Older != Old

[yndy]

I'm contemplating getting older (go figure!)

Had dinner with my Dad tonight, just him and me.  It was a nice little "non-birthday dinner"* in which he gave me a lovely white gold bracelet (the birthday present) and paid for dinner at The Summit - bringing back memories of dinners at their old location when I was a teenager and my parents were

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[ayoub]

:D

Positivity is a wonderful thing, isn't it?

And I'm all about the Rockin'!

[silveredmane]

Hi.

I got here through theFerret. I enthusiastically agree with your perspective.

I'm 56 and an active leatherdyke with a phenomenal life. Age is just a number. I've met many people in their 40s who are already older than I will ever be.

I gave up a child 35 years ago because I did not think I had the capacity to parent her - and I greatly admire people who actively take on the task.

While I have managed to sustain a lifestyle that we associate with younger people, the social contracts out in the social hinterlands of my particular constellation of subcultures are quite different than they are in more mainstream culture. This comment in no way constitutes disagreement.

[yndy]

Damn glad to meet you

[silveredmane]

I don't mind that you added me - and I'm about to make that mutual. I look forward to getting to know you, as well.

I agree about walking our own paths, whatever they are. A quotation I've always liked is "If the heart is afraid to beat for fear of disturbing the liver the organism dies."

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[silveredmane]

On the topic of motherhood, a post I wrote (about my mother and daughter) that might interest you is here.

I've looked through some of your journal> I'm very excited to be in contact with you, and am looking forward to my world getting bigger because of it. I'll be back to write individual comments as soon as I have time.