Wishing to be older and vice versa

[Tommie]

We were teasing Nick a bit on another thread about being only fifteen,and wishing we were,and it reminded me of this:
Have no idea where i found this but saved it to files:..........


Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . . you become 21.
Even the words sound like a ceremony . . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90's, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92."

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"

May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

[JamieKerr]

I think 21 is the last age marker that you really cannot wait to reach. After that there's really no milestones in terms of what new rights and privileges you have access to, well, except maybe renting a car .

[arrogcow]

I think 21 is the last age marker that you really cannot wait to reach. After that there's really no milestones in terms of what new rights and privileges you have access to, well, except maybe renting a car .

I used to tell people I was waiting for 35 so I could run for President (though not actually a declared candidate till 2012 - so 44 when running - hey that
s then next election I'd better get busy campaigning).

adam

[davedove]

I think 21 is the last age marker that you really cannot wait to reach. After that there's really no milestones in terms of what new rights and privileges you have access to, well, except maybe renting a car .

Well, at least not until you get old enough to get the senior citizen discounts. That seems to be coming up way too fast for me.

[sharpdressedscot]

I'm glad I'm still young!!

[Coemgen]

Wouldn't 100 and a half be 150?

[Makeitstop]

I was just asked something along these lines. "If you could be any age but your current one, what would you pick and why?"

I said 5,000 because it would mean I must be immortal, and I'd have to be the smartest man alive with that much experience.

[Frank McGrath]

I said 5,000 because it would mean I must be immortal, and I'd have to be the smartest man alive with that much experience.

I was the smartest man alive when I was 14. Just ask my parents.

Frank McGrath
no longer the smartest man alive.

[Tommie]

I can remember hitting 29 an thinking OMG,next year i'll be thirty,and i felt very old.I must have been nuts.

[JamieKerr]

I work as a social worker for Hospice, an agency which provides palliative care to those with six months or less to live. 80% of my clients are above 70 years of age, though I do get some kids here and there, and some people in their 30's. I don't mind getting older, and I don't mind all the bs that may happen t me each day. I know that no matter how bad my day might seem, my clients would gladly trade my absolute worst day for their best day. And somehow it makes life easier thinking about it like that. When you have to sit and work on your taxes, or sit through a boring 3 hour meeting...or do your homework...run to the grocery store....the list goes on and on. But when you have to do those things, rather than think about it as "I have to do this again", think about it like "I have the ability to do these things again."

Perhaps that was a little off topic, but not too much.

I would not want to be younger than I am. Most people already tell me I act too old for my age, so if anything I'd prefer to be a bit older so that I fit in better with those around me.