Thread: Am I officially old now?

Originally posted by Pepper
My daughter is 13 today.

If you have a teenager, you're old...right?


Even if I am old, I am a "new" man...I got up and got her a dozen doughnuts for her birthday breakfast and did not eat a single one.

Pepper, you may have just stumbled upon the difference between “grown up” and becoming old. But I’ll help you discern which is the case for you.

You will know when you are truly old. The symptoms will be a vague recollection of having purchased a baker’s dozen followed by an alarming realization that the delivered gift is a donut short and then an unexplainable feeling of guilt.

To youthful and innocent eyes it is a gift. To the middle age we have a sophisticated theft. But to the initiated and fellow old farts, we see all the telltale markers; treachery, senility, and plausible deniability. If you really want to know step on a scale and see if it swings in your favor or not.

Now fess up; and welcome to the club.

OD

P.S. Alas, it would have been a perfect crime except for the fact that when we are blowing out birthday candles the celebrated
will know that 12 is not the same as 13. Judas, the 13th, found it appropriate to hang himself when he realized what he had done.

I thought white ear hairs were the indicator?

Happy Birthday to your daughter pepper!!!

No you're not old.. If you were, you'd eat the donuts cuz they're easy to chew

Yes Pepper let her know we wish her a Happy Birthday.

BTW - I'm not old and I have 2 teenagers 16 and 17. One of each and they are great kids, just as challenging as I was to my mom - and I was challenging!

Congrats on the will power with regard to the donuts!

You're not old, so long as you have some input on what your bowels and bladder are doing at the moment.

Originally posted by Pepper
I got up and got her a dozen doughnuts for her birthday breakfast

err....... Isn't that a little, oh what's the word I'm looking for, 'non-healthy' type of breakfast?

Originally posted by Pepper
My daughter is 13 today.

If you have a teenager, you're old...right?


Even if I am old, I am a "new" man...I got up and got her a dozen doughnuts for her birthday breakfast and did not eat a single one.

Meets my criteria...

Originally posted by irontime
err....... Isn't that a little, oh what's the word I'm looking for, 'non-healthy' type of breakfast?

Yep...but it's her birthday..you can have donuts on your birthday.

ya, but TWELVE ?!? Can she even eat that many?

Originally posted by irontime
ya, but TWELVE ?!? Can she even eat that many?

No, she only had two...but she has two brothers and unfortunately, there were leftovers. I will have to be strong again this evening. I love Dunkin Donuts.

oh....okay, that's fine then
I was just trying to picture a 13 year old scarfing down a dozen donuts.

My daughter will be 13 in August n a few times I've done something I don't remember ever having done before....dialed my own number when going to call someone....

Once, I tried to make espresso w/o the espresso.

I was distracted, was on the phone