Old and Crochety
When did I become old and crochety?
It seems to have just snuck up on me. There was no warning...it just suddenly appeared one day with a triumphant, "SURPRISE!!!!"
I was out jogging the other day when I noticed two younger joggers (I would guess they were about 18) approaching from ahead. My lips pursed in a thin line of disapproval as they flaunted their thin, tan bodies in itty bitty shorts and jog bras. I on the other hand was left feeling slightly more frumpy in my jogging pants and t-shirt.
As they passed by, I found myself unconsciously sucking in my stomach and holding my breath until I had passed a safe distance. God forbid they should see any fat jiggling or hear me panting like a fat cow. As it was, I was trying to muster as much dignity and nonchalance as could be managed when one was suffering from sweaty, blotchy skin and hair that was sticking every which way.
I'm giving myself th
e old 'eye roll' now. They're young, let them have their fun. I used to be like that once...
posted by Lindsey @ 5/21/2006 06:29:00 PM
25 Comments:
We all get a little crochety. I told my buddy the other day that loud music annoys me. I also told him that
I was just thinking the same thing. About how turning 30 is making me grouchy.....and i am starting to look at people who are 28 and under in a disapproving way....
That sucks. If you let them have their fun, though, you should have your fun, do something you want to do and don't care who's looking.
At least you're OUT THERE JOGGING!! :)
I've always been crochety LOL
Hey if you are out there jogging, you can't be that crotchedy. I need a hovaround to keep up.
awww linny!
Ditto!
Guess we all go thru this phase!
I look atb the teenagers now and suddenly wonder how the yrs have just flown by suddenly!!
But Like u urself said--wev had our time, its their time now!:-)
Again, I request shots of you in a bikini, so I can provide an objective, impersonal evalutaion of you versus these supposed 18 yrs olds.
i am almnost positive they just can't comapre to you.
On the other hand, my hair is receeding, and my gut is expanding... I understand where you're coming from.
On a separate note, I was quite happy to weigh in at 200 lbs for the first time in a year. No one is immune from that kind of envy, honey.
I waited until my mid 30's before I got fat, old grumpy and bitter. And I think, what a waste. I recommend letting go as soon as your 21. Be old whilst your still young enough to enjoy it.
Linny - you're HOT. Why you worried about them??? LOL - because even though we're "older" now, it just means we're more experienced :) So you're hot AND experienced. Nothin' better than that!!
Oooo Linny, but YOU have something that they don't. YOU have the sexual wisdom that can only come with age.
This is why I jog an a path less traveled. Tan women in jog bras running towards the Genius often cause accidents.
And someday, they will be old and crochety too. It's that whole circle of life crap.
I only other hand only suck it in when I see good looking women running towards me wearing jogging pants and tshirts. ;)
Like fine wine, Linny, we only get better! Who would want to be 18 again, not me :-)
I'm old and crochety sometimes, too. It's a scary realization.
I feel the same way. I can hardly stand to be in the same space as a group of young 20 somethings. The conversations always make me cringe.
Linny- You still look great from the street when you stand in front of your window. (I'm trying to be funny, I hope it's not coming off as creepy) I'm sure you, as are most people, too self-conscious. Besides, guys never look at those skinny short shorts girls. We really dig the intelligent chicks who don't go around flaunting their wares.
Dear me Linny, but you did make me laugh. There are three things that age perfectly with time, a good book, a fine wine, and a wonderful woman such as your good self! ;-)
The word crochety makes me laugh. Who came up with that?
On another note . . . I would bet money on the fact that you are still fun ladie!
you are just as old as you are feeling yourself
the worst is at concerts. have you SEEN what some of these little girls are wearing?! i stand around going "i cannot BELIEVE her mother let her out of the house in that!! what is that, a BELT? that's not even long enough to cover her crotch!!" ..then "oh my god, i'm my mom."
If being 28 makes you crotchety I wonder what it will be like at 50... :-)
There is one girl at my gym who wears her long, straightened black hair in a ponytail on top of her head and she literally bounces on the elliptical machine. I find myself wishing-every time I see her- that she'd pop a joint.
Your are Nice. And so is your site! Maybe you need some more pictures. Will return in the near future.
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