On Acting One's Age

[rolanni]

I have an awfully hard time remembering to act my age.

For example, I forget that my grey hairs entitle to me a chair, even when everyone else is sitting on the floor. I don't mind sitting on the floor -- in fact, I like to sit on the floor -- but it's always a jolt to see the Shocked and Horrified faces of the people around who suddenly want to scramble to find me "something to sit on" (What? I'm sitting on the floor. When did the floor stop being "something"?)

Is anyone else a chronological amnesiac?

Comments

[vierran45.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I often forget my real age and have to actually calculate to firgure it out. I'm a couple decades younger than you, but I feel mid-twentiesh-thirtyish in my mind. Quite a few people who meet me think I*m much younger than I am.

And like the previous commentor, I think the internet is wonderful in breaking down age barriers. You often go by people's words alone and can find like-minded people who are several years younger or older than you and form friendships without ever actually meeting these people.