Middle Age

[SwimOdin]

A lot of us are or are nearly pushing middle age (some of us, beyond!).

Tell me something that’s changed about you. Mentally, physically, emotionally, good, bad, inbeteeen?

I’ll start with a positive. I enjoy being outdoors, and especially going on long walks. I’ve always been an indoor-kid “gamer”, also VERY ginger, so it’s been a significant change.

[André Toulon]

Extrovert to introvert, but I may have always been an introvert and just thought having friends, being everywhere to be seen and shit was a flex. Can't say for sure.

My opinion on people has changed drastically but thats a long, rambling road i wont bother with.

 

Edited Sunday at 06:59 PM by André Toulon

[lupin_bebop]

I’m the opposite. I don’t want to go outside. People are out there, and I really don’t like them. Humanity as a whole pisses me off more, and even quicker than before. I’m less inclined to deal with bullshit from people, as well. I AM a little more understanding and forgiving when people make honest mistakes now, though.

I don’t enjoy a lot of the things I used to, which kinda sucks. I am too focused on survival and just making it to really take time for that. I’m just trying to break even.

I also don’t pursue relationships with people anymore, either. If they want to be around me, then cool. I’ll do the same. If not, then cool. I’ll do the same. As long as I get where I need to go.

Edited Sunday at 06:12 PM by lupin_bebop

[SwimOdin]

Luckily I’ve always been introverted and it hasn’t shifted in any meaningful way. I think going insular is pretty common as we age, so that’s been easy.

[[classic swim]]

I don’t really cry or get sad about shit.

I could drink and weep over an album if I really wanted to, but when something genuinely awful and personal happens... I’m either empty or I react in humor.

I still get pissed off. A lot. I think it’s more mild. At the same time, I’d ridicule some asshole publicly if they’re telling their life story to the cashier for the outer ends of fucking eternity.

[André Toulon]

2 minutes ago, [classic swim] said:

I don’t really cry or get sad about shit.

I could drink and weep over an album if I really wanted to, but when something genuinely awful and personal happens... I’m either empty or I react in humor.

I still get pissed off. A lot. I think it’s more mild. At the same time, I’d ridicule some asshole publicly if they’re telling their life story to the cashier for the outer ends of fucking eternity.

I've never had real emotion towards people....but video game characters....its like losing my best friend

[[classic swim]]

My grandpa died and I was more peeved about an entirely separate issue with Progressive.

[Virtual Satyr]

I've been walking a bunch and going to the gym too.

 

I've also really cut back on fast food.

 

I'm still a cynical, pessimistic, judgy person, but I've gotten better at hiding it when it helps me.

[1pooh4u]

Idk. I guess I play the “am I dropping dead or is it just gas” game a lot more now 🫠

[The_annoying_one]

I think a good chunk of the bad shit that can happen to me in this life already has, so I’m pretty much just coasting along at this point.

I will kind of admit that every ache and pain at this point has led me to the “Is it cancer or something?” train of thought, so that’s been…fun.

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

At the age of 40 I finally moved out of my parents' house and into my own apartment. I so guess that's something.

[discolé monade]

everything hurts. and i can't work out like i used to. i hurt myself, quite a bit. my insides don't work right. 

i worry all the time for my adult children, becuase they struggle, and i dont know how good of a job i did. i think about death alot. how i'm going to die. will it be violent? will it be peaceful?

how much didn't i do? how much can i do? can i even? bargaining with my time on this earth, *like the universe is listening. 

 but, a little herbage, sets the mind at ease, and i start to think about what i'm going to plant next, that i need to get in the sewing room. how can i get these classes for the youth going. what else can i do for my world while i'm here. and then i think, boy oh boy, i also can't wait for this to be over, becuase boy howdy, it's been a rough ride, and i dont' EVEN know how i made it through. 

what i think the most about though...is will i leave this place, better than i found it? probably not, but i'm the chick that will wipe down the sink in the public bathroom, leaving it better for the next person. so, i still try. 

 

[scoobdog]

Middle age for me meant I finally grew into my personality.

[UwPp]

I don't think i count for middle age. 

I just a baby. 

[1pooh4u]

21 hours ago, 1pooh4u said:

Idk. I guess I play the “am I dropping dead or is it just gas” game a lot more now 🫠

And now that Malcom Jamal Warner just died at 54 (rip) that ain’t helping the, gas or death, game 😬🫠

[Mode 7]

I'm a lot more cranky now than when I was younger and I've been a very cranky individual so if anything I've gotten worse.

[SwimOdin]

2 minutes ago, Mode 7 said:

I'm a lot more cranky now than when I was younger and I've been a very cranky individual so if anything I've gotten worse.

My wife says I’ve gotten more serious/cranky, I can definitely attest to the latter. I’m trying not to be, but can’t the possibility be that everything sucks more now?

[1pooh4u]

2 hours ago, SwimOdin said:

My wife says I’ve gotten more serious/cranky, I can definitely attest to the latter. I’m trying not to be, but can’t the possibility be that everything sucks more now?

It’s that coupled with having a chronic condition that often causes discomfort (putting it mildly) wearing you down. Shit gets old sometimes. I’m speaking from experience 

[SwimOdin]

7 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said:

It’s that coupled with having a chronic condition that often causes discomfort (putting it mildly) wearing you down. Shit gets old sometimes. I’m speaking from experience 

That it does, that it does.