So... I turned 55 years old a couple days ago on the 29th. I'm not sure, but I think turning 55 is one of those, or should be one of those milestone birthdays that should be a big deal, like turning 13 or 18 or 21 or 40. It's an age that not only has a significant number being double of the same digit, but it is the last of your years as being able to deny you are old. You aren't an old man, but you definitely are not a young man and you have stepped beyond being a mature man and a distinguished man. You have straddled the threshold of being elderly. Am I still middle aged? I don't know. I don't feel like I have become as old as my number tells me I am. Except when I have to get up from bed or a chair. LOL but I have always had those aches and pains from living a life of nonstop physical activities, and the injuries acquired from contact sports, dangerous solo sports, fighting, lots of drugs and alcohol from a very young age. Those moans and groans have been a part of me for a long time and I was warned by every doctor and surgeon I had (lots of them and the same one multiple times) that I would pay the price for the fun I was having when I got older and all the breaks, fractures, tears, sprains, stitches, staples, casts, etc... will catch up to me and to remember that I chose to do these things knowing the consequences and that the piper will have to be paid eventually. I remember as a kid and a teenager thinking what my life would be like when I got to be 50 or so. Boy, was I way off course on that prediction. Not even close to what I imagined. I'm glad it turned out the way it did and that I am where I am now in life. No regrets. I would have liked to have found a woman that was worthy of growing old with. But, I wouldn't be who I am now if that happened and I like who I am and what I've accomplished. I would never have been able to do what I have in my life if I had to worry about a wife and kids. I probably have had more sex than I would have if I got married, so I'm not complaining. But having someone that would appreciate what I've built as my life and enjoy what I have to offer, would be nice. But, making myself happy, doing what I want to do when I want to do it, or not doing a damn thing if I don't feel like doing anything, is so much better than trying to keep a woman happy when we all know she will never be content with anything you give her anyways. Why would I put myself in that situation? I'd be a fool. I welcome being 55 and free and happy. I don't chase pussy, never have, never will. I am very picky about women, most aren't worth the trouble. The problems outweigh the good times. Staying single gives you more good times and less problems. I'd definitely feel older and look older if I wasn't single. I just needed to write down some things. That's it.
I'll be turning double quarters in a few years. Nice to read your post about being in your center. As of June 2018, I'm on the same joy ride of life as you, just a different make and model of muscle car.
There, there, there little man (pats head condescendingly) wait till you reach the dizzy heights of 70 + !!!
I don't remember most of those birthdays... I do remember 18 & 40 though. I hated turning eighteen... It just meant that I was responsible for everything now and wtf was I gonna do? lol... Turning forty was easy like falling out of bed.
i see people, by being preoccupied with each other's failings, totally missing what we otherwise could all have. (and they think i take life to seriously, because i can sometimes see why humans (think they) "can't" have nice things, why they don't, and how they could.)
I recommend regular oil changes and don't forget the other fluids. They keep us young and running hard. Its a good age in a lot of ways, it's just a bit of a mind fuck when you think about how old you are. I just had a conversation with an online teammate for a game I play and he's 52. We were talking to some of the younger teammates about music. He said he didn't consider bands like Soundgarden, Nirvana, etc.... from the 90s and even the 80s classic rock. I had to remind him that the 80s and 90s were 30 and 40 years ago already and he wailed, Nooooooooooooo! Which made me laugh. What we always considered classic rock was from the 60s and being born in 65, some of the early 70s bands are classic rock, now it's dinosaur rock hahahaha. As my dad used to say and also practice, you're only as old as the woman you're fucking. I also live by that saying
