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Age. The depressing rants of an old(er) man.

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As the calandar flips and we all get another year older it got me to thinking about age.

What is age, really? "You are as young as you feel" is often said to those of us over 30. As if it's supposed to make us feel better as we approach the dreaded 4-oh.

"Aging is a process that can not be stopped". Well no kidding! ;-)

It's interesting that men and women "age" differently, at least how I see it. In that regard I'm very happy to be a man.

We grow a belly and and a handful of gray hairs and become "distinguished. Women do the same and get traded in on a model half her age.

At ONLY 39, this goatee has GOT to go. Way too much gray, making me look much older than I actually am. I know, sounds vain but it's not. I'm the farthest thing from vain you'll ever see. I generally don't care what anyone thinks about me one way or the other. But the gray hairs are a reminder that I'm not the spring chicken I once was, hence they have to go, for my sake.

Getting older sucks. And not for the gray hair reasons, either. Your body simply can't do what it once did. Where once I ran a 4.4 40, now I look at the distance and say "no thanks". Where once I could walk two rounds of golf carrying my clubs I now say "Cart please".

The downfall starts at 30. It really does. Man or woman, doesn't matter. How active you are, doesn't matter. That's the magic number. Like clockwork the metabolism slows down. Where once you could eat anything you wanted to and never gain a pound, now you LOOK at a meal and gain 5 pounds.

Now, that's not to say life completely sucks as I approach 40. Far from it. Life is great, it's just different than it was. Youth is soooo wasted on the young. If only I could do what I could do then, while knowing what I know now. At one point not long ago I though I had recaputed some of that, but, alas, it wasn't to be...

Anyhow, I digress.

At 16 we think we know everything.

At 20 we try to prove it.

At 25 we realise we DON'T know everything

At 30 we finally grow up, sorta. And depressingly.

At 35 we start to realise we are getting old

At 39 we realise what mortality is...

I'll tell ya what happens at 40 when and if I get there.

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I agree CCC....once I hit 30 it was all downhill.....hell, who am I kidding, I started down that hill when I was 25.

rstowe - The NMI Emperor | 05/01/08, 07:09 AM

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CCC.. Im already there and I can tell you honestly. Yep, the metabolism slows. Yep, you lose patience much faster with younger people than you did before. You find yourself saying more and more "What kind of idiot DOES something like that?". The volume level of your stereo speakers means less than the quality of the sound. You say things like "Turn that crap down", or "Thats not music, thats noise". You get blank stares from kids when you talk about Zeppelin or Hendrix. And dont even bring Chicago or Grand Funk RR into a conversation with them.
On the bright side, there is hair dye (yes, for goatees too). Use it ! . There is more meaningful and intelligent conversation since we're not nearly as hungover or stoned as we were in our 20's and even 30's. We have learnt the value of a dollar and are less willing to spend it on frivolous things or making some bar owner rich. We "appreciate" our mortality now. We don't assume we will live forever and that "it would never happen to me". Because we know it can and does, so we work a bit harder, take less risks. And still have a damn good time.

KPKahder-The ponies must die. | 05/01/08, 08:46 AM

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Wait until you're 60, you'll be looking back at your 40's and thinking they were your 'glory days'. It's all down hill now.

Lady's Coach Belicat | 05/01/08, 08:55 AM

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I'm 26 but I'm scared to death of turning 30. Only three and a half years away.

J. HOVA: ALL FOR THE LOVE | 05/01/08, 09:01 AM

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Hova, I have jeans older than you....lol

KPKahder-The ponies must die. | 05/01/08, 09:10 AM

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Good blog CCC. I too, struggle with "its coming in too gray, better shave the stubble" and find myself wandering down the aisle at the grocery store where the "Just For Men" hair color is. Knee surgery last year means I can no longer run at all, and when I walk like every bone in my body crackles.

But Life is Far Better now than it was when I was younger, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Thugmeister | 05/01/08, 10:35 AM

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