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On Monday this week it was my 47th Birthday. That feels really rather old & on the 'wrong side' of 40
I have never really looked as old as I am (thank heavens) but my mind still believes I am 27. I literally stopped counting at 27. And yet here i am, 20 years on. When my parents celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, I was 16. I thought they were & looked really quite old. In hindsight, they were younger than I am now I call my mother ALL the time for advice. Mr T & I were talking last week about how you look to your parents & know they are sensible & they have all the answers. But the reality is, our children look to us in the same way, but we KNOW as parents we are completely winging it. I asked my mother the question & she said yes, totally winging it & now winging it as a grandmother to 9 children.
Does anybody else ever feel taken by surprise at the reality of their age?
I have never really looked as old as I am (thank heavens) but my mind still believes I am 27. I literally stopped counting at 27. And yet here i am, 20 years on. When my parents celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, I was 16. I thought they were & looked really quite old. In hindsight, they were younger than I am now I call my mother ALL the time for advice. Mr T & I were talking last week about how you look to your parents & know they are sensible & they have all the answers. But the reality is, our children look to us in the same way, but we KNOW as parents we are completely winging it. I asked my mother the question & she said yes, totally winging it & now winging it as a grandmother to 9 children.
Does anybody else ever feel taken by surprise at the reality of their age?