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Spam69 aka David Bennetts is 37.44 years old, has been a member since June 16, 2007, has scored 7853 submissions, giving an average score of 1.67.

May 04 '08 by Spam69

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Aging

I've decided aging is a strange buisness indeed. When I was 19 I spent 3 months in the U.S , half of it in a summer camp in Penn State. Fantastic time even though I couldn't get served booze most of the time. I remember a guy we met out there was 26 and thinking that 26 was a really old and mature age to be and so far off. I'm now 37, 3 years off 40 and half way to an age I probably won't live to. Where did it go ? It seems to have gone in the blink of an eye. I just wondered how you guys viewed the ageing process.

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DaniellesGarden on May 04 '08 at 10:09pm

I dont like it.. did you see my latest sub.. thats what its about, oddly enough

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 10:11pm

Danielle - whats the story behind that design?

PuterBoy on May 04 '08 at 10:11pm

You're going to die before I die.

Mike4507 on May 04 '08 at 10:12pm

drop the e. add ing.

shibby558899 on May 04 '08 at 10:12pm

I don't have much experience with it. I'm just turning 19 tomorrow.

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 10:12pm

Not if you carry on with that attitude young man.

Pizazz on May 04 '08 at 10:12pm

an odd phenomenon indeed

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 10:13pm

That was @ puter

PuterBoy on May 04 '08 at 10:13pm

I'm gonna dance on your grave.

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 10:15pm

Happy Birthday for tomorrow shibby - so what age do you think of as old?

mype4nut on May 04 '08 at 10:15pm

I just turned 26. I remember thinking that was old, too. Now, I'm not so sure I have such a defined idea of what it means to be "old". I'm definitely not where I thought I would be at this age, but I'm pretty happy anyway.

Then again, I thought I would be married with kids by now. Ha!

WarDrobeInSpareOom on May 04 '08 at 10:15pm

Hahaha...I turn 26 at the end of this month.

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 10:23pm

puter - if it gives you pleasure you can dance on my grave but I warn you I plan to do wheelies in my electric wheelchair over yours if you should go first.

mypeanut - that's what I'm trying to say - the older you get the more the goal posts move as to what you consider old. When I'm 60 will I think 80 is old?

PuterBoy on May 04 '08 at 10:24pm

I promise I won't.

mype4nut on May 04 '08 at 10:27pm

Nah. When I was 16, I thought 26 was old. Now that I'm 26, I certainly do not think 36 is old! In fact, I once read that at 20, we are psychologically "middle-aged". This means that subjectively, the amount of time we spend growing from birth to twenty is the same as twenty to death. Not in our experiences, but in our perception of them.

Whoa.

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 10:30pm

Ok - one last question. Do you younger guys think it's weird / sad / creepy when older people use Forums like this or do you not think of age as an issue when blogging. Be honest

PuterBoy on May 04 '08 at 10:31pm

Probably anyone over 35 on a forum is a big loser.

:D

jk

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 10:31pm

mypeanut - I would totally go along with that - you child hood seems to go on forever.

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 10:32pm

haha - puter you're pure gold.

You little bastard

the czar on May 04 '08 at 10:42pm

Ya know , age never really bothered me, but as I come up on 40 (one month to go), I am really feeling it. Maybe it is all the little things, like the achy knees, the few extra pounds, the stiff hands, just adding up and getting me down. I'm sure I'll be fine, but I just don't feel 40.

I have many younger and many older friends, so being friends with the youngsters on here does not seem weird to me. I do not know if I creep anyone out, I try be to very cognizant of the age difference and not be a freak.

shibby558899 on May 04 '08 at 10:44pm

Anyone who is older than me at any point in time is old as fuck.

no matter what.

no exceptions.

ever.

PuterBoy on May 04 '08 at 10:45pm

Jeez Shibby, you're old.

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 10:46pm

I got really down when I turned 30, I'm going to try and be positive about 40. I'm starting to feel the little physical things as well, like I can't stand up from a crouching position without making an involuntary grunting noise. To a certain extent I agree it's a state of mind.

DaniellesGarden on May 04 '08 at 10:46pm

using these blogs when you are 35 or older - I guess it really depends on what you are using them for.

my design, its just about missing my childhood.

when i was younger I remember calculating how old I would be in the year 2000.. 24. It sounded so far away. now im 32 or about to be anyway, and I dont like it, i hated turning 30 especially because most of my friends are still in their 20s

Now the years fly by, i know a year is just as long as it has always been, but as soon as you start having responsibilities outside of homework, it seems to go much faster.

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 10:48pm

haha shibby I want to print that out, frame it and send it to you on your 37th Birthday.

Of course I'll be 55 by then............

PuterBoy on May 04 '08 at 10:49pm

And I'll be like 31.

the czar on May 04 '08 at 10:50pm

30 did not bother me at all. 40 def will. 50? no worries, never gonna make it.

I just hang here because it is fun. The older I have become, the fewer friends I have, so it is good to hang and chat with people here. No one really seems to care about my age, I don't hide it. When I met up with folks in NYC, no one seemed to think I was strange for being there.

