[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
I do sometimes wander around and think I should stop smiling, to avoid the wrinkles that seem to be creeping up on my face…[/quote]
Never stop smiling to avoid lines. I find smile lines sexy. I think I’m not alone on this one.
DB
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
A while ago my parents asked if I had thought of what I would name my first son and daughter. I told them I’d name my first girl after my mom and give my son a name I had wished they’d given me.
My father asks, “Well, what about me? You’re not going to name one of your boys after me?”
“No, your name is common.”
He did not talk to me for the rest of the day. Again, I’m not old enough to be too worried about starting a family, but they are old enough to be wanting grandkids within a few years.[/quote]
Just wait til you get married, and the parents start watching your wife like a hawk to see if she gains an ounce, has wine with dinner, or does anything out of the ordinary.
I can say to my mother in law, “Hey! Guess what???” and she’ll get teary and ask when I’m due. Um…I’m not due. My cat just hacked up a hairball and I have to get off the phone.
Knowing my parents, they will gang up on me with my wife and kids and pressure me into trips, buying a home closer to them, etc.
My mother still talks to and has lunch with my last ex girlfriend.
Wait till you get over 60!
Signs of aging there are many. I will turn 54 years young on 12-5. I celebrated my 35th class reunion 11-29. There are two camps. The ones who simply say we are old, or the others that are doing something about it.
At the reunion my wife and I with a handful of others danced all night because we could. We were asked don’t you know you are suppose to BE OLD. NO I DON’T.
16 months ago I felt that way too I was old. BULLSHIT there is no magic pill,but there is hard work and desire. The desire to be the best you can be at any age.
I’m not going to lie to you I started back benching 135 lbs. Now my light days are 305/15. I squat with 305/30 I do two full body workouts a week that last 3 hours. My body seems to recover best that way.My heavy day bench sets are in the High 300’s and low 400’s and squats are in the low high 500’s and low 600’s. I still weigh 320 but where did the fat go???
My cardio was non exsistent I was an over the road trucker. The first two miles I walked I thought I would die. Now I walk 5 miles . I run a mile .I exercise bike,and I run 10/40 yard sprints the way basketball players run suicides one after another.
What is great is I lost 60 lbs of fat. I got my health back. I feel great. My grandkids love that Pappy can beat them in a sprint.
Age is a state of mind. Again there is no magic pill . We are all terminal ,but that doesn’t mean you can’t be all you can be while you are alive. Lift,Run, Exercise, and live. Who got old on me ? NOBODY .I didn’t think so… Dance Baby Dance ROCK ON!!!
As a ending note supplements like Alpha Male work very well to keep things up and running for us OLD GUYS…
[quote]oldtimer3 wrote:
Wait till you get over 60![/quote]
C’mon, you’re gonna scare the kids!!!
In my high school class, I was voted most likely never to make it to 30. Fooled those suckers!!
I’ll never forget the day Home Depot became toys r us.
It was right around the time the lazer levelers became big. Shit was so cool.
I’m always accused of acting like an old crank. The funny thing is that out of my brothers and sisters (5 of us all together), I was the screw off loser growing up. Once I had a kid, it was like the mother ship came down and stole my fun-loving soul. Not that it was that fun being a loser but constant worry ain’t a walk in the park either. I am trying to balance things out but still get called old.
I was having a similar conversation earlier with a friend of mine. She commented about her husband feeling like his life is set in stone now and there are no surprises left. He actually prefers no surprises and likes to maintain his own status quo.
She is very much like I am in that we both see this stage of our lives as a new beginning. I have so many things I want to do and achieve and now I have time and resources to do it. In my case my children are now old enough that I can go out alone without them.
I’ve been able to use this time to discover a ton of things that would never previously have crossed my mind. Two years ago if someone had told me I would be competing in powerlifting I would have had to ask them what that was.
That to me is an indicator that there must be even more cool things out there that I can’t wait to do. Once you lose that, it’s almost like you’re waiting to die.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
I was having a similar conversation earlier with a friend of mine. She commented about her husband feeling like his life is set in stone now and there are no surprises left. He actually prefers no surprises and likes to maintain his own status quo.
She is very much like I am in that we both see this stage of our lives as a new beginning. I have so many things I want to do and achieve and now I have time and resources to do it. In my case my children are now old enough that I can go out alone without them.
I’ve been able to use this time to discover a ton of things that would never previously have crossed my mind. Two years ago if someone had told me I would be competing in powerlifting I would have had to ask them what that was.
That to me is an indicator that there must be even more cool things out there that I can’t wait to do. Once you lose that, it’s almost like you’re waiting to die.[/quote]
Hell, I worked hard all of the way through my 20’s so that I could do other things now. I know quite a few who goofed off until they hit 29 or later and are now stuck in place without much wiggle room.
