Posted by noa on December 29, 2003, at 22:57:15
In reply to Thanks y'all, fellow oldtimers, posted by shar on December 29, 2003, at 22:32:37
Yeah, I know the feeling. Sometimes, I see someone in a public situation, and for some reason, I assume they are older than me--they look so grown up and in control-- and then I actually look at them and realize, no, I'm probably older than them, it's just that I'm so developmentally behind. In some ways, my body is very definitley my age, if not older, like fat and lumpy and heading toward diabetes, and a victim of gravity for sure, but in others, not, like no wrinkles and not much grey hair. Combine this with not having kids, people usually assume I'm about 5 to 10 years younger than I am. But my creaky, arthritic bones remind me every day, especially in the morning, that I am indeed my age.
But inside--since I lost a few decades to this drat disease--I also have that feeling that I shouldn't be this age yet. I don't really know WHAT age I feel though. Do you?
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