getting close to 40

Boris, I'll be 38 in about two weeks. Growing up means growing old so forget about it!

"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle." http://whimsicalnbrainpan.blogspot.com/

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Originally posted by boris:
I'm nearly 38..people I know keep telling me to grow up coz I'm nearly 40...what does that mean? Apparently it includes not obsessing about television shows that have died, and giving up some of my other interests....not gonna happen!!!

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I turned 40 a whole month ago... so far I feel younger than ever and I am certainly not going to give up on the wonders of life... like 'Firefly' and 'Serenity', wearing odd socks, singing silly songs on trains, pretending my toes are unicorns when I am exhausted on the Subway and I have "Charlie... Charlie... Charlie... We're on a bridge Charlie, a wonderful magical bridge Charlie!" and pretending I went to Hogwarts when i am playing with kids, or having Father Christmas on my speed dial on my mobile... or having food-gasms, shoe-gasms, choc-gasms, or just good old orgasms when i am out and about!!

I don't intend to start acting like a 40 year old... coz nobody has given me a handbook to 'How to act like a 40 year old" yet... nor have I met anyone whom I took one look at their behaviour and thought "Oh by the way they are acting that person must be 40!"

I don't worry about whether folk are intimidated if I smile at them coz if they are they need more smiles in their life, not less!

I will tell someone I love their outfit if I do - no matter whether I know them or not!!

I will sing and dance in the car with the radio up way too loud! I will keep 'The Ballad of Serenity' as my mobile phone ring... at least until I find the 'Fruity Oaty Bar' as a MP3 track for free!

I will take glomps, tackle hugs, snuggly cuddles and give them in return to whomsoever needs or wants them... (unless they make me really sad... and even then...)

I will keep loving my friends and telling them that I do! I will hold my best friends' hands in public and not care what folk think! I will kiss and hug my friends coz you can never have too many of those!

I will attend dress up parties with a sense of commitment to the theme or character which is the order of the night!

I will continue to share of myself with my friends near and far!!

I will treat each new opportunity like an adventure!

I will love and cherish my friends and family no matter how little time I get to spend with them, on or off line!

And most of all - I will love and cherish myself!!

And I have discovered that younger men rock!!! (They didn't seem to so much when I was younger myownself... )

I keep wondering what I will do when I grow up - perhaps I'll go to university and study history or jewellery making... at any rate I am heading to live in France for a year next year... after than - who knows??

I remember Julia Roberts saying, when she gave birth to her twins, "I feel like a real grown up" I loved her for it - in her late 30s she still didn't feel like a grownup until she had her own little ones, and being grown up doesn't mean losing your passion for life when you're talking about kids!!!

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Far as I can see, age is just a state of mind. As long as we keep following our own goofy little stars, I reckon we'll stay young and interested in life, in our heads, at least.

I just had a birthday (there's a party thread) and as far as I am concerned it just meant that people gave me a load of neat stuff for my kitchen. (cookbooks - not one of which has any indication of 'diet' or 'low fat' anywhere in it's conception.)

Recently, at a friend's house, the dinner talk turned to DIY and property prices. I had the urge to put two forks up my nose and shout 'wibble'. I was also one of the oldest people there. *sigh*

I don't think having a house and paying a mortgage means you have to hang up your enthusiasm for anything - it just means that you have your own space to put all your comic books in!

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Boris seems that you’ve gotten great feedback from everyone here. Just to add my 2 cents. I myself am over the half-century mark just barely and am proud of it. It feels good to know that I’ve made it this far. Like my father-in-law always says “ I’m happy to have lived another year than to reached the alternative!”

Anyway people that are telling you to grow up are likely just not interested in Firefly, si/fi or several other things that you try to talk to them about. This only means that right now those folk may not have the same interest as you do. An example, I really am hooked on FF/Serenity and I talk about it all the time. It doesn’t make me less mature than, lets say a friend on mine that wants the add more horsepower to his car engine because he wants to go faster. Or another friend that loves to talk about fishing and tells me about all the fish he caught last week, or another friend that is forever complaining about his acing muscles because of the softball tournament he played in the past weekend. These are all things I did when I was much younger. I have nothing against any of my friends wanting to do them. But their interest in these things doesn’t make them more “mature” than me, just different.

Enjoy your age no matter what you like, don’t like, are interested in or couldn’t care a ruttin hoot about. As long as it isn’t harming anyone it’s your business. Oh and bwt if you are trying to convince them into watching FF don’t stop. A little resistance is often common.
Z

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I think it's 'cause he's just so ... old. I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word "newfangled" one time. So he's gotta be pretty far gone.

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