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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| PeteJB wrote: |
| 23 and a late bloomer. |
Same, same. I don't even think I've finished "blooming" yet. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:55 am Post subject: |
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I posted on this site for more than 5 years without indicating my age because I knew that if I did, some of the rum-dums would use it to attack me, rather than my point of view. At some point I decided that I couldn't any longer deny my life-experiences, so I stated my age. I was right. There is an enormous amount of ageism among the posters on this forum. It usually comes from people I don't respect anyway, but it is annoying.
I'm 58 and will turn 59 this summer. I don't mind my age (the alternative to getting older is to drop dead; not something I wish to do) but I don't like people making a negative point of it.
There are a startling number of people who expect me to live my life according to their rules, rather than mine. There is nothing I can do about that. |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
I posted on this site for more than 5 years without indicating my age because I knew that if I did, some of the rum-dums would use it to attack me, rather than my point of view. At some point I decided that I couldn't any longer deny my life-experiences, so I stated my age. I was right. There is an enormous amount of ageism among the posters on this forum. It usually comes from people I don't respect anyway, but it is annoying.
I'm 58 and will turn 59 this summer. I don't mind my age (the alternative to getting older is to drop dead; not something I wish to do) but I don't like people making a negative point of it.
There are a startling number of people who expect me to live my life according to their rules, rather than mine. There is nothing I can do about that. |
GROW UP and act your age.  |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, I was twenty-three when I first lived in Korea twenty-four years ago... |
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Samantha
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
Location: Jinan-dong Hwaseong
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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Western 28 (29 in July)
Korean 30<---I hate saying that at this point. Not that I'm going to be one of those women that says they are 29 for four or five years. |
I'll also be 29 in July. We should celebrate together. |
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bogey666
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
Location: Korea, the ass free zone
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
I posted on this site for more than 5 years without indicating my age because I knew that if I did, some of the rum-dums would use it to attack me, rather than my point of view. At some point I decided that I couldn't any longer deny my life-experiences, so I stated my age. I was right. There is an enormous amount of ageism among the posters on this forum. It usually comes from people I don't respect anyway, but it is annoying.
I'm 58 and will turn 59 this summer. I don't mind my age (the alternative to getting older is to drop dead; not something I wish to do) but I don't like people making a negative point of it.
There are a startling number of people who expect me to live my life according to their rules, rather than mine. There is nothing I can do about that. |
hey I call people over 50 de facto geezers, but I'm a hell of a lot closer to that catastrophic age (where you wake up and no longer recognize yourself in the mirror) than most here and I suppose I'll prefer it to being dead as well. But I don't have to like it.
heads up for living your own life your own way
I never plan on "acting my age". I'll do that when I'm dead.
I find all comments about "age appropriate" whether in what I do or my dates to be insulting and my response is always to suggest that my interlocutor perform an anatomically impossible sex act.
I'll decide what's appropriate for me, not you nor society, thank you. (I realize this will make me a complete weirdo in Korean culture, but ask me if I care)
It's "inappropriate for me to have left the corporate world to teach ESL oveseas. I'm supposed to be starting the rest of my useless geezer life as a worker ant and start using Viagra and think of golf as a "sport" now.
I listen to the same music and like the same things my younger brother does (who's 17 years younger), so I always find the usual comments of "what can you talk about with people older/younger than you?" funny. I can talk with younger people about almost anything, it's actually harder to talk to older people, I can't relate, my interests are "youthful" - what are we going to talk about.. AARP benefits? (I suppose we can always talk politics)
my sister in law tried challenging me with that question. (as what can you talk about with my high schoolers? I said easy - the Fast and the Furious (the movie). She shut up, her rambunctious kids are captivated by that movie.
I'm just a lot smarter
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Becka
Joined: 28 Sep 2005
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Dswills
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
Location: Scotland/ Daegu
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:09 am Post subject: |
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| 25 in October. I'm 26 in korean right now which is kinda wierd seeing as its 2 years more. |
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:20 am Post subject: |
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| I never think about ages on this site. I just assume most of you are in your early-to-mid twenties, it's a real shock that there are folks in their late 30's or 40's here. Not that it's a bad thing, of course. I guess I thought the mean age of English teachers was closer to 25 than 35. |
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BS.Dos.
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:35 am Post subject: |
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| I never think about ages on this site. I just assume most of you are in your early-to-mid thirties, it's a real shock that there are folks in their late 20's or [early] 30's here. Not that it's a bad thing, of course. I guess I thought the mean age of English teachers was closer to 35 than 25. |
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Easter Clark
Joined: 