I’ll Act My Age If And When I Want To
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Last week was my birthday and besides hearing the “old man” jokes as I turned 42 I also got asked by a few of my friends when I was going to grow up. Now for some that might seem to be an insult but the question wasn’t asked in that matter. Now physically there are times that I feel older but mentally I don’t think of myself as being 42. I’m not quite a baby boomer but I’m not quite Gen-X either. I’m the guy in my circle of friends that still listens to hard rock and heavy metal (turn it up!) instead of country music or easy listening as most now do. I still go to concerts, am active in karate, always exploring new gadgets, still trying to learn new things and not afraid to embrace change. When my friends have a question about mp3s, how to use their new camera, et cetera I am the one they turn to. To my friends I’m still a kid at heart and that makes them feel old at times. When I deal with some of the teenagers at the karate dojo they are shocked that someone my age listens to the kind of music that I do or that I enjoy watching cartoons on adult swim. They don’t expect someone “old” like me to do that stuff. But why shouldn’t I enjoy those things because I’m 42?
Now I don’t want to fall into the trap that I am seeing many of my peers doing because of our age. I refuse to get old. Now physically I can’t stop that from happening but mentally I’m going to put up a fight. Refuse to be old and you never will be.
[tags]age, birthdays, music [/tags]

4 Comments
the oracle
October 24th, 2007
at 3:06pm
Happy birthday - technically you are considered a boomer - just at the very end.
Mike
October 24th, 2007
at 3:15pm
Thanks. As for being a baby boomer, the Census Bureau puts the cutoff at 1964, though some say the cutoff is 1965 (my birth year). The same with Generation-X, which I feel more closely to than the baby boomers.
miiikeee
October 24th, 2007
at 3:20pm
My theory is my kids are grown up, time for me to be a kid again. Just a wiser one now! At 59 going on 30 I’m hanging just fine!
shausha
October 24th, 2007
at 7:21pm
He he good post and very much my sentiments.
At the grand young age of 44 (just) I’m often asked how old I am and my answer is always 13. Why 13? Well life was real fun then, I was fit, had no money worries, I was travelling the world on my parents buck and girls were just starting to get real interesting. Like you I intend to mentally fight anything that tries to make me an old man.