. In fact dont waste any year God gives you.
Sure you will go to clubs and bars less. Apart from other ways of having fun getting in the way, going out to those places doesn't seem quite so attactive after a second or third orgasm. And parting with friends has a lot more real kick to it than partying with strangers. There are a hell of a lot of things to try - my list seems to sprout two new possibilities for each one I get to sample. Hell, there are enough wonderful things in real loving mongamy to keep you humming for a lifetime, if that is what you are into. Just USE your imagination, and if you are looking to wider horizons, any limit there may be is further away than I have yet got. Dont be scared to pinch good ideas of other people, either.
 
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