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| Is age "mellowing" you? |
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| Folks have said it is |
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| Sounds like an urban myth; some mellow, some don't |
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pietillidie
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You often hear this bit of folk wisdom. What do you make of it in terms of your own life and as a general piece of folk wisdom? Feel free to expand.
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Dangles
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| pietillidie wrote: | | You often hear this bit of folk wisdom. What do you make of it in terms of your own life and as a general piece of folk wisdom? Feel free to expand. |
For sure. Now that I know I've got no hope of my life amounting to anything or of finding a beautiful partner the pressure is well and truly off. And as a result I'm more mellow.
*I ticked the impotent old farts option. |
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luvdids 
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Age seems to be making me way less tolerant. And if anyone has a problem with that, they can stick it!   |
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think positive 
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Yep
im over trying to please people, some people just aint worth the effort. I try to treat everyone the same way, but treat me wrong, I no longer try and get you back with interest, lifes too $£$%^%%$ short, I just go Meh, your loss (karma is a pretty good bus I find!!)
things I wish: I wish I could go back and tell that crazy teen who starved herself to "fit the image", there aint nothing wrong with you honey, and one day you would kill to see that body in the mirror again!
I wish id said no to a couple of guys, and yes to a couple of others.
I wish I could take back every under pressure harsh word I ever told my kids, my sister, my pets, my friends, myself.
I wish I hadn't throw out my old duffle coat with all my cheer squad member patches on it.
I wish id said **** it and booked a cruise with my mum, a year before she died. I wish I didn't care what my sisters thought, and id just gone out and bought the things that would have made mums life better...
I wish id worn the dress, even if my bum looked a bit big in it (it didn't!!) I wish id had the courage to dance on the stage long before I finally did!!
am I mellowing?
(I just asked Cait, she got that husband "oh **** whats the answer" look) "what answer would you like?" she said!!
I still wear my heart on my sleeve, but I no longer let the arrows break me so easily. I wear the dress. I wear the good perfume, and yes, I dance in the rain!! ive long been happy for people to have a laugh at my expense, that hasn't changed! probably a good thing, since ive got a 5 inch wide and 6" inch long bright purple and yellow bruise on my leg from my last clumsy effort!!
I like me now, ive weeded out the people who brought me down. and ive learnt to say no even if I think I should say yes!
does getting mellow mean you are more accepting, less easily antagonized, or less self absorbed?
dunno, but its raining and there's a glass of red with my name in it! lets dance!! cheers
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think positive
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| Dangles wrote: | | pietillidie wrote: | | You often hear this bit of folk wisdom. What do you make of it in terms of your own life and as a general piece of folk wisdom? Feel free to expand. |
For sure. Now that I know I've got no hope of my life amounting to anything or of finding a beautiful partner the pressure is well and truly off. And as a result I'm more mellow.
*I ticked the impotent old farts option. |
I take it your a living breathing, not newly released mass murderer/rapist, and that you have family and or friends?
then your life has amounted to something, you may not recognize just what yet, but keep looking
a beautiful partner. hmm. there's lots of beautiful people out there, why have you stopped looking? and what exactly are you looking for? the drop dead gorgeous arm candy every one wants a piece of? not too many of us get that, or are that, but most get to be that to somebody, at some stage.
one things for sure, while you count your failings, your missing out on creating your blessings, why? why would you do that? if I told you you have one year, just one year, what would you do? would you make a list of what you haven't done, or what you want to do?
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luvdids
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| think positive wrote: | Yep
im over trying to please people, some people just aint worth the effort. I try to treat everyone the same way, but treat me wrong, I no longer try and get you back with interest, lifes too $£$%^%%$ short, I just go Meh, your loss (karma is a pretty good bus I find!!)
things I wish: I wish I could go back and tell that crazy teen who starved herself to "fit the image", there aint nothing wrong with you honey, and one day you would kill to see that body in the mirror again!
I wish id said no to a couple of guys, and yes to a couple of others.
I wish I could take back every under pressure harsh word I ever told my kids, my sister, my pets, my friends, myself.
I wish I hadn't throw out my old duffle coat with all my cheer squad member patches on it.
I wish id said **** it and booked a cruise with my mum, a year before she died. I wish I didn't care what my sisters thought, and id just gone out and bought the things that would have made mums life better...
