[thechat] Am I a late bloomer, or on time?
Erika Meyer
emeyer at lclark.edu
Mon Jun 18 12:10:54 CDT 2001
>I think it takes until the brink of the 30s for a man to be truly
>ready for the world.
Cool, Scott, but optimistic. I always thought it took until about
the age of 70 for men to grow up...
>At 18, 21, 25, men do feel as though they have the world by its tail.
I was the same way, and I'm a woman.
>All this is hitting me sideways, all at once.
Dude, I know the feeling.
>But in a good way. I think women get it all figured out earlier.
Our biological clock is set differently. But a lot of women in their
20's are blissful miserable idiots. Speaking for myself...
>This is the right temperature to serve a man, 30; the
>right age to open him up and let breathe. I'm standing on the cliff, and
>instead of being afraid to look down, I'm looking across and calculating my
>jump. I'm ready to go.
Dude, you are so beat.
I wasn't prepared for my 30 year old major reflection thingie... it
came on slowly... then really hit recently at a party with a bunch of
20 year olds and they're all talking to me like I'm this old lady...
I'm 33.
I'm like, give me a break.
I made crazy decisions in my 20's for which I still face consequences
and will forever. I lost the love of my life because I was stupid (&
self-destructive). I thought I had all the time in the world. I
took so much for granted.
I'm still having difficulties & asking did I choose the right path
or what should I have done differently or am I really "old"?
I started playing guitar again for the first time since high school.
I found it so much easier to learn now, than then. I'm looser now.
I am less afraid... and I have enough pain that I can really put
something into the music.
I'll never have what I thought I wanted in life... maybe I'll have
something more interesting.
But anyway, I agree with what you are saying.
Erika
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