<p>My daughter said that H was “officially old” when he went on a week-long Model T rally along the Natchez Trace with his brother in their father’s old, refurbished Model T. I happily stayed home.</p>
<p>garland–no offense! It was kind of a cute article! </p>
<p>LOL at MOWC–vet younger than the cat.</p>
<p>wis75–so true re: anything I do = old/out-of-it to son. I indulge him by letting him believe that’s true. Although, perhaps he’s correct!</p>
<p>DHRBC–I was intrigued by that ‘not talking about your kids’ one. The ‘youngest’ older person I know is a beautiful lady married to one of my hub’s friends (who’s approx 10-15 years younger than her). True, she’s had great plastic surgery & started w/awesome bone-structure, but she’s very interested in travel, spiritual growth, developing her business, etc. & rarely ever talks about her (20-something) children. It would puzzle me (w/a six-y.o I’m used to constant ‘mom-chats’ about the kids). But—she definitely appears very, very young!</p>
<p>…wear your (sweat) pants legs rolled.
–poetic reference, disturbed</p>
<p>OK, I think most of us on CC fail the “not talking about our kids” part. It is my favorite hobby. I guess I’ll have to expand my facebook from my three “friends”. I would so much rather email or just talk on the phone. Oh well, I guess I’m old.</p>
<p>Jolynne- seriously listen next time you have one of those mom-chats. i recently attended my baby sister’s high school graduation from an elite prep school and I had to listen to hours of intelligent, successful men and women prattle endlessly about their child’s national tennis ranking or final g.p.a. these are ivy league professors, politicians, and doctors who age themselves by refusing to talk about anything real. listen next time and you will be surprised.</p>
<p>I said, “What is up, dogs?” to my son and his friends. But it was ironic, I swear.</p>
<p>^^Are you Randy Jackson in real life?</p>
<p>a coworker stopped by with her newborn baby today. Damn, that made me feel old. I suddenly realized I was old enough to be that baby’s grandmother (albeit a young grandma!)</p>
<p>old, shmold. I think age means freedom (once I pay off my kids college education, that is.) As a friend of mine said, taking seconds of a decadent dessert “I’m sixty and I DON’T CARE.”</p>
<p>DHRBC–interesting. I find, though, that the parents of kids my older son’s age (17) & spend much less time discussing our kids’ activities/accomplishments except in the context of how to improve the schools, etc. Except on CC–lots of chat about that (which is why it’s a great outlet!).</p>
<p>With the moms of 6 year olds—we’re constantly talking about our kids, their development, quirks, freindships, school, teachers, etc. </p>
<p>Which is why I was forced to join 2 book clubs. lol.</p>
<p>I have no idea what ‘you copped fire’ means, but my H says ‘that’s how I roll’, and that drives me nuts. He’s definitely too old to say it, and I’m too old to have to listen to it!</p>
<p>^^ One of my co-workers (age 57) says that and it drives me crazy.</p>
<p>Nobody waxes?</p>
<p>On a United plane recently I actually read an article in the United magazine about a reporter who was assigned having this done. The pain was awful.</p>
<p>Had to ask my kids if most of the girls today are waxed. “NO MOM!
WHAT KIND OF A QUESTION IS THAT TO ASK?”</p>
<p>I thought that one was weird, too. But, what do I know?</p>
<p>^^ Bare is in. I know this from a women’s only running forum I’m on. Mainly younger women posting. They use something called Magic Shaving Powder. It is made for black men’s beards. Think Nair only for about $2.50 a can. You mix it up with water and form a paste and, well, hair all gone. (aren’t you glad I shared this??)</p>
<p>most young girls don’t wax but shave daily. waxing is expensive and hard to explain to parents that you prefer a pubic-hair free existence. shaving is private and cheap.</p>
<p>I’m not old by those standards, but apparently I’m getting there…lol</p>
<p>After chemo for breast cancer, I am sooo glad to have ALL my hair back (except legs, it was nice not to shave them), in ALL places, that I cannot imagine
waxing. You don’t know what you’ve got 'til it’s gone! My my, I guess I am old as well (as if the HS graduation candids had not convinced me)! And to be alive to know where my son is going to college in the fall. Life is great!</p>
<p>I asked my 17-yr. old what “You copped fire” meant and he didn’t know. Does anyone out there know? Does it mean “getting a light” or something like that?</p>
<p>I guess I don’t have to worry about using language that is too young when I’ve never even heard of it!</p>
<p>garland - any correlation b/w having a birthday and worrying about “acting old”?? :)</p>
<p>the waxing stuff seems to be not just for girls… take a look at men in ads from the 70’s - huge puffs of chest hair. Today’s male models are all oh-so-smooth-bare in a way that would have seemed feminine back in the day.</p>