Aging|Humor
You Can’t Act Your Age After 50
Trust me, I’ve tried
Do you remember hearing this when you were 10, 12, 15 maybe 18 years old? “Grow up! Act your age, not your shoe size”.
Ring a bell?
Grow up. I was always so confused by that. I never knew how to act and I certainly didn’t understand ‘act your age’.
Can’t I just act the way I feel?
And then it stopped. Between 20 and 45 no one cared. You just acted any way you wanted to, as long as it felt right and you weren’t either breaking the law or hurting anyone.
I mean let’s face it, in that age range you’re dealing with so much.
College, a career, childbirth, marriage, divorce, what sex do I want to be, alcoholism, prescription drugs, an economic crash, covid, a mortgage, job loss, ooph.
Need I go on?
It didn’t fucking matter what age you acted, as long as you survived. That was the goal. To make it through, and out of, your 40’s with style, grace and all your marbles still rolling in the right direction.
Once you hit your 50’s, well, that’s when this life shit gets real serious…or not…
