The Talk Part Three
I’m going to add to “The Talk” series today.
More of what to expect as you age. All those times you laughed at an “old person” or said “That will never happen to me”.
Those moments when one day you stop and say out loud “Omg…I’m at that age I laughed about years ago. I’m old! It will happen just wait.
You will stand there with your jaw hanging open and wonder…How did that happen, where did the time go?
You will say to yourself…”I don’t feel old”
Well maybe the ones you laughed at weren’t as old as you thought they were either!
So here are a few more things to prepare yourself for.
That moment you are watching a t.v. show about the 40th anniversary of popular music…(sounds old right?)
Only to realize the music you listened to as a young person is even older…by more than ten years!
You become a curmudgeon…confirmed as you just used that word.
You get grumpy at young people while driving. “Get off your phone! You’ll cause an accident!”
But then thinking back to your own teen years, you realize you scrolled the radio station while driving, and at the same time lit a cigarette and took corners on two wheels.
(I still take corners on two wheels).
You watch the thrift shoppers online get all excited about finding vintage/retro treasures and see them pick up items you grew up with in the 1970’s! That’s 1970’s…not 1870’s.
You will listen to music loud, not because you are cool, like you think you are, but because you are going deaf…from listening to loud music when you were a teenager.
Exciting times include finding chicken on sale for say…$12.50 instead of $12.95 a package.
(I celebrate with cake sometimes!)
Your memory failing will happen in a variety of ways. You won’t remember where you put your reading glasses, but you will remember the words to all your favourite songs as a teenager.
Oh and the reading glasses…I often find on the top of my head.
The last and most jaw dropping aging scenario happened the other day while I was standing in the store looking for my face moisturizer. They didn’t have my usual “age group” number…over 50, so looking at the choices available I figured I was closer to 65+ than 30+.
I stood there with it in my hand thinking…good gawd I’ve hit the oldest category…the end of the line so to speak! What’s next? I’m thinking formaldehyde…at the funeral home.
So girlies…you have been warned!
Maybe now it won’t be as much of a shock to you when it happens…(and it will!) as it was to me!
You’re welcome.
Life Experience Wisdom
* Aging will happen, be prepared to accept it.
* If I have repeated any item from part one or part two I’m chocking it up to the memory aging thing.
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Cheers til next week,
Grace
My Motto
When life throws baseball size lemons at you, that smack you upside the head, stomp on those damn things and make yourself a cocktail!