Fear of the Young
My greatest fear has always been old age. I don't know... I just I don't like the idea of needing other people. I can't imagine not being able to fall down for fear of breaking something. Not that I fall down a lot... but still... Stuff like that is... disconcerting.I wasn't really looking forward to the middle-aged years either. Up until a year ago, the coolest old people were kinda prudish. Nice people... just... boring and prudish.
And then I started working my current job. I work with coolest people ever. Not only do they still love to go out, drink and have a good time, they aren't attached to their respective spouses at the hip. They make jokes that I would never expect to hear old people say. They are left-wingers. Yet they are reponsible and still get their shit done. The work hard, play hard motto applies perfectly. I can only hope that I am like them when I get to be their age.
Some people from work and I met up at Timothy's for the AFC and NFC championship games. And I was thoroughly impressed. Not only did most of the people there drink more than me, some of stories I heard blew my mind. Seriously, when the people you are hanging out with are talking about how they first met each other doing lines back in '84, you start to gain a little perspective. "'Scuse me. Are you aware that you were doing lines when I was two?"
Now, not that I'm sitting around doing lines... but still... I have a good time. I don't think I'll be looking back thinking that I missed out. Well, for the most part... but that stuff is unrelated.
I love these people because they have helped me realize that the place I'm going isn't gonna be as bad as I have thought it would be. And that makes me happy.
posted by Sunder @ 4:25 PM
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