Very funny but doesn’t bode well for our gender. When the ever diminishing hormone tries to raise its head I remember what I look like coming out of the shower and remind myself not to be that”cringey” old guy. Great article. A must read for all aging guys. It’s oK to dream for a moment but pop the bubble!
"These aren't predators—that requires actual hunting skills. They're dying moths slamming into the brightest lightbulb, convinced that proximity to youth might reverse cellular decay." is brilliant. Really great prompting.
I'm coming to terms to my expiring attraction and letting go the idea of perpetual youth going through my 30s. I tell myself that I don't feel any different but the mirror says otherwise. It is definitely bittersweet realizing that time comes for us all. It doesn't get much more human than that.
While your wit and observations are very funny, indeed, I do come away feeling sad at the human frailty that compels us to humiliate ourselves -for many women are just as guilty of this denial of the aging process, if not more - in front of the altar of a youth oriented society which allows for very little of the purported dignity and wisdom that should come come with age.
We are the products of a commercial age with our values dictated in large part by advertising. It is a sad statement, indeed, que no?
This piece could stand to be posted in the Ladies Room of every alleged "pick-up bar" on the planet. How many fools do we see with bad dye jobs and wearing age-inappropriate clothing, driving said sports cars (top down of course) in their mad endeavor to appear somehow "younger"... or at least to seem timeless?
Very funny but doesn’t bode well for our gender. When the ever diminishing hormone tries to raise its head I remember what I look like coming out of the shower and remind myself not to be that”cringey” old guy. Great article. A must read for all aging guys. It’s oK to dream for a moment but pop the bubble!
Well, that was brutal
"These aren't predators—that requires actual hunting skills. They're dying moths slamming into the brightest lightbulb, convinced that proximity to youth might reverse cellular decay." is brilliant. Really great prompting.
I'm coming to terms to my expiring attraction and letting go the idea of perpetual youth going through my 30s. I tell myself that I don't feel any different but the mirror says otherwise. It is definitely bittersweet realizing that time comes for us all. It doesn't get much more human than that.
While your wit and observations are very funny, indeed, I do come away feeling sad at the human frailty that compels us to humiliate ourselves -for many women are just as guilty of this denial of the aging process, if not more - in front of the altar of a youth oriented society which allows for very little of the purported dignity and wisdom that should come come with age.
We are the products of a commercial age with our values dictated in large part by advertising. It is a sad statement, indeed, que no?
This piece could stand to be posted in the Ladies Room of every alleged "pick-up bar" on the planet. How many fools do we see with bad dye jobs and wearing age-inappropriate clothing, driving said sports cars (top down of course) in their mad endeavor to appear somehow "younger"... or at least to seem timeless?