Do you know how I know that you’re getting old?
Posted by Vero on October 12th, 2010. Filed under: uncategorized.Ok, so I know that age is relative. I’m not that old; but I’m also not getting any younger.
The basis for this post came to me on Sunday night, at my friend Kim‘s beautiful wedding reception. I was hanging around with my friends Émilie and Mathieu, taking a little break from the dance floor, when Mathieu proceeded to tell us that he just can’t dance like he used to. He used to groove and move and he claims that now he’s pulling all sorts of “old people dance moves”. All three of us were on the dance floor for one of the first songs of the evening (“Old Time Rock and Roll”?), and Mathieu just gave up after that one and sat out the rest of the evening. He claims that he was dancing and looking around at the old folks next to us and realized that his smooth moves were eerily similar to those of our dance floor companions. “I just don’t have it anymore”, he said.
So for Mathieu, getting old is dancing around to Bob Seger swaying from left to right and clapping your hands to the beat of the music.
That got me thinking about the things that make me feel old. I confided in Émilie and Mathieu that with every year that has passed and passes, my dislike of/general apathy towards Fleetwood Mac has turned and continues to turn into appreciation and love. Fleetwood Mac, dudes, I love them.
There are many, many other things that make me feel old in my day-to-day life. They will surely be the topics of many a future blog post.
So what makes you feel old?
October 12th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
What makes me feel old?
The fact that most kids I encounter these days don’t know WHO Fleetwood Mac is.
Fer Reals? C’mon. Genius.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
I actually think I’m going to make a terrific old person. I knit, I drive my grandpa’s Buick, I wear my grandma’s jewelry, I love all things tweedy and British.
But what makes me *feel* old is my declining tolerance for pop music (in my day we didn’t rely on auto-tune!) and my increasing desire to tell young girls to put some freakin’ clothes on already.
Also, Fleetwood Mac is awesome.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
I was out at a bar with my sister in law a few weeks ago, and I didn’t so much want to tell the young girls to put on clothes, but rather wanted to sit them down and tell them how they’re sending boys the wrong message in a motherly tone.
Seriously, what happened to the days of just laughing at skanks?
October 14th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Yes. Pop music is NOT what it used to be. I have a “low ho” tolerance to today’s tunes.
October 18th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
You know my feelings about Fleetwood Mac. Welcome to the darkside.
October 25th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
I totally wish I could have spent more time dancing with you guys – I feel like I hardly saw you at the wedding! :(
How do I know I’m getting old? How SORE I was the next day from dancing all night! (Ok, that may just mean I’m out of shape too – ha!)
And um, I always thought Fleetwood Mac was one person… but I just looked him (them) up and it’s not bad at all!