I'm older than I feel

[lathany]

I've just made contact with my closest friend from sixth form after about a decade.

She became a grandmother the summer before last.

Comments

[the-alchemist.livejournal.com]

Eep! That's scary.

[lathany.livejournal.com]

Definitely what I thought.

[sosoclever.livejournal.com]

I sympathize.

I worked with a girl whose mother was a year older than me, maybe two. Last time I saw her (the girl), she was pregnant. That was a few years ago. Granted, her grandmother was only something like 55, so there were going to be four generations in their family in less than sixty years.

[lathany.livejournal.com]

Yes, can be done legally by someone of my age... but most of the people I know (of whom most are younger) are deciding to have (or not have) their own kids.

[sosoclever.livejournal.com]

I remember when I realized my friend Hannah's daughter, who I babysat, was old enough to drive. Then old enough to drink. Hannah's a couple years older than me and her daughter was born while Hannah was still in high school. Still, it really does put some perspective on your age!

[floralaetifica.livejournal.com]

Oh dear god.

OK, I'm just going to pretend that says more about her crazy life choices than my age.

[lathany.livejournal.com]

<laughs>

I'm older than you and she did have some crazy life choices. She'd been engaged twice by the time I hit university (she's six months older than me) and her first sprog was shortly after that (following a broken engagement and a new bloke).

She's also got a surname I don't recognise and is now divorced (with two cats).

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

Cats are better than boyfriends. I am glad she is learning this :)

[lathany.livejournal.com]

:-)

[kirian.livejournal.com]

Ah! There it is then. That six months can make *all* the difference. Six long, long months. In which all manner of crazy life things happen.

[lathany.livejournal.com]

Absolutely.