I rarely just post my thoughts or observations on here but I am going to attempt to. Here goes:
I realized to day that I am in an in between place in society. That is to say I don’t have a group that quite fits. I am in my late 40’s and most people my age are married with kids, living in a house that they own or rent. How can I relate to these people at a dinner table….(conversation), Oh we took out a second mortgage on the house today so we can start paying for Michael juniors college. We are hoping he gets into UCLA. ….hmmm, well what do I say to this? I am going to community college let me talk to your son. That is the other aspect of my life that is different. I am surrounded by young students in their late teens and early twenties. They are just starting out in their life, they grew up in the 90’s the years of grunge and teletubbies, and I grew up with The Jetsons and bell bottoms. They like to play beer pong when they have a party, in my day we did shots (usually tequila) but those days are long gone. I laugh when they tell me they are old and they just turned 21. What the heck does that make me, old geiser. I suppose in some of their eyes I am. At times I feel that way too. I have fun when around them, most of the time but can’t really relate to some of the antics and the laid back attitudes. In my younger years we went dancing on Friday and often Saturday nights but they like to hang out, play beer pong or drink beers.
Here I am, not sure where to go or how to find a group of people that fit. I don’t own a car so it isn’t always easy to go to things at night, it can be scary coming home at 12:30 in Los Angeles. A lot of my friends have moved or are very busy with families of their own. I find myself having less and less people to do stuff with on the weekends.
I suppose I need to join groups on meetup.com or something similar to that. I have gone to a few events with them and they keep me busy but yet to connect with anyone.
In between, middle aged with a child like heart but an adult mind, both in spirit.
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