tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post8203748983618169054..comments2024-03-27T23:28:20.274-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Aging, feeling joy, girls, and religionagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-38695992668883758162008-12-13T08:05:00.000-05:002008-12-13T08:05:00.000-05:00You're still thinking like a single man. ;) 40-yea...You're still thinking like a single man. ;) 40-year-old women, apart from the small fraction of desperate chubby singles, are usually married with kids and much more worried about Janie dying her hair purple or Johnny's SAT scores than whether some college girl is cuter than them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-65478157631900120242008-12-04T15:39:00.000-05:002008-12-04T15:39:00.000-05:00Well, I've been there and done that, and I don't n...<I>Well, I've been there and done that, and I don't need a girl who's overjoyed so often -- too much drama. I need someone who's calm and still.</I><BR/><BR/>As you know, I'm generally in awe at how well you nail these things, but I think you're being hyperbolic here by insuating that such an attitude is <I>completely</I> delusional. Things like incessant texting, worldy ignorance, and self-absorbtion do seem a little more expensive as we get older, for reasons you alluded to in a previous post--we have more greater freedom and more potential sources of stimulation vying for our attention than we did in high school. That doesn't mean 28 yos are more attractive to the average 40 yo man than 18 yos are, but I think the gap is narrower than it is when the same guy is 22 yo.Audacious Epigonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07495507254628580077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-63409148956745468292008-12-04T08:13:00.000-05:002008-12-04T08:13:00.000-05:00I'm wondering why people over 65 have a major incr...I'm wondering why people over 65 have a major increase in feeling excited and overjoyed. Retirement, maybe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-32154305203541095572008-12-03T10:02:00.000-05:002008-12-03T10:02:00.000-05:00Agnostic, in the spirit of bringing themes togethe...Agnostic, in the spirit of bringing themes together and the intoxication of dark beauty, I thought you'd enjoy the first sixty seconds of this:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2aog3PuDqg&feature=related<BR/><BR/><BR/>Im pretty sure you will be impressed by her, but let me know if you are not. <BR/>It will suck to get old indeed, won't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com