# The older I get ...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-older-i-get/441770>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 18, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-older-i-get/441770 "2008-03-18T13:44:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-older-i-get/441770/61 "2008-04-16T17:16:19Z")

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[QUOTE=msmith537]  
Why? The older I get, the more I think many of those things are merely prisons we create for ourselves because everyone else is…  
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Don’t get me wrong, I’m very happy.

It’s just that sometimes I get wistful that I’ve no son or daughter about to give away in marriage or give me a grandchild, or to make me proud by graduating college. Sometimes I wish I had someone I’ve hugged and held, slept next to, argued anbd laughed with for 20 years.

I don’t see that as a prison.

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