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Offline Medusa

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Re: Age
« Reply #45 on: May 28, 2012, 02:21:17 PM »
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What's the upside of ageing for you?

More honest; less concerned with being 'nice'.
More self-knowledge.
Better sex.
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Re: Age
« Reply #46 on: May 28, 2012, 02:46:03 PM »
I is all growed up! *proud face*
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Re: Age
« Reply #47 on: May 28, 2012, 03:12:59 PM »
Quote from: Medusa on May 28, 2012, 02:21:17 PM
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What's the upside of ageing for you?

More honest; less concerned with being 'nice'.
More self-knowledge.
Better sex.

I'm still waiting for the sex.
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Re: Age
« Reply #48 on: May 28, 2012, 04:58:19 PM »
i am 46 and haver never worried about getting older - it beats the alternative

other things 0ccassionally - but worrying doesnt change anything so a bit of a waste of energy -

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Re: Age
« Reply #49 on: May 28, 2012, 05:03:25 PM »
Quote from: Ocean on May 28, 2012, 04:58:19 PM
i am 46 and haver never worried about getting older - it beats the alternative

other things 0ccassionally - but worrying doesnt change anything so a bit of a waste of energy -

^that.
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Re: Age
« Reply #50 on: May 28, 2012, 05:07:16 PM »
Quote from: Medusa on May 28, 2012, 02:21:17 PM
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What's the upside of ageing for you?

More honest; less concerned with being 'nice'.
More self-knowledge.
Better sex.

Agree with the first two.

I think I missed my window for better sex though, perhaps between the ages of 45 and 50 (damn that girlfriend!). I hope I'm proved wrong - or can reinvent sex somehow.

Another upside: knowing what my needs are, and taking them more seriously.

Including the need for regular, high quality fun.

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Re: Age
« Reply #51 on: May 28, 2012, 07:35:04 PM »
What Medusa said.
Hooray for being older. I much prefer it!
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Re: Age
« Reply #52 on: May 28, 2012, 07:47:35 PM »
I haven't fancied a woman below 37 for time  ::)
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Re: Age
« Reply #53 on: May 28, 2012, 09:40:32 PM »
Another upside of ageing is friends.

A sizeable chunk of my closest friends are people that I have known for more than a decade. I like how *easy* being with them is and that sense of shared history; how you can pick up immediately even if you have not seen one another or spoken for a while; how they can instantly make you laugh without trying; that p*ss taking that comes with absolute familiarity; that love.
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Re: Age
« Reply #54 on: May 28, 2012, 09:45:50 PM »
^ that  :D
just spent a couple days with a friend and we know stuff about each other no one else does

I've had the lid off 60 not quite a year yet
So far it's been full and complex and amazing
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Re: Age
« Reply #55 on: May 29, 2012, 07:26:22 AM »
Quote from: Medusa on May 28, 2012, 02:21:17 PM
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What's the upside of ageing for you?

More honest; less concerned with being 'nice'.
More self-knowledge.
Better sex.
This and the friends thing. I have 4 friends who I meet  at  school aged 11 we are like a alternative family as we have bought up each others kids and been there for each other over the years.
     
But the not being "nice" thing why does this happen? I am no longer invested in being "good" either which I was never particularly invested in, in the first place . Is it all about integrity?
 Does this not being good or nice  cause conflict?
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Re: Age
« Reply #56 on: May 29, 2012, 09:38:11 AM »
Quote from: muddles on May 08, 2012, 11:00:56 AM


Parents have a horrid way wether they admit or not of still drum rollin i am your mother do as i tell you.

Well maybe my mother god love her she still trys to ring my work or if thats not good enough i get the prep talk of "now you go in and you tell them your mum said"


hey, I had to leave the country to escape that "mother's talk" and interventions  ;D so can relate to your pain here  ;D

but on a positive note - i was recently watching a clip by Cheryl Richardson ( @coachoncall ) and just for fun made a list of few attributes i would look for http://youtu.be/W7Ou6tZ1kVg
and number #1 was : she needs to be older than me ( more mature and sorted )
you're only 27 ,still very young , but there is something incredibly sexy about older women...
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Re: Age
« Reply #57 on: May 29, 2012, 10:01:15 AM »
another point is that society tries to put some sort of age limits on everything : by this age you should graduate from college , by this age get married ,by this one have 2 perfect babies or a million $ in the bank
and you know what ? this society is heavily medicated , and uses 400% more antidepressants , mood stabilisers or enhancers or tranquillisers than 20 years ago or ever before
i would dare to argue if this society knows what its doing or have credibility to set anybody's standards

just listen to your heart
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Re: Age
« Reply #58 on: May 29, 2012, 11:57:44 AM »
Quote from: Rosa Luxemburg on May 29, 2012, 07:26:22 AM
But the not being "nice" thing why does this happen? I am no longer invested in being "good" either which I was never particularly invested in, in the first place . Is it all about integrity?
 Does this not being good or nice  cause conflict?

For me, it has been about becoming more direct and building a sense of self that is less easily toppled by other people. I 'swallow' resentment far less and am less inclined to avoid confronting difficult things. In fact, what this means in practice is that I have less conflict in my life, partly because I have limited tolerance for stressy, intensely pitched people, the kind who become pissed off at the drop of a hat. I suppose I crave solitude more and am generally less sociable so it's possible I've just become a bit cantankerous and hermit-like, rather than having spiritually evolved into some zen lesbian goddess.

For the record, though, I don't equate not being 'nice' with being rude or treating others badly. It's just gorgon shorthand for not being invested in people-pleasing at the expense of being honest and genuine.
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Re: Age
« Reply #59 on: May 29, 2012, 12:06:07 PM »
I'm far more inclined to bite people nowadays.
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