The one I have been getting, which does not mean anything, is that I smell real good. Call me a walking ad for AXE body spray. :\ Guess it better than being called a stinker!
Makes an old man feel good
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Angel Tarragon
Dawn Dragon
Reknits!Hand of Evil said:
Rel
Liquid Awesome
Well I'm 34 until June and I know that I'm more attractive now than I was at 24. I attribute all of that to confidence and having grown more comfortable with who I am. My hair has got a lot more grey in it than it did at 24 but everything I've heard says that this is not a turn off to most women (and particularly not to my wife who is the most important).
As for how I feel, it's kinda weird. My life has many trappings of my younger years in terms of the hobbies I pursue and what I find entertaining. But I've also got a child and a mortgage and responsibilites that make me feel the years a bit more. I figure so long as I'm loving life, who cares how old I am. There are times however when the march of time makes itself heard, audibly in the case of the popping in my knees when I was putting down the new floors in my kitchen and living room. :\
As usual, I turn to the wisdom of my personal saviour, Jimmy Buffett:
I rounded first, never thought of the worst
as I studied the short stop's position.
*snap* went my leg, like the shell of an egg.
"Someone call a decent physician!"
I'm no hero. I can't pretend.
Though my mind's still quite flexible, these brittle bones won't bend.
I'm growing older but not up.
My metabolic rate is presently stuck.
Let those winds of time blow over my head.
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.
As for how I feel, it's kinda weird. My life has many trappings of my younger years in terms of the hobbies I pursue and what I find entertaining. But I've also got a child and a mortgage and responsibilites that make me feel the years a bit more. I figure so long as I'm loving life, who cares how old I am. There are times however when the march of time makes itself heard, audibly in the case of the popping in my knees when I was putting down the new floors in my kitchen and living room. :\
As usual, I turn to the wisdom of my personal saviour, Jimmy Buffett:
I rounded first, never thought of the worst
as I studied the short stop's position.
*snap* went my leg, like the shell of an egg.
"Someone call a decent physician!"
I'm no hero. I can't pretend.
Though my mind's still quite flexible, these brittle bones won't bend.
I'm growing older but not up.
My metabolic rate is presently stuck.
Let those winds of time blow over my head.
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.
Angel Tarragon
Dawn Dragon
I totally understand what you mean Rel, I feel exactly the same way. I know I look a lot more mature than I did 10 years ago.
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Ah Reveal, you're just a baby.reveal said:Being 31, I feel somewhat "out of touch" with people in their early 20's and below. But this week has been good. I caught the eye of a cute, young girl and she smiled at me, and not in a "why is this old man staring at me? be cool, he'll leave soon" kind of way. This has happened twice this week (different girls). Made this old man feel really good, I tell you what.
Angel Tarragon
Dawn Dragon
I find that the people that think others are 'young' are only a generation apart from those they call 'young'.sniffles said:Ah Reveal, you're just a baby.
Ambrus
Explorer
Ooh! Ooh! Can I be a sexy beast too? Can I? Can I?Frukathka said:Oh. Well, it is good to know that Reveal and I are in the Sexy Beast club.
I'm turning 32 in a few weeks myself. It's weird to think that I'm not even close to my twenties anymore. Hell I still think of myself as if in my late teens in some ways. What's odd is realizing that I'm one of the oldest people in my group of friends. Like I was telling my friend at his birthday a few weeks ago, I usually assume everyone who's taller or who has more facial hair is likewise older than me. I guess it's just a holdover from my childhood.
Rel
Liquid Awesome
Ambrus said:I usually assume everyone who's taller or who has more facial hair is likewise older than me. I guess it's just a holdover from my childhood.
I was doing the deposition of a guy last week and I'm thinking, "This guy is probably right at 40." Then it turns out that his birthday is only 9 months before mine! Suddenly I'm thinking, "Holy crap! Do I look that old too?"
I once (when I was 31) asked the secretary in the office I used to work at how old she thought I was and she said, "Um...41?"
I took solace in the fact that she was only 20. And a complete idiot too.
Ambrus
Explorer
I remember a few years ago I went to visit my parents in my hometown and I stopped off at the local tourism office to get some info on the new Confederation bridge. The girl behind the counter, probably 16 or 17, stopped in mid sentence to ask if I understood her. I said "of course, why wouldn't I?" She answered that some tourists didn't always understand the accent of the locals (apparently I myself don't sound like the people from my hometown anymore so she didn't recognize me as a native). I started to laugh and I said "My dear, I've lived more years in this town than you've been alive!" Then I stopped, realized that what I said made me sound incredibly old but was unfortunately true. :\Rel said:I once (when I was 31) asked the secretary in the office I used to work at how old she thought I was and she said, "Um...41?"
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