I have been noticing in commercials lately that they really make out 40 to be old. Maybe I am just now noticing this because I am IN my forties, but it weirds me out because I seriously do not feel like I am ready to check into a Senior citizens facility any time soon.
They show fitness commercials (especially) with men proudly stating that even though they are 40, they are in great shape. EVEN THOUGH they are that frickin' old.
Skin care commercials show ecstatic women amazed that they can pass for ANYTHING but forty... forty... is SO old!!!!
Then there's the somewhat new fad of claiming that 40 is the new 30, 50 is the new 40 and then there are some hopeful sixty year olds who claim that SIXTY is the new 40... or maybe the new 47... I don't know.
40 is the 40 it has always been. We just are more image conscious and actually work to keep ourselves looking hip, CLEAN, healthy... our pants aren't riding up above our stomachs... we have decent hairstyles or if we are balding, we have the good sense (like myself hee hee) to just have it all off.
I admit there are some changes... I am NOT as energetic as I used to be. I could do something about that though... I'm pretty much a lazy slob, watching myself slowly wither away while staring in the mirror and eating cheetos... (kind of an exaggeration...)
My vision is shot. I don't know what I could do about that aside from glasses (which I need pretty much all the time now when reading) I could get Lasic (sp) eye surgery but then... no. No, I won't do that. It scares me. I like my eyes. I don't mind wearing glasses and I always have Jason to read the menu to me when we go out to eat.
Can't drink like I used to. But that is a blessing in many ways.
I recall seeing something on tv that urged younger people to get out there and have a life before it passes by them and they just want to stay at home... um, staying at home on a friday is FUN! MUCH better than going out. Seriously. It's a relief to not be urged by the siren song call to go out and be social. I love being social, just don't like the people. (Again, kind of an exaggeration).
Being in my forties is like being in eighth grade but on the opposite end. I remember in eighth grade, I really had no desire to go out to parties or do anything like that... no roller rink for me... I liked staying at home and watching tv, drawing, making crank calls...
That's pretty much how I am now... again. Although I don't make crank calls anymore. Damn caller ID! If however I GET a call from a phone soliciter... “let the games begin!”
When I was in my late teens, twenties and thirties, THEN I wanted to get OUT of the house. I had no desire to be home, and it even scared me and or/ depressed me to be home on a friday night.
Thank god that's over.
I like Friday because I know I can sleep in the next day.
I like Friday because we watch movies and make popcorn... me, Jason and the cats.
I like Friday because we can MAKE social plans and then cancel them at the last minute.
You people who are not forty yet... you have no idea what awaits you. It is all made out to be so horrible and it really isn't. It's comforting. You get smarter. You get a better perspective. You don't care so much anymore about stupid shit.
Food wise, I still eat whatever I want. My thought is that the joy I have eating mcDonalds counter acts the negative things it may be doing to my health. Note Ronald, I said MAY... it's just what I have heard... don't sue me. I also will continue to eat ice cream and chocolate and I will avoid vegetables because I still hate them. I take supplements to cover all that stuff.
So fear not. Forty is fine. Forty five is even better and I look forward to being fifty and beyond. Just as long as I'm not stinky.