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 10:51pm

I agree with that sentiment Danielle. When I was a kid in the 80's the idea of it changing to the 90's was just weird and 2000 and beyond felt futuristic in a flying car kind of way.

PuterBoy on May 04 '08 at 10:52pm

I AM THE FUTURE.

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 10:55pm

I tell you one thing which you've touched on thier czar is the friends thing. You all have less time and they kind of fade away. It's also much harder to make friends and socialise when you're older. You feel more self conscious. the plus side is that the friends I have now I've had for 20 years plus and are as dear to me as family.

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 10:57pm

Puter - i would love to know what you will be doing in 20 years time - you crease me up.

uptownkelly on May 04 '08 at 10:57pm

I had panic attacks for like 2 months leading up to turning 20... like "omg, I won't be a teenager anymore... I won't be a kid... my life is over".
when i turned 21 though it was like "eh..."
it's weird how much some ages freak you out :/

shibby558899 on May 04 '08 at 11:06pm

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 10:48pm
haha shibby I want to print that out, frame it and send it to you on your 37th Birthday.

Of course I'll be 55 by then............
but see, It's impossible for me to be older than myself so it works out in my favor.

Spam69 on May 04 '08 at 11:10pm

Yeah, you seem have found a loop in the system. But if someone younger than you has the same mantra as you, you will be in their eyes how you see everyone else.

I've confused myself there

Must be my age

blossompossum on May 04 '08 at 11:17pm

Eh, I've never really felt any age is old. I mean, I think 40 is pretty young, and that 70 is a bit young to die. Then again, so is 20.

I guess it just matters in what one has done in life.

blossompossum on May 04 '08 at 11:34pm

Wow, I totally killed this with my odd logic.

ladrones on May 05 '08 at 1:01am

im okay with my decay, i have no choice, so i rejoice

48 days later

Spam69 on Jun 22 '08 at 6:28pm

So I'm like 37 on Tuesday :(

If I'd lived in Logan Runs world I would have been put to sleep 7 years ago.

lordog on Jun 22 '08 at 6:33pm

happy birthday! you know, it's just a number. i turned 31 this year, and i feel 21. in fact, i felt older when i was 21 than i do now-not sure how that works, but it's true!

enjoy your birthday! don't get caught up on the number...just have a good time. :)

Jon_Snow on Jun 22 '08 at 6:35pm

depressing post david

I feel old even though I'm only 21.

But I'm on my way to getting a degree and landing a sweet job then filling my big house with lots of material possessions to inflate my ego and give my life a sense of purpose!

Or I could take up acting

goldensara on Jun 22 '08 at 6:37pm

I feel kind of bad saying this but I've been going through an age crisis since I turned 18. I was so in denial I even made my mom only buy 16 candles for my cake that year.

I just feel like I'm 20 now and I don't want to get older because that means I have to have responsibility and a job and blahness. Makes me sad.

Also to answer your question a couple of posts up, no I don't think theres an age limit on the forums. It took me about a year to find out littlem wasnt the 2o something yr old I thought she was. And when I did find out it didn't really matter.

lordog on Jun 22 '08 at 6:43pm

yeah as long as you aren't hitting on underage chicks and stuff, i don't see how age could matter here.

oh and to you guys who are going through the 20-year-old age crisis, i understand! i had to be married and own a condo and have a career going by 25, or i was going to just DIE. haha. so i did all those things, hit 25, and found out that none of that was making me happy. got divorced, changed careers, sold the condo. and i'm MUCH happier now, just living my life without worrying about what i should be doing at my age. seriously, just focus on what makes you happy, rather than numbers and what you should be doing when. :) : )

Jon_Snow on Jun 22 '08 at 6:44pm

some big testicles you have there lordog

Spam69 on Jun 22 '08 at 6:49pm

heh heh - sorry if I bummed you guys out - thanks for the thoughts and yeah lordog you are absolutely right . I'm very happy with my life - great wife, great kids and I feel very lucky but I just wish my 20's had gone as slowly as my childhood !

chelly on Jun 22 '08 at 6:52pm

happy early birthday.

i used to think 30 was old and now that i'm over 30 it feels as though i'm 50 and i'm afraid how it is going to feel when i am 50.

i understand why the elderly drive slow and walk in the middle of grocery isles as if they own the world; they irritate my roommie to no end.

Spam69 on Jun 22 '08 at 6:54pm

Maybe get an elderly roomie Chelly then you'll always feel young by comparison.

lordog on Jun 22 '08 at 6:57pm

i had to do what i had to do, jon. ;) 25 was...interesting...to say the least!

oh and you aren't bumming me out, spam! everyone goes through the age crisis thing at some point.

the czar on Jun 22 '08 at 6:58pm

Maybe get an elderly roomie Chelly then you'll always feel young by comparison

That's funny, because when I complained about turning 40 a couple of weeks back, my wife (who is 4-1/2 yrs older) told me not to complain because she will always be older.

Spam69 on Jun 22 '08 at 8:27pm

Hehe - Just before my wife turned 30 we went away for the weekend to celebrate. She took the opportunity to remind me to enjoy it as it was the last time I would be having sex with a twenty something. :)

the czar on Jun 22 '08 at 8:38pm

Haha that's awesome

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