Just last week, an officer pulled me over for making a u-turn in front of my house, which I happen to do every day after coming home from work, just to park my car so that it’s directly in front of my house. I thought it was a joke, since I know a couple of cops in my town. He rolled the window down and yells “don’t do it again!”. I then realized that it was this twirpy annoying kid that grew up in my neighborhood that all of us older kids would make fun of. Instinctively I was about to yell at him back, and then realized “oh wait”. I just walked up my steps glaring at him without saying a word. He was not getting a “yes sir” out of me, and he knew it.
Don’t feel bad. The last four presidents were younger than me.
You’re not old til they offer to help you across the street.
When I got jury duty summons I was excused because the judge had dated my sister in college. Love living in a rural area, just love it.
One day I thought “hey, I’m not in the target demographic anymore”.
Another day it occurred to me “holy crap, more than half the people on the planet are younger than I am”.
And every day now, that percentage gets larger and larger.
Pshaw, I plotzed when my gynecologist was way younger than me. And hot!
Doctors, for me. Actually, all the medical professionals. I’ve had occasion to spend time in the hospitality of our local general hospital a bit lately and they’re ALL SO YOUNG! Doctors, nurses, aides…the only ones who still seem to be older than me are the folks from the social services department.
My first “they are younger than me!” moment was with Playboy centerfolds. As a pimply-faced callow youth, they always looked like a hot older sister or cousin. Then suddenly, they were younger than me! There is no going back across that bridge.
I also remember the first time James Bond was younger than me. And has stayed that way.
One president so far has been younger than me. Not the current one, though.