Perturbed

[rflong]

This may just be the slump after the many highs of the last week. But...

Last night my sister referred to me as "a middle aged woman".

My older sister.

*pout*

Not impressed.

*double pout*

I said "Are you calling me old?" to which she replied "No, because that would have knock-on connotations."

But middle aged!!!

I will not proudly re-state for the record that I am still, and will most likely always be, sixteen in my head.

(I wish that made me slender, energetic and fun-loving, but I remember myself as a sixteen year old so... Nah, probably not. Maybe fun-loving. Who doesn't love fun?)

Anyway, got back into the Robert Emmett scene in Moy Tura Echoes last night and typed it up. Which is good. It has now made it to 45,532 words or 236 pages.

But I'm still sulking.

*pout*

Comments

[clhollandwriter]

But if you're "middle-aged" and she's older, doesn't that also have "knock-on connotations"? ;)

I'm still about nineteen in my head, but I'm glad I'm not still nineteen. There's no way I'd have the confidence to throw myself boldly at rejection the way I do now. :D

[rflong.livejournal.com]

"But if you're "middle-aged" and she's older, doesn't that also have "knock-on connotations"? ;)"

I think that's what she meant. I will always be her younger sister, so if I'm middle aged...

I think I would have preferred "old" though. "Middle aged" is just ew!

[(Anonymous)]

Hugs, hon. I'd be pouting too. But what age starts middle-age anyway? And who decides?

Natasha Moore (still wondering who that "middle-aged" woman in the mirror is)

[rflong.livejournal.com]

EWH says I'm "in my 30s" and that doesn't count as middle age. He always say the right thing! :D

[slovobooks.livejournal.com]

I'm 48, and I've been calling myself middle-aged sing about my mid-twenties. I'm actually on an evangelical crusade to reclaim the term. I continually tell people that it is a description, not a sentence, and that they're the best years of our lives. Certainly my life now is the best it's ever been.

Embrace your inner wrinkly!

[rflong.livejournal.com]

LOL.

I used to embrace the term "young fogey" but I'm not so sure about advancing it to its logical conclusion! :D

However, I do agree about the best years of our lives. If only the kids would let me get some sleep so I could really enjoy them!

[kara-gnome.livejournal.com]

**Embrace your inner wrinkly!**

It's the outer wrinkly I have issues with!

Great line, wonderful, I'm stealing it from you *g*

[(Anonymous)]

Ahhh....your only as old as you feel! I'm a 35 year old woman trapped in the mind of a 20 year old! I love it! LOL

Remind older sister that she is OLDER, call her more-than-middle-aged next time, hehe.

[rflong.livejournal.com]

Is that you, Elaina?

[kara-gnome.livejournal.com]

As one leaving middle-aged behind, I have to tell you, there's worse things *g*

Oh, wait, I'm supposed to be supportive and encouraging. Ummmmmm--sorry, I got nuthin'

LOL, just kidding; I'm sure she was teasing or just facing her own angst. No worries, or rather, *worries* but it's best to avoid mirrors.

[xnamkrad.livejournal.com]

a) in my family we decided that old is 20 years older than you currently are
b) as someone once said when they reached a certain age and being told it must be terrible, and replied its better than the alternative.

[rflong.livejournal.com]

True on both counts!

[namelessarchon.livejournal.com]

Assuming that is you in that avatar I think you are one hot young babe! Plus, you like pirates and abs, so that means you are forever young IMO.

[rflong.livejournal.com]

*preen preen*

Pirates and abs keep one forever young! :D

Forward Momentum

[gabriel-writes.livejournal.com]

Sorry sweetie. I'm not in my thirties, nor do I feel like a twenty-something trapped inside my seriously middle aged, gray haired, bifocaled self.

I refuse to succomb to what the Media thrust upon us in terms of beauty, age, and use. So yeah, world, deal with it...

How, may I ask, can we keep full view of our futures if we remain so fixated on our pasts?

As Lois McMaster Bujold autographed one of my books. "Forward Momentum."