I've been old and grumpy in similar ways lately. "Kids today move so fast." Part of it, for me, is envy of the opportunities they have and the freedom they feel to seize them. Then again, I like the fact that big new steps are big new steps for me so... perhaps I wouldn't trade.
Re: We think too muchsoudaOctober 20 2010, 03:33:54 UTC
I have to agree. At the very least, with the increased visibility (and thus increased levels of "live up to.")
If anything, it may be that the lesson we are now learning is how to take the time and appreciate and savor each stage. Then again, that may just be the lesson I'm coming to learn in my own life.
I responded on Fet, but I'll do so here as well. :) It's amusing when we actually agree on something. I occasionally see the progressions and shake my head, but I wonder what it would have been like for me to have found the scene (and had abundant social networking) in my late teens to early 20's. I still try to see the wonder in things and not get jaded and bitchy (trust me it isn't easy sometimes).
The now Now NOW thing is generational. The young ones are that way about everything. But that's also partly because the information is out there for them to consume. Thanks to the internet and TNG (:-p) kink isn't big and scary anymore, it's friendly, accessible, and out on collage campuses recruiting.
But I'd wager there are still people wadding in slowly, still hiding behind their computers looking at awe at the big scary world of SM. We just don't run into them often because they are still at home or just barely sticking their toes in the shallow end, far far from the advance caning classes or big scary suspension demos.
I think it has to do with the fact that both of us have been involved with large scale events for so long. We've seen lots more than a lot of people in a much more condensed way. Right now, I can't think of a thing I really want to see that I haven't already seen that isn't an image of me doing it. No, that's not self centered...it's just that I'm a jaded old bitch too
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If anything, it may be that the lesson we are now learning is how to take the time and appreciate and savor each stage. Then again, that may just be the lesson I'm coming to learn in my own life.
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But I'd wager there are still people wadding in slowly, still hiding behind their computers looking at awe at the big scary world of SM. We just don't run into them often because they are still at home or just barely sticking their toes in the shallow end, far far from the advance caning classes or big scary suspension demos.
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