And Then There Was Me

Everyone and their mother is on Facebook. Facebook is not the end all of social media. Some of you are now rolling your eyes thinking to yourself "Tell me something I don't know!" Others are like " What? There's more? We can't keep up!" And then there are the rest of you who are thinking "get to the topic already!" Of course, the group known as "the rest of you" would be right.

My involvement in social media has put me face to face with other social mediaites. I now know IRL (in real life) so many of the people I initially knew only virtually. It's fun. Recently at a tweetup, I was talking to someone whom I hadn't met before but "knew"from twitter. We were chatting off to the side and she asked me "How does it feel being with all these people who are so much younger than you?" She was in the vicinity of my age. Could have been more, could have been less. I didn't ask her out right because I wasn't sure if age was a "thing" for her. But it was a good question.

Most of the people at the tweetup were in their thirties. Some, gasp, were in their twenties! And then there's me1 Well me and this other person. It's kind of interesting. Everyone knows my age. Well no one has ever asked me but they know I have grown up kids. Now there's an oxymoron for you, grownup kids! They know I relish the fact that I have my freedom back! I tend to make note of it when the talk turns to the travails of raising young kids. It was fun while it lasted but hallelujah and praise the Lord, I am done with that! I'm pretty sure they're all bright enough to do the math!

So I guess it doesn't really feel like anything. I never thought about it before she asked. I'm okay with being the elder statesman. After all, rank has it's privileges! Hey, sometimes I like to sit at the kids table! Don't let age stop you from having fun. Leave it to other people to worry about it!