| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/19/2008 1:15:51 PM | “Hope I die before I get old; my generation, my generation, Baby.” ‘Member that tune?
Hell, it’s just payback time for some of us, so let’s grin and bear it.
Hey, beats dying young.
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/19/2008 1:25:38 PM | | As my old friend Chiun used to say: For an apricot, I am very old. For cabbage, even more so. But for a mountain, I am not even BEGUN in years. For a man, I am just right...." | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/26/2008 11:53:37 AM | You don't need to respond...... I am turning 50 and look way younger and can out work and out preform any kid in their mid 20 and up. That's in and out of the bedroom too. Just remember when you were that age we all thought we knew it all and anyone over 40 is old. Now that we are that age remember that you have forgotten more than they have done and probably done hundreds of things they have yet to even think of......... Vinnie | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/26/2008 12:41:42 PM | I don't understand this question at all. The 20's generation did not invent the you are old statement. I remember back when I was 20...thinking that people who were 40 and 50 were old...and its entirely possible that I pointed it out to them at one time.
I agree with message 264.
I don't think wisdom necessarily comes with age and I don't think all young kids are automatically stupid. A lot of young kids nowadays have more life experience than a great many adults I meet.
Of course this forum does let everyone strut their stuff...point out they don't look or act their age...when the reality is...no one who is 45 or over is 20 anymore.
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/29/2008 6:49:46 AM | Op, my question to you is..what does age matter in dating? It seems we spend so much time disecting what and who we want and don't want we may just miss that one person who fills our heart with laughter and love..You can always be right..and be alone..or opt to be open and loving..and let somone into your heart no matter what age..
Love is timeless...if we limit ourselves to a specific age range we are limiting ourselves.
Life is about living..not over thinking a relationship.
So..when someone says to me..hey you are old..I now say .."yes and hopefully I've learned how to live and openly love finally"...
good luck to all of you.. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 12/14/2008 5:20:58 AM | I totally agree with you dustyknight. I mean if you are young and very mature why not date an "Old" person..lol I can say that I am 50. Or if you are a Young " Old " person what does it matter if you date someone younger. It is about who you connect with on all levels. Emotionally, Psychologically, Physically, and Maturity wise.
Also as everyone knows women historically live longer than men and may not want to spend her years alone and if she connects with the younger man so be it.
If a man connects with a younger woman then so be it also. We are who we are.
I do want to make one comment though. I did contact a POF on here with a request to find out a little more about him. He was 48. His comment back to me was...You are too old. .lol....buddy you are 2 years younger than I...lol
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 12/14/2008 6:22:56 AM | Ironically, young people can be very sensitive about their age as well. If they play the age card on me, I flip it back on them and say something like;
“I have clothes in my closet older than you, and they are still stylish.”
Wear your age proudly, you earned it. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 12/14/2008 8:30:14 AM | Actually, I find it 'humbling' to hear someone say "I didn't know you were that old". I wait a few seconds before I make a response, if any...lol
It appears to have been engrained in me from a young age that if I am not careful with what I say, it will come back to me 'two-fold', thus the above statement about being 'humbled'.
I think the biggest issue I have about my age is how I might be healthier.... Oh and the ongoing debate about letting my hair grow out grey... | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 12/14/2008 5:40:12 PM | Well my age does not bother me. I am often told I look much younger than I am. People think I am my grandchildrens mother. Had a lady the other day ask if my daughter and I were sisters. Chalk one up for good genes and staying out of the sun...
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 12/15/2008 8:18:48 AM | This thread is so funny to me. Ha! I can remember my kids saying to me when I was 38 "mom you're old". To me it depends upon the person saying this to you. I always agree and say yep... I am old, just as my parents were old in my eyes no matter what their chronological age at the time.
Age is truly all in the mind, although my body belies me at times.
Funny thing is I know by societies standards I am old. But in my own mind I am still 21. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 12/15/2008 9:07:56 AM | Are you kidding me... I love being 50. Got a few bucks, great longtime friends, kids that love me, can come and go as I please and dont have anyone telling me what to do.
And as far as some 20 something that I dont know making any kind of comment -
Who cares!!! | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 12/15/2008 9:13:55 AM | | some people show class and consider the source........why does her opinion get to you so much? you said it yourself " childish and rude". don't get into a battle of wits with someone who has none! with any luck we all get to get old. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 12/15/2008 12:59:56 PM | Well, with ladies that can be tricky - sometimes. But, me, I don't care. I love the skin I'm in, and I recently had someone say I was way too old for them in numbers. He then said, "well, you don't look 55!" My response was, "Darlin, this IS what 55 looks like."
