In a conversation today about technology, I happened to mention that the internet didn't exist when I was in college. (Well, it did, but only sort of. There was the start of the web, but this is definitely the pre-Hotmail/commercial search engine era. We had the VAX, and one girl on my hall junior year was talking to people on the IRC. The rest of us were terrified that she was chatting with serial killers. But I digress.)
Anyhow, I got funny looks from the people I was talking to; they thought I was kidding. I had to tell them that I recently turned 40, and both of these people looked as stunned as if I had told them I was from another planet. It was really amusing and flattering at the same time. (Turning 40 hasn't been easy for me, especially since within the last year I have turned into "Everyone's Sickliest Friend", which sucks, BTW.)
Hearing that they each thought I was in the start of my 30s made my month. Hearing that one of them thought I was younger than my younger sister (younger by 4 years) made my year.
Maybe I am doing something right after all!
I am told I look younger than my sister, who is 5 years younger than me. I secretly want to be carded. Last November, I reluctantly turned 40. I have to say that the video where they give today's kids a walkman is hilarious.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen that video; I'll have to look for it. I do know someone who didn't know you had to flip a vinyl record over to hear the whole album.
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