Saturday, January 07, 2023

BORN TO BE MILD

As I get older, that edge I once teetered on no longer is an edge. It’s more a quiet stroll amongst the herd with no edge in sight. I can’t begin to tell you my dislike for mellowing with age and although it seems to happen to the best of us, every now and then when that wild hair still tickles, I still listen. Okay, it’s not exactly a wild hair anymore. It’s more like an annoying itch that needs to be scratched a little. I have a friend (name excluded to protect the guilty) who definitely understands my need to be "bad" every now and then and indulges me by letting me scratch my itch. Whenever we go see a movie we most always "double-dip". This custom started when we went to see Star Trek. I suppose after watching something that made me think about my misspent youth, I was inspired to scratch the itch by doing a double-dip (the second movie I didn’t pay to see). I walked out of one movie and into another. There definitely are advantages of being an average middle-aged woman. We blend in with the scenery! So as I sat and watched the second movie, The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past I did so with a smile on my face. When I realized I was smiling at my own actions and not at anything I was watching, I actually laughed out loud. Age really has mellowed me and that wild hair is so easily sated these days. 

Gratitude statement: I'm grateful to have gone from being born to be wild to being born to be mild all in one lifetime!

*Repost from October 28, 2010

8 comments:

  1. Brought a smile to my face-
    Just don't shoplift :P
    I feel that the 'being bad' doesn't go away, it just changes...still quite satisfying

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  2. terri, smilin' is a great thing!

    Ur-spo, we all need to let it rip once in awhile!

    Peaceful, oh I gave shoplifting up for lent last year! LOL

    ol friend, ALWAYS!

    Jnuts, do you scratch that itch?

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  3. OMG my husband pulled me into one theatre after we left another and I was freaking out the whole time. He had a shit eating grin on his face. He kept telling me there was no movie police. I am not a thriill seeker as you and my hubby are. I love being around folks like you but I can't do those things without freaking out. :-)

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    1. I can actually see the look on your face! lol And good for your husband!

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