Today is my birthday, but when I looked into the bathroom mirror this morning I didn't see the man I am but the boy I wish to be. I think aging is often about perception. On my daily run this afternoon, a young woman in a car called out to me for directions. She said, "Excuse me, sir, can you tell me how to get to Wadsworth?" I ran alongside her for a while and told her what she had to do to get where she wanted to go. As she sped away I thought, did she call me "sir" simply to be polite or because she perceived me to be so much older than she is. I'm a kid at heart and I think it's that attitude that keeps me young. I don't think I look my age but I sometimes wonder how old people, especially young people, think I am.
2006-07-27 09:27:52 · 13 answers · asked by metimoteo 6 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Well, that is very interesting. I get called mam' all the time, and I'm 20. For the most part I use it to be polite, not because I view that person as old. It is a respect issue. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
2006-07-27 09:31:08 · answer #1 · answered by Mandy 3 · 2⤊ 9⤋
You are definitely not alone in how you feel! I can't believe that there is another person out there that feels like I do . I HATE to be called "ma am". It's like a knife cutting my heart, cuz I just don't feel as old as some think I am I guess. I do recall being younger though and thinking that 30 was old...but I guess that all changes as we get older. To me, not 70 is old. Perhaps 70 won't be so old when I get there! I often wonder to myself the same question. I see people that I went to school with & I think that they have all gotten so old & fat. Then I think that I wonder if that's what they think when they see me??lol...I guess they probably do, but I guess I just don't care that much about what others think. I'm still hot damn it!...
2006-07-27 09:34:47 · answer #2 · answered by Neeners 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Why on earth would you want to be a "boy". Most REAL WOMEN, want a mature, intelligent man. I'm from Va. We say Sir, out of respect. As a woman, when look in the mirror, how I feel usually depends on what I'm wearing:-) Just for the record, I'm in my early 50's, so I've been where you are...Birthdays can be depressing...just stop having them:-)
2006-07-27 09:33:22 · answer #3 · answered by janice 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday dear____Happy birthday to you! Life is a once-in-a-life time experience. Treasure it. If you love life, life will love you back. Yes! you hit the head of the nail. Life is what we make it. You can alter your life by altering your attitude. If you feel and act young then you are young. I'm 44 years young and I plan on dying young, whether I'm 100 or 80. Hugs!
2006-07-27 15:59:48 · answer #4 · answered by bry7josh 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
while i glance interior the replicate i like what I see because of the fact i like 'what i glance like on the interior' issues could properly be going incorrect all around me, yet i'm content fabric interior of myself. in specific situations actual soreness or tiredness will coach on my face. My superb characteristic is my eyes. *i'm considered eye-catching, yet i'm nonetheless shocked while ppl tell me so. i do no longer place multiple concentration on my outward visual appeal or that of others. i think of your elegance lies interior of. i've got considered many extraordinarily "dermis physique homes" with very grotesque ppl residing in them. Even being good-finding there are days i do no longer prefer to bathe, go away homestead, and so on. this is all component to the human experience. you're saying you're a dwarf..i be attentive to you have experienced ur share of stares & discrimination. by using actual disabilities, i've got exp them too. Being good-finding did no longer stop the teasing, call calling, putting me down or discrimination. My disabilities are not seen at present, yet they was once. i've got discovered to no longer think of roughly what different ppl think of. All that concerns is what i think of roughly myself. anybody has insecurities (in many cases stored hidden)..even the wealthy, effective, eye-catching fashions, celebrities..yet they do no longer concentration on them. in specific situations they communicate approximately them in medical care & are then waiting to circulate on. concentration on your positives, hon!
2016-11-03 03:24:54 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are only as old or young as you feel. You can be 35 ys young or old depending on how you look at it me personally i preferr to be 29 yrs young.
2006-07-27 09:30:01 · answer #6 · answered by life as we know it 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Depends if I'm smiling or not. I seems older if I have a neutral face on. A twinkle in my eye reminds me that I believe I'm only 27, still.
2006-07-27 09:32:16 · answer #7 · answered by yodeladyhoo 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Young.
2006-07-27 09:29:36 · answer #8 · answered by Emmiless 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
im an old woman with a mentality of a 15 yr old
2006-07-27 09:33:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
keep it up, the young attitude does tons for you, I'm sliding into 40 next year. i still get carded at liquor stores, and most guys that are attracted to me are in their 20's i love it...
2006-07-27 09:33:01 · answer #10 · answered by The Key Master 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Age is nothing more then a state of mind, brother. You only as old as you feel and think you are.
2006-07-27 09:30:26 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