Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Age
Am I old? Is 31 old? It feels old today. When I turned 30, I liked the sound of 30. I could say that I was 30 and it still sounded young. 31? Old..there's nothing else to it. It's just plain old. I think my frustrations with it all is that I'm 31 and starting over. So I'm not quite old enough to belong to the divorced but well established in life club, and there really isn't a divorced and 30ish club because most people my age aren't typically divorced. I don't belong to the 30ish and family club because well, I'm a single mom and the dynamics of my family are so different. Plus the majority of the 30ish and family club spend their spare time with their family...which is what I do when I have Bella, but the other 50% of the time, I'm a 31 year old looking for something to do...But do I really belong with the 20 somethings who haven't committed themselves to Friday nights at home with the family yet? Most of the time I think so, but that's because I feel like I lost so many years by dating the ex from the age of 18. I never really had that 20 something experience. By the time I was 20, I was setting up shop at home. AGE. It's a funny thing. I guess it all depends on your perception.
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It is, isn't it? I'm 27 yet I feel 40! I know what you mean about losing your 20's.. I couldn't have said that better myself!
You definitely need to be making up for some lost time, and if that means kicking up your heels on a Friday you don't have Bella, you BETTER be doing it!!
You fit in where you fall.. and that is, a great single mom, who WILL get what she deserves!!
Look at the bright side.
You look younger than your age.
You're MUCH smarter than you were in your twenties.
You're not as old as me!
:-)
I lived through the dating cycle of the the "twenties." Trust me. You didn't miss anything... the grass wasn't greener in the dating scene!
I think that it is wonderful for you to be in your 30's, know yourself and your priorities and be out looking for friends and relationships. You have experience, compassion and carefulness on your side.
Think of all the of things you are bring to the table.
You are a mom. You are a Christian. You are a sister. You are an advocate. You are a daughter. You are many things... and a fun-loving person is one of those! Priorities shift around.
Clearly Bella will always be number 1, but the rest of the priorities are negotiable.
I like your blogs, looking forward to your future updates
Laura, You are a beautiful 31 year old with a wonderful life ahead of you...you are definitely NOT old in any way! You do deserve some of your 20's back though and we do need to find a way to have girls night out soon! Betsy
I feel so many of the same things. Mind is from the other end though-I am younger, but I am friends with so many of the "family" people, I'm still not sure where I fit in. I know I need more friends my age, but it is easier to be friends with slightly older people-a lot of my close friends are in the "family" group. So how do you work through it? Who do you hang out with? Is it really dependant on age?
I think I'm learning that it gets to a point where it's not dependent on age, but who you can relate to. I think my biggest fear when I wrote this blog was that the younger single people that I felt a need to connect with would think that I was too old. I can relate to them at this point because I have ABSOLUTELY NO idea what my future holds. I've decided to hang out with whoever accepts me for who I am and who I have fun with, regardless of age.
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