you're getting old
Speak for yourself! You’re only a year younger than me!
Actually, your comment leads on nicely to something I have been meaning to post for a few weeks, but was taking a while to get back to. So, I’ll post it now!
On the Monday before Worlds, I had a dream about my skating crush. Admittedly, I can’t remember what it was about, but I do know what prompted it. It wasn’t that she was competing in Worlds, because she wasn’t. It was because of a scene in that Monday night’s episode of “Coronation Street”.
So, just a bit of background to set the scene. Over the previous few weeks, there has been a chemistry developing between mechanic Tyrone Dobbs and Alina Pop, the gorgeous young Romanian girl that works in sales at the local factory.
Alina wanted to move out of the flat she shared with her ex and his new girlfriend, but couldn’t afford the rent. So, neighbour Tyrone said that he and his wife could take her in as a lodger. But, in the weeks since then, an attraction developed between them.
They kissed a couple of weeks ago, and Tyrone was wracked with guilt afterwards. His wife, Fiz (her name is actually Fiona), noticed that he was acting strange, and worked out that it had something to do with Alina.
Here is a transcript of part of the ensuing argument.
Fiz: “Oh, I’m such a mug…”
Tyrone: “Fiz, you’re not”
Fiz: “Oh, all that time she was here, prancing around in her little towel, leaving her dental floss underwear everywhere. And you looking at her like…”
Tyrone: “Fiz, I wasn’t”
Fiz: “…some pathetic middle-aged bloke”.
[Tyrone sits down]
Fiz: “Ah. That’s what this is, isn’t it? You’re having a mid-life crisis. Why don’t you buy a sports car or, I don’t know, take up cycling or something? Instead of lusting after a girl half your age.”
Tyrone: “It’s only 15 years difference.”
Fiz: “Oh. Given it some thought, then?”
[Long pause]
Fiz: “15 years? Well, I mean it’s nothing, really, is it? No. Whatever’s good for the likes of Leonardo di Caprio is good for Tyrone Dobbs, isn’t it?”
[Tyrone sighs]
Fiz: “It’s sad, you know that. You know it’s sad, really sad because she won’t give you the time of day”.
Tyrone: “Yeah, well that’s where you’re wrong”.
He then told her about the kiss, and it became a big argument.
Anyway, hearing this conversation shook me, because I am 3 years younger than Tyrone, and my skating crush is 15 years younger than me.
Is that how people look upon me for having a crush on a 20 year old skater? That it is a mid-life crisis?!
Surely you can’t have a “mid-life crisis” when you’re in your 30’s! Like, surely somebody in their 30’s is still classed as being young, rather than middle aged.
Then, a few days later, I saw a story in the newspaper about when middle age starts (it can be read
here). And it said that middle age starts at 47.
But, it was accompanied by a checklist of 50 signs that you are middle aged (which are not in the website version of the story). And I ticked off nearly all of them! There were only 2 or 3 that didn’t apply!
@elektra blue – it looks like you were right all along. We ARE old!
CaroLiza_fan
I had a a little Spiderman item for him that I wanted to throw on the ice @ Worlds in Montreal last year, but it never happened. 
I'm still holding on to it in hopes that we get to see him skate again (in person) before he retires for good.
But my hubby and me are actually just going through all the shows as I hadn't watched most ST before. We watched TNG + films, Enterprise, Discovery, now we're busy with DS9 and Picard. Looking forward to Voyager as well!
