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Enter stage left

(4,498 posts) Sun Feb 8, 2026, 11:10 PM Feb 8

Others keep telling me to act my age...

Well duuuhhh, I've never been this age before!

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Others keep telling me to act my age... (Original Post) Enter stage left Feb 8 OP

My wonderful Mom always said leftieNanner Feb 8 #1

My anwer to that is... 2naSalit Feb 8 #2

Yeah, man ! Like .. we're suppose to just KNOW all this stuff .. ? stopdiggin Feb 8 #3

I'm 69 going on 12... wcmagumba Feb 8 #4

Wasn't it E.E. Cummings who said EverHopeful Feb 9 #5

Not "bragging" (really) but what I get more is that I don't look my number 79. UTUSN Feb 9 #6

In my night dreams I'm always in my mid twenties Sequoia Feb 10 #7

leftieNanner

(16,152 posts)

1. My wonderful Mom always said

Reply to Enter stage left (Original post)

Sun Feb 8, 2026, 11:14 PM

Feb 8

Just because you become an adult, doesn't mean you have to stop being a kid.

Loved her and miss her every day. ❤️

2naSalit

(101,994 posts)

2. My anwer to that is...

Reply to Enter stage left (Original post)

Sun Feb 8, 2026, 11:14 PM

Feb 8

I can't, I don't know how.

I seem to be stuck in a mindset some 20 - 30 years younger than I am.

stopdiggin

(15,327 posts)

3. Yeah, man ! Like .. we're suppose to just KNOW all this stuff .. ?

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Sun Feb 8, 2026, 11:15 PM

Feb 8

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wcmagumba

(6,032 posts)

4. I'm 69 going on 12...

Reply to stopdiggin (Reply #3)

Sun Feb 8, 2026, 11:32 PM

Feb 8

and proud of it...

EverHopeful

(682 posts)

5. Wasn't it E.E. Cummings who said

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Mon Feb 9, 2026, 03:52 AM

Feb 9

It's never too late to have a great childhood?

UTUSN

(77,530 posts)

6. Not "bragging" (really) but what I get more is that I don't look my number 79.

Reply to Enter stage left (Original post)

Mon Feb 9, 2026, 11:30 PM

Feb 9

(They ought to see me without the partials.) - so my default reply is to complain that I'm on numbers of pills.

Also, my idea of humor when anybody asks how I am is to say, "Short, fat, and old." - Am always amazed at how in short supply my brand of "humor" is: Yes, some people laugh, but too often some responses are that I shouldn't put myself down or more charitably, "There's nothing wrong with that."

Sequoia

(12,745 posts)

7. In my night dreams I'm always in my mid twenties

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Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:35 AM

Feb 10

At university with friends I don't know in my awake life. I seem to always be at UCLA going to a class.

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