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Age 73. This morning I phoned a local theatre box office to purchase a ticket. The lady said, "One senior?" I said, "How did you know I am a senior?" She said, "Oh, you just sounded like a senior".
I was stunned, but I recovered quickly and purchased my ticket for the live performance.
I really don't want to be an "old" person. This morning was the first time I've received objective confirmation from another disinterested party that I am an old person.
Maybe you always sounded like an old person even when you were quite young, and it's just that no one told you before. So, you're still young!
I'm 65, but still have been told I don't look it. What exactly now DOES 65 look like? Back when I was sick alot, in my 20's, I found that getting hot or sunburns made me feel really really rotten, so I stopped tanning. I think I'm seeing the reward. I don't look 20, but not my age. Now, if the aches would be the same...
I still keep thinking about stuff which I really miss, but have a much better sense of today and making the best of it. I'm considering a new shift in my life, redefining it a bit and adding more things I miss. But I'm not in a hurry. I'd rather enjoy the trip over being impatient to get there.
I figure I've had sufficent back karma in my life, with the being sick and all, that its time it for it to balance out.
Age 73. This morning I phoned a local theatre box office to purchase a ticket. The lady said, "One senior?" I said, "How did you know I am a senior?" She said, "Oh, you just sounded like a senior".
I was stunned, but I recovered quickly and purchased my ticket for the live performance.
I really don't want to be an "old" person. This morning was the first time I've received objective confirmation from another disinterested party that I am an old person.
Perhaps I've been living in denial? My beard has been white for over a decade, but I remain clean-shaven so I can ignore that piece of evidence. I can still jog, although not for very long - maybe ten minutes before I have to slow to a brisk walk. Pathetic, but I guess I've been ignoring that piece of evidence too. I have no trouble driving at night, or in any circumstance of traffic conditions and/or unfamiliar surroundings. So I'm still O.K. in the driving department.
This really sucks big time. I'm still thinking it over. Perhaps I need to visit an ENT doc to see if anything fixable is wrong with my voice? Denial is a powerful force, and the effect is powerful when something irrefutable breaks forcefully through the denial.
I don't know, really, what I expect anyone to say in response to my post. Perhaps there will not be any responses, and that's O.K. Maybe I just needed to vent my grief. I am not the first person to simply vent. As far as I know, venting per se is not against the TOS.
less than 60 days later our friend Escort Rider was dead.......I think he would laugh that he won't have to deal with denial on that one! RIP ER!
R.I.P. Escort Rider. We will miss your contributions. Thank you for what you have contributed to the world, our nation, your state, your local community, and this CD community. Thank you.
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