To call someone old man - whether you're in a relationship, just met, or whatever, is completely RUDE and foolish ... you're cue to move on to MUCH greener pastures. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 12/15/2008 6:22:06 PM | One of the things you see on dating sites is that trite "50 going on 25", or "I dont feel my age".
Do any of you really think that we all dont remember things from 30 years ago like it was yesterday? Do you really believe that were it not for the infirmity our bodies give us, that we would STILL be doing the same things we were doing then?
If you divorce yourself from your body , no one feels their age. We are all still 15, or 18 ( or whatever you like) .
Ahh, the human spine is a pathetic piece of engineering. Unless you are a cat. An old cat can still perform amazing acrobatics.......... | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 12/28/2008 12:45:04 AM | | After I stopped laughing I'd compliment them on their amazing ability to observe the patently obvious and thank them for sharing. Maybe throw in a raised eyebrow, always scares the young ones. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 12/28/2008 6:17:15 AM |
Op, my question to you is..what does age matter in dating? It seems we spend so much time disecting what and who we want and don't want we may just miss that one person who fills our heart with laughter and love..You can always be right..and be alone..or opt to be open and loving..and let somone into your heart no matter what age..
Love is timeless...if we limit ourselves to a specific age range we are limiting ourselves.
Life is about living..not over thinking a relationship.
Yes, this is the reasoning most men use to justify their desire to date women 15-20 years their junior. These same men have age ranges that prevent women their own age or older from even contacting them. I'll mention that the man who posted this had a reasonable age age which spanned both younger and older than himself, but still, he had an age range posted.
The thing is, like it or not, age DOES matter to most people. No matter how many times we say it shouldn't, we can't change that fact. Why do sites like this even have ages listed? Because it is one, if not the number one, factor that people search by! So just accept it. Lots of people are going to reject you because of your age and the further you stray from your own age range, the more that will be true. Perhaps the OP said something that sounded like he was flirting. I can tell you that in my own early to mid twenties, any man 40 or over who said anything flirty to me would elicit an emotion that bordered on disgust from me. They were "old" to me then. In fact, a friend back then (we were all 21-24) was dating a guy in his mid-30s and I remember we all sort of wondered why she was with an "older" guy (though she did get some pretty nice "stuff" and got taken out to nicer dinners and trips than we!) None of the rest of us would have wanted to date someone so much older! No matter how many 40-something men "feel" and "look" like they are in their 20's, a comparable man actually in his 20's is still younger and stronger and more handsome.... and more desireable to women in their 20's. I accept that I am now "old" to many men that age. Let's just laugh at it and realize that most of us were the same way. Now, in my 40's, I appreciate the firm bodies and beautiful faces of 20-somethings but prefer a man with a bit more in common with me.
So, I suppose the moral of the story... those of us who mature at about the same pace as we age will probably never go through this problem, or at least, it won't bother us. Those who age much faster than they are willing to cope with it, will have some issues. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 12/28/2008 6:38:24 AM | It would really depend on the intent... if it's done mean spirited, I'd suggest the person get back to me when they can write their name in cursive... Young people these days have horrible, if non-existent manners. Someone needs to set them straight.
Unfortunately, their parents don't... so I'm not sure who should.
I've called a few younger people out on the carpet for being rude.
I keep it constructive and the few times I've gotten involved, the outcome has been wonderful. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 12/28/2008 7:42:43 AM | 1. Ignore the statement.
2. Use big words so the youngster will have no clue what you are saying.
4. Say, "Being old, as is anything else, is relative. To an 80 year old, I am young. Subjectively speaking and compared to me, you are stupid, but I am not pointing that out." | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 12/28/2008 7:56:55 AM | Some young and old, women and men, ass-u-me that you can't go when you are older. A young waitress was coming on to all of us on a work trip we made. I ignored her. She questioned that. I told her she could not handle me. She said she was in her prime. So I quoted the poem I wrote, and lived, last year to her.
Once a man fourty four,
came four times,
in four hours,
whilst making a woman,
fourty four and three,
cum fourty three
That shut her up.
And that ain't no BS | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 1/3/2009 10:58:44 AM | As my old friend Chiun used to say: For an apricot, I am very old. For cabbage, even more so. But for a mountain, I am not even BEGUN in years. For a man, I am just right...."
I love it. It's so tao. I guess I feel more like a mountain than an apricot. As I'm young at heart and my work is so physical, I don't really feel old. My body does tend to try and betray me occasionally, but I use experience to overcome the exuberance of youth. Wisdom is knowing ones limitations, experience is knowing how to over come them. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 1/3/2009 11:34:16 AM |
When someone points out that you're old..
Thats usually when I call them a " Young whipper snapper" or a "young puppy"
been there done that.. lol | |
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