[ SECRET POST #3240 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3240 ⌋

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OP

[(Anonymous)]

I'm scared of growing old because of the ageism in our society.

Otherwise, I'd adore it. I've always loved surrounding myself with older people, my best friend is my Sociology teacher and I read what he reads, all the classics, all the pop fiction of the 60's, 70s and 80's but it just really hurts me how nobody but me values those things, the older actors and authors and just... If someone like an old Holywood actor comes to my city, I'm the first one in line, crying crocodile tears.

It just really upsets me how amazing, educated, refined people get none of the respect and admiration they deserve and how even they themselves break under society's pressure and begin to fall for this desire to forever stay young :(

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

I don't get that stereotype.

George Clooney had a bigger fan base as a man in his forties and fifties than twenties and thirties. Patrick Stewart was voted one of the sexiest men alive when he was Captain Picard and I think he is as sexy as ever.

I am such a fangirl for Helen Mirren, Maggie Smith, and Meryl Streep. I know I'm not the only one. There was also the secret earlier this month for a person 'finding someone old enough to be there grandmother' hot.

I had a fantastic conversion last night with a man in his sixties about old carousels. People still listen, OP.

Truth is, OP, age is only one of many factors that have people's full stories not being told/ignored. One I always think of is Hellen Keller.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

It's true that ageism in our society is just getting worse and worse.
Other than that, I enjoyed my 30es much more than my 20es and earlier.

40es are starting to suck a bit for petty reasons like "I'm short-sighted, I was supposed to get longsighted way later, dammit!", but other than that, I feel more confident and badass now than ever.

I do more things, have more friends than ever before, feel free-er, have managed to improve my job (thanks to age and experience giving me the self-confidence to ask for more).

So, yeah, I don't know about later, but so far I regret absolutely nothing of the 25-years old me. I was a bit thinner, but I had an awful sens of fashion so nobody saw it. Attention I get tells me I do look better now and it's not just improvement of self-image.


Also, if you find nobody your age who shares your tastes, it doesn't mean at all that you're wrong, or that they don't exist. It's probably just that you haven't found them yet.

Aren't there fandom communities for the things you listed? Livejournal may not be the most adequate place for it, maybe they're somewhere else? An oldschool fan board maybe :)