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[naamah_darling]

I'm going to my nephew's party today. It's his birthday (observed). You know, "nephew" just doesn't seem to cut it once they're grown.

He's eighteen. And before I can say one word about how eighteen isn't grown up, I always have to remember that when I was only about a month older than him, I got married. And I'm still married. To the same

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[meijhen]

"What the fuck have I been doing with myself?"

Indeed. I was thinking about this the other night, when I heard about someone or other who died at the age of 72 (wasn't important who, it was just the number that struck me). And I thought, Holy CRAP! If I die at 72, that means that RIGHT NOW, my life is half over!

And there's still so much stuff I want to do. I guess I'd better get to work!

Also, gave me a bit of kick in the pants to realize that if I don't do something about my general health, my life is probably more than half over right at the moment..

..and

[meijhen]

*sigh*
Pardon the unfinished post. This is what happens when the Squeaker awakens from her nap early.

Anyway, was just going to finish up with :

"...and I suppose this means I am now officially past that stage of life where you think you're going to live forever..."

[naamah_darling]

Yeah, I have a bit of that, myself. My mom died very young at 62, so I'm not far from half that age. It gives one pause!

[mephisto5]

In Britain, we 18 yr olds are adults legally too.

*Is talking to someone doing their GCSEs and feeling utterly ancient because of it.*

[apocalypticbob]

The way I look at it, at eighteen you are old enough to serve in the military, serve time as an adult for crime, and vote (all of those are related somehow, I'm sure of it) so you are therefore an adult. What you do with it will determine how you should be treated.

That's my two cents.

[ssterchaos]

Sifbot looks like he is the alarm. :o) Not to be nosy, but how much older are you than your nephew?

[naamah_darling]

Ahh, crap. Let me do the math.

Eleven and a half years. Is that right? That's right. Yeah. Eleven and a half.

It's not that far apart to me, because my sister and I were eight years apart, but then again, it's close enough together that he was a bit like a little brother in terms of the role he filled in the family overall. Odd timing split.

[ssterchaos]

I can relate; I was eleven and a half when my brother was born.

[mistressbanshee]

Uuugghh, I feel old now..

People snicker at me when I say I feel old at 26, but I really really do. I was never one of those people who thought myself invincible or the whole I'm-never-gonna-die bullshit. My own mortality's been staring me in the face from a very, very young age.

The thing that creeps me out is the people I teach are generally freshmen in college.. and they look REALLY young to me now.

[flewellyn]

I guess I'll tell you what I usually tell people who say "I feel old".

My great grand-aunt Norma Swanson, who I call Norma the Elder (her son married a woman named Norma Swanson, no prior relation...so she's Norma the Younger), is 94 years old. She is the oldest member of the family. She is also the one who told us this awful joke a couple of years ago:

"Did you hear they caught Osama bin Laden? Yeah, they dropped Viagra over Afghanistan, and the little prick stood up!"

I figure, anyone who can still tell jokes like that is not old. So if she's not old, you're not either. :-)

[naamah_darling]

Okay, that woman rocks hardcore.

Much love!

[sandtigeress]

My friend/guy I'm kinda dating, in a way, was saying that at 26. He was saying it at 24 when we met. He's 29 now, and I can see what he means in a physical sense. The pain he has to deal with every day. Ugh. . . And if he's REALLY hurting, the way he walks. . . Oh, man. . .

Personally, I can't understand things like that (I'm 22). But some people just know more and have been through a lot more than others.