We were talking about a friend who's joining a medical practice owned by a doctor who's in his early nineties and still practicing.
My grandmother says, "Sure, but, really, ninety is more like what seventy used to be. But, I have to admit, once you hit eighty, you really don't feel as young as you used to."
Me: "What does that mean? You can't pull all-nighters anymore? You can't stay up drinking tequila shots all night and still go to class in the morning like you did when you were seventy-five?"
My grandfather: "Yeah, something like that."
Me: "What I WILL say is that we GenX'ers are the first generation in history who are hitting middle age before our parents are. . . "
My grandmother says, "Sure, but, really, ninety is more like what seventy used to be. But, I have to admit, once you hit eighty, you really don't feel as young as you used to."
Me: "What does that mean? You can't pull all-nighters anymore? You can't stay up drinking tequila shots all night and still go to class in the morning like you did when you were seventy-five?"
My grandfather: "Yeah, something like that."
Me: "What I WILL say is that we GenX'ers are the first generation in history who are hitting middle age before our parents are. . . "