I think your approach is the way it should be done whatever your goals are.
ouroboro_swrote: I was having a similar conversation earlier with a friend of mine. She commented about her husband feeling like his life is set in stone now and there are no surprises left. He actually prefers no surprises and likes to maintain his own status quo.
She is very much like I am in that we both see this stage of our lives as a new beginning. I have so many things I want to do and achieve and now I have time and resources to do it. In my case my children are now old enough that I can go out alone without them.
I’ve been able to use this time to discover a ton of things that would never previously have crossed my mind. Two years ago if someone had told me I would be competing in powerlifting I would have had to ask them what that was.
That to me is an indicator that there must be even more cool things out there that I can’t wait to do. Once you lose that, it’s almost like you’re waiting to die.
I love this a powerlifter,and A philosopher Keep up the great thought processes!!!
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
So, I have caught myself thinking about - nay, at times enamored with - certain things that I would not have thought about a few years back.
For instance, I love to cook and have been looking at knife sets. I told my parents I want a washer/dryer and a badass knife set as housewarming gifts.
This thought would not have crossed my mind two years ago. It’s scaring me.
I also went to the mall a few months ago with my mother and sister and saw what were two 19 year olds dressed like skanks. I immediately thought, “If my daughter dresses like that I will throw her under a fucking bus.” It actually bothered me and I am nowhere near settling down and starting a family.
Anyone else going through this?
No mid-life crisis yet, I promise…hopefully when it does hit me, I’ll have deep enough pockets to buy a Nissan GT-R in different colors, one for each day of the week.[/quote]
I think you caught the ghey!!
You enter manhood when you first purchase whitegoods.
Sex, work, study mean nothing.
Whitegoods = Adult.
I bought a washer and fridge a couple of months ago.
I was 23 when I became a man…
EDIT: I forgot to mention I negotiated rather well 
[quote]nomorewar wrote:
PonceDeLeon wrote:
I think you caught the ghey!![/quote]
I bet it was the smell of breast milk still on your breath that turned off that MILF you could never pick up.
And I bet I could get her and have her back by 10…a.m., that is.
[quote]Spry wrote:
You enter manhood when you first purchase whitegoods.
Sex, work, study mean nothing.
Whitegoods = Adult.
I bought a washer and fridge a couple of months ago.
I was 23 when I became a man…[/quote]
For me it was a sofa. It was something big enough that I couldn’t throw in a bag and cut and run if I wanted to. It caused a significant amount of anxiety at the time.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
Spry wrote:
You enter manhood when you first purchase whitegoods.
Sex, work, study mean nothing.
Whitegoods = Adult.
I bought a washer and fridge a couple of months ago.
I was 23 when I became a man…
For me it was a sofa. It was something big enough that I couldn’t throw in a bag and cut and run if I wanted to. It caused a significant amount of anxiety at the time.[/quote]
And all this time I thought you were a woman…you hide your bulge well…
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
nomorewar wrote:
PonceDeLeon wrote:
I think you caught the ghey!!
I bet it was the smell of breast milk still on your breath that turned off that MILF you could never pick up.
And I bet I could get her and have her back by 10…a.m., that is.[/quote]
thanks
[quote]Court wrote:
ouroboro_s wrote:
Spry wrote:
You enter manhood when you first purchase whitegoods.
Sex, work, study mean nothing.
Whitegoods = Adult.
I bought a washer and fridge a couple of months ago.
I was 23 when I became a man…
For me it was a sofa. It was something big enough that I couldn’t throw in a bag and cut and run if I wanted to. It caused a significant amount of anxiety at the time.
And all this time I thought you were a woman…you hide your bulge well…[/quote]
It’s very small. I don’t appreciate the mockery.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
Court wrote:
ouroboro_s wrote:
Spry wrote:
You enter manhood when you first purchase whitegoods.
Sex, work, study mean nothing.
Whitegoods = Adult.
I bought a washer and fridge a couple of months ago.
I was 23 when I became a man…
For me it was a sofa. It was something big enough that I couldn’t throw in a bag and cut and run if I wanted to. It caused a significant amount of anxiety at the time.
And all this time I thought you were a woman…you hide your bulge well…
It’s very small. I don’t appreciate the mockery.[/quote]
She will make you put the lotion in the basket if you don’t stop poking fun…j/k.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
This guy at the gym called me “sir”.
At the gym.
While lifting weights in a tank top.
I wasn’t aware anyone but senior citizens got called “sir” at the gym unless it is coming from the girl at the front desk upon greeting you.
[/quote]
Sir… I need to check to see if you soiled yourself sir.
Stop struggling sir, I need to see–
Sir, I need to check to see if you soiled yourself.