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QOTD
In what ways do you feel older than you actually are? How about younger?
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Re: QOTD
I'd say I'm an old soul. I'd much prefer to stay in on the weekend then go party it up. Give me a glass of vino, a book and a blanket and my night is made.
Very little makes me feel young for my age, but I'm ok with that.
We'll just not tell H about this little fact, m'kay?
I always feel old. I'm not into going out and hitting the clubs like I used to be, and if you keep me up past ten, I get very irritable (sp?). I prefer to stay in, maybe have a beer, and hit up the Netflix. I lead such a borning life. Of course, all the gray hair I am getting now just seals the deal.
Young? What's that? I have come to the realization that as I am getting closer to 40 (I will be 38 this year) that I am no longer young, but middle aged. I can except it.
I also enjoy a good night in with a movie and drinks with the hubs. I've been anti the big party scene since I was maybe 20. I never did the night clubs and big drinking all that much, even in college. Now I just want to snuggle under blankets and veg.
I do still feel like I'm too young to be living my life. I didn't think I'd be so settled at this age and still have minor panic attacks that I haven't done enough crazy things with my life yet. I guess now I'll have to wait for that mid-life crisis stage.
I enjoy staying home more than I enjoy going out, and when I do go out, it takes my body much longer to recover than it used to.
I feel younger appearance-wise, I guess. People never believe me when I tell them that I'm 30. I always take that as a huge compliment (although these fine lines and wrinkles that keep showing up make me feel otherwise sometimes).
I feel older than I am ALL the time. I had to grow up pretty fast and it forced me to become independent at a young age. I've always been more mature (for the most part) than people my age, and I think that has a lot to do with the crowd I associate with... they're all older than me. people are always surprised when I tell them my age, because they always assume I'm older.
like everyone else said, I'd much rather stay in and read a book than go out and party. then again, I still crave a good girls night out once in a while.
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I think I'm in the same boat with all of you. In fact, I blew off a concert on Friday to stay in with wine, a book, and some alone time. It was definitely needed. I'm much more a getting together with friends for dinner or just hanging at someone's house person than going to the clubs. I also tend to hybernate in winter and am much more social in the warmer months.
In terms of feeling young, I definitely feel this way at my job. I can't believe I've been an attorney for over four years now. When I first started, I would tell myself everyday that it was time to get up and play "let's pretend" at work. Now, I'm much more used to it, but sometimes when opposing counsel has been practicing for 20 or 30 years, I feel younger than I am. And I agree with you Amie, I don't look my age either, but those little lines on my forehead, uggg.
I feel older than I am a LOT of the time. I never really went through a rebellious stage in my life. I never really fit in with peers and was bullied pretty bad so I grew up pretty quick. I'd say I am more mature than most people my age. I too am one of those that would rather spend time sitting on the couch watching a movie than going out to clubs etc.
What makes me feel younger? I look pretty young for my age, and often mistaken for someone younger. I work with and mentor teenagers and that keeps me feeling young.
I feel older (not age-wise, but life-wise) than a lot of people H and I are friends with b/c we were pretty much the first of both our groups of friends to get married, even though H and his friends are 4 years older than me and my friends (I just turned 27, H just turned 31). We still have very few married friends. And I am hesitant to start thinking about having children when most of our friends aren't anywhere close to settling down - I don't want our kids to be so much older than our friends' kids.
By the same token, the fact that most of our friends are still single makes me feel younger than a lot of you guys on here who seem to have much more settled social groups, with lots of married friends and babies. We are no where near the suburbs-and-minivans phase of our lives yet (although I'm not sure we'll ever be, even when we do have kids.)
I feel older because I sort of jumped into my "adult life" right after high school. DH and I shacked up together and moved to a different state where we had no support system and no savings so we were forced to grow up a lot and be mature, responsible people. Also two years ago I could work a double shift at the restaurant I worked at and head to the club with friends right after and stay out until 5 in the morning with my classes starting at 9 and be okay. Now if I don't get 8-9 hours of sleep I can barely function!
I feel younger in ways though because my hubby keeps me that way. We're always playful and goofy with each other even in public places like the grocery store. After 8 years together we still act like a giddy high school couple
Older - I'm totally out of touch with the pop culture scene and prefer classical music etc. I'm often among the youngest members of the audience at a lot of the concerts and things that I attend.
Younger - laughing at everything with V makes me feel young!
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My kids keep me feeling young. I know I'm only 24, but I can do things with them that I can't get away with by myself. I take them to Chuck E Cheese (cause I really love it there), I take them to kid movies in the theater (because I want to see them) and I took them sledding last weekend (because I was excited about the weather).
I also had a few drinks on Saturday, which NEVER happens. I woke up in the morning and seriously couldn't move the next day. Not because I was hung over, but because I took them sledding and my knees were swollen so badly I thought I'd never walk again. Oh and I have arthritis in my wrists and that makes me feel like I should have grandkids.
I feel older than I am because I'm the only one of my close group of girlfriends that is married. They go out and party every weekend, and even before I was pregnant, I wasn't big on the club thing. Most of the time when we hang out, we go out to dinner, maybe to a movie. I also prefer to stay in and watch a movie or read a book than go out.
I feel younger because I still love to play video games, I enjoy being silly, and not being serious all the time. Manuel and I are very playful with each other, we always make each other laugh and that keeps me feeling young.
I felt very old the day I hired someone who was born the year I graduated high school.
I never really feel that I look or act my age. People are usually surprised when I tell them how old I am.
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