I wish id worn the dress, even if my bum looked a bit big in it (it didn't!!) I wish id had the courage to dance on the stage long before I finally did!!
am I mellowing?
(I just asked Cait, she got that husband "oh **** whats the answer" look) "what answer would you like?" she said!!
I still wear my heart on my sleeve, but I no longer let the arrows break me so easily. I wear the dress. I wear the good perfume, and yes, I dance in the rain!! ive long been happy for people to have a laugh at my expense, that hasn't changed! probably a good thing, since ive got a 5 inch wide and 6" inch long bright purple and yellow bruise on my leg from my last clumsy effort!!
I like me now, ive weeded out the people who brought me down. and ive learnt to say no even if I think I should say yes!
does getting mellow mean you are more accepting, less easily antagonized, or less self absorbed?
dunno, but its raining and there's a glass of red with my name in it! lets dance!! cheers |
So, we're taking 'mellow' to mean regret??  
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think positive
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| luvdids wrote: | | think positive wrote: | Yep
im over trying to please people, some people just aint worth the effort. I try to treat everyone the same way, but treat me wrong, I no longer try and get you back with interest, lifes too $£$%^%%$ short, I just go Meh, your loss (karma is a pretty good bus I find!!)
things I wish: I wish I could go back and tell that crazy teen who starved herself to "fit the image", there aint nothing wrong with you honey, and one day you would kill to see that body in the mirror again!
I wish id said no to a couple of guys, and yes to a couple of others.
I wish I could take back every under pressure harsh word I ever told my kids, my sister, my pets, my friends, myself.
I wish I hadn't throw out my old duffle coat with all my cheer squad member patches on it.
I wish id said **** it and booked a cruise with my mum, a year before she died. I wish I didn't care what my sisters thought, and id just gone out and bought the things that would have made mums life better...
I wish id worn the dress, even if my bum looked a bit big in it (it didn't!!) I wish id had the courage to dance on the stage long before I finally did!!
am I mellowing?
(I just asked Cait, she got that husband "oh **** whats the answer" look) "what answer would you like?" she said!!
I still wear my heart on my sleeve, but I no longer let the arrows break me so easily. I wear the dress. I wear the good perfume, and yes, I dance in the rain!! ive long been happy for people to have a laugh at my expense, that hasn't changed! probably a good thing, since ive got a 5 inch wide and 6" inch long bright purple and yellow bruise on my leg from my last clumsy effort!!
I like me now, ive weeded out the people who brought me down. and ive learnt to say no even if I think I should say yes!
does getting mellow mean you are more accepting, less easily antagonized, or less self absorbed?
dunno, but its raining and there's a glass of red with my name in it! lets dance!! cheers |
So, we're taking 'mellow' to mean regret?? |
looking back comparing me now to before to see if ive changed, means comparing how I reacted to things then compared with now, so I guess I typed out loud what I was thinking, and then asked the question as bolded.
but no, certainly not regret, I don't use the word regret, just life lessons.
or I can just delete my ramblings, and type yes, but I personally feel a whole heap of posts with yes or no is rather boring.
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David
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| luvdids wrote: | | So, we're taking 'mellow' to mean regret?? |
I'd imagine a lot of uptightness and stress come from having regrets and guilt. Letting regret go is probably a crucial part of the 'mellowing' process.
On that front, I don't know if I'm mellowing with age or getting worse. Perhaps I haven't hit my peak unmellowing yet. 
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think positive
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David, your a bloody kid still!! you have to wait til you get old to answer!!!
but yeah, I totally agree!!
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David
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Hey, it's not like you're exactly Methuselah. Compared to some of the more ancient members of this forum, you're still a bloody kid yourself!
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Tannin 
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It is highly discriminatory to call David "a kid" just because he is only a kid.
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think positive
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| David wrote: | | Hey, it's not like you're exactly Methuselah. Compared to some of the more ancient members of this forum, you're still a bloody kid yourself! |
haha, I like the boy!!!!
cheers
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HAL
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| Interesting comparison. |
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HAL
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| Tannin wrote: | | It is highly discriminatory to call David "a kid" just because he is only a kid. |
Really. discriminatory to call David a kid because he is a kid is? |
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John Wren 
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| luvdids wrote: | | Age seems to be making me way less tolerant. And if anyone has a problem with that, they can stick it! |
ha. i hear you sista.
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