My dads dad was in the navy then worked as an offshoreman and invested. He ended up buying lots of property including a golf course before he sold it all after my grandmother died. He was murdered 7 years ago. My mother's father was a heart surgeon. He died ironically of a heart attack
You forgot..."willing partner" In the words of Marsha Warfield.....old men can last a long time...problem is nobody wants to be with an old man for a long time!
When music I listened to was covered by inferior acts, and young people are surprised "someone else" sang Hazy Shade of Winter. When the Parade mag in my Sunday paper recently had a cover story on music we listened to 50 years ago, and a lot of those songs are in my current playlist.
I feel old as fuck when I hear songs and realize they are 10-20 years old. Then I apply the same timeline to songs from the 70s and realize that's the same timeline from the 90s and shit. Like this song is 20 years old. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. Like this song is to now, like a disco song from the 70s is to when I was in High School.
Not exactly "when I realized I was old," but a couple of "when I realized I wasn't particularly young anymore" moments: 1. When I noticed I was older than most of the athletes I was watching in sports 2. When I realized that I was the same age my dad was in clear memories I had of interacting with him as a kid
At one time I felt old when coaches, not players, tried to flirt with me. But not even coaches have flirted for a good many years. I am relieved.
