No one wants to
think about growing older or needing help — not me, not you, not even our parents.
After all, no one wants to
think about growing older, so by turning it around into something funny, you can really make someone happy.
Furthermore, it can actually be enormously beneficial for you to
think about growing old.
Not exact matches
When asked what her dream life looked like
growing up, the 27 - year -
old said, «I
thought for a while maybe I could be an interior designer — that was the only job I knew
about because my mom was friends with an interior designer.»
In a culture that celebrates extended adolescence (
think Old School, The Hangover and Hall Pass) perhaps it's time to be reminded of what's good
about growing up.
I
think I have an idea of where it began and why it
grew and how it continues to
grow — it's a combination of my origin story, of comparison, of our messed - up culture, of over-heard comments, of patriarchal bullshit, of feeling different than the patented ideal, of
thought conditioning, of despair, of how we centre women who conform to the ideal, of our fear of getting
older, of how the women in my circles spoke
about their own bodies and obsessed over calorie counting and wrinkles, of how our culture speaks
about women everywhere from the Internet to sanctuaries to coffee shops to our own inner monologues.
Finally, it may be useful to ponder whether
thinking about death from the perspective of our nature as finite and free can give us guidance
about how we ought to live as we
grow older.
most of the generation that now leads our churches
grew up with [this
old paradigm] as a way of
thinking about church and society.
Then I
grew a bit
older and started to
think about my faith.
I
grew up in the church and my own mother
thought I was a slut the second I got breasts and made me go talk to our 85 year
old paster
about what a whore I had become (e.g. virgin and never been on a date)... yeah, that worked, cause I
grew breasts on purpose and against gods will!
As I've
grown older, and my tastebuds are no longer those of a 22 college student that craves overly sweet drinks (anyone remember Malibu rum and pineapple juice... my stomach aches just
thinking about it), I've started to enjoy different cocktails.
Speaking of getting
older Francesca recently wrote
about a height wall at her house and it got me to
thinking about the height wall and
growing up.
* Curiosities
about same sex stimulation, I
think many men have these curiosities and it messes with them mentally, either they act on it or divulge in gay porn I DO NT THINK THATS TRUE UNLESS THEY ARE IN PRISON * Addiction to porn and / or jacking off ONLY WHEN GETTING IT FROM THEIR WIFE IS SUCH A CHORE * Medical Conditions such as low sex drive, he is older and it has been going down over the years, he has high blood pressure and takes medication, he also has low Vitamin D and takes supplements, he may have some ED issues as well LACK OF SEX COULD CAUSE AS WELL AS BE CAUSED BY THOSE FACTORS * Sexual advances from other woman and him acting on those or seeking out other women for comfort when he is angry and / or depressed A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY * His ADHD doesn't allow him to process issues normally, he is quick to anger, depression, and feeling disrespected that causes his to retreat * He was self raised, came from drug infested household where neglect, torture, and narcissism ruled, and he lost his mother at the age of 7 from drugs, growing up in foster care * I make more money and I control all the money, he is not interested in paying bills at all, this immaculateness him * He is a control freak and sex is his way of controlling me, where he otherwise can't control me as I am more educated and he is more vocational SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU ARE A MATCHED PAIR IN THAT RES
think many men have these curiosities and it messes with them mentally, either they act on it or divulge in gay porn I DO NT
THINK THATS TRUE UNLESS THEY ARE IN PRISON * Addiction to porn and / or jacking off ONLY WHEN GETTING IT FROM THEIR WIFE IS SUCH A CHORE * Medical Conditions such as low sex drive, he is older and it has been going down over the years, he has high blood pressure and takes medication, he also has low Vitamin D and takes supplements, he may have some ED issues as well LACK OF SEX COULD CAUSE AS WELL AS BE CAUSED BY THOSE FACTORS * Sexual advances from other woman and him acting on those or seeking out other women for comfort when he is angry and / or depressed A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY * His ADHD doesn't allow him to process issues normally, he is quick to anger, depression, and feeling disrespected that causes his to retreat * He was self raised, came from drug infested household where neglect, torture, and narcissism ruled, and he lost his mother at the age of 7 from drugs, growing up in foster care * I make more money and I control all the money, he is not interested in paying bills at all, this immaculateness him * He is a control freak and sex is his way of controlling me, where he otherwise can't control me as I am more educated and he is more vocational SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU ARE A MATCHED PAIR IN THAT RES
THINK THATS TRUE UNLESS THEY ARE IN PRISON * Addiction to porn and / or jacking off ONLY WHEN GETTING IT FROM THEIR WIFE IS SUCH A CHORE * Medical Conditions such as low sex drive, he is
older and it has been going down over the years, he has high blood pressure and takes medication, he also has low Vitamin D and takes supplements, he may have some ED issues as well LACK OF SEX COULD CAUSE AS WELL AS BE CAUSED BY THOSE FACTORS * Sexual advances from other woman and him acting on those or seeking out other women for comfort when he is angry and / or depressed A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY * His ADHD doesn't allow him to process issues normally, he is quick to anger, depression, and feeling disrespected that causes his to retreat * He was self raised, came from drug infested household where neglect, torture, and narcissism ruled, and he lost his mother at the age of 7 from drugs,
growing up in foster care * I make more money and I control all the money, he is not interested in paying bills at all, this immaculateness him * He is a control freak and sex is his way of controlling me, where he otherwise can't control me as I am more educated and he is more vocational SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU ARE A MATCHED PAIR IN THAT RESPECT.
* Curiosities
about same sex stimulation, I
think many men have these curiosities and it messes with them mentally, either they act on it or divulge in gay porn * Addiction to porn and / or jacking off * Medical Conditions such as low sex drive, he is
older and it has been going down over the years, he has high blood pressure and takes medication, he also has low Vitamin D and takes supplements, he may have some ED issues as well * Sexual advances from other woman and him acting on those or seeking out other women for comfort when he is angry and / or depressed * His ADHD doesn't allow him to process issues normally, he is quick to anger, depression, and feeling disrespected that causes his to retreat * He was self raised, came from drug infested household where neglect, torture, and narcissism ruled, and he lost his mother at the age of 7 from drugs,
growing up in foster care * I make more money and I control all the money, he is not interested in paying bills at all, this immaculateness him * He is a control freak and sex is his way of controlling me, where he otherwise can't control me as I am more educated and he is more vocational
As my son
grew older, I started
thinking more
about my «job» as a parent.
But I
think it's
about just getting
older and
growing a thicker skin and realizing we're working our best to do some pretty amazing things.
So, I guess your right because I never
thought about it as the child
grows older, they do try to mimic everything.
Anne: As my kids
grow older and move toward more «food independence» I
think a lot
about what you're talking
about at the end of your comment: have I done enough to arm them with good information so they can make sound food choices in a world that often works against that goal?
I remember hearing
about anti-aging products when I was in my twenties and
thinking, «I won't need those - I'll
grow old gracefully and accept my wrinkles.»
As well as considering the perfect name for your baby, also
think about when your child will be
older, is the name something that can be
grown into, or
grown out of?
As your child
grows older, you need to
think about using a different car seat.
It is also
thought - provoking, raising questions
about what intelligence is, how it changes as we
grow older, and whether we should try to improve it if we can.
Lately, Ive been
thinking about the
old adage, «Absence makes the heart
grow fonder.»
I'm 14 years
old and
about 5» 4 but still
growing I don't
think I'm an endomorph maybe both types.
As a person I became more relaxed, I'm a very sensitive person, often too sensitive and I still care too much
about what other people
think about me but as I
grow older it becomes better.
I'm really much in a hurry and under stress while being here in Croatia, but it feels really nice to be in my
old home town and just see people and places I've
grown up with + know so well... I could never live here again and I don't usually miss this place, but when the melancholy hits, it's good to be in the place that you're
thinking about.
I love pretty much everything
about this post (which I may have said
about a previous post or two, too)- but I want to kick in my two cents
about the
growing older, knowing less stuff thing... I decided somewhere around the age of 23 that all that stuff I
THOUGHT I knew
about the world?!? Not even beginning to scratch the surface.
Rich men who are
thinking about dating are surely dreaming of getting hooked with a female younger than them because by the tenure a man becomes rich he definitely
grows old.
Maybe when you are in your teenage years when seeing boy bring stars in your eyes but as you
grow older and widen your experience around men, it only clears some foggy
thoughts about finding the perfect one the first time.
«There were years that went by that I
thought about, but it wasn't until I was 17 - years -
old, after a few relationships with girls, I had an experience with a male that I had an attraction to who I also worked with and
grew up with.»
As I
grew older, I started to realize that there were some things that could be better and started to
think about what could have made for a better educational experience.
I
grew up in a big family, one of sixteen cousins on my mother's side, and as I've gotten
older, I've
thought a lot
about what the particular experience of being from a big family means.
That audience is only gonna
grow and help, and particularly indie authors who are digital and digital first or digital natives when you
think about to bring up an
old term.
As they
grow older, we need to
think about what preventive measures we can take to keep your cat healthy.
We've watched the Nintendo universe
grow for the past twenty years, and as new games introduce new elements to characters we
think we know everything
about, sometimes those
old games can become a continuity issue.
Looking at this
old footage, Trecartin is stricken by how much our relationship to the camera has evolved, particularly rhetorically: «People always
think that the work is
about the internet and social media, but I
think it's more
about how our behaviour has changed, and our language skills, and what our tools are, and our understanding of ourselves and our bodies and what the potential inventive space of that can be in relationship to our humanity as we
grow these extensions of ourselves.»
As you
grow older, get married, & eventually build a family, more often than not,
thoughts about your family's wellbeing and safety start occupying your mind.
Maybe I should just paint it green with a faux finish Something
about that ivy / plantings
growing over the wall just makes a space look
old and lived in, I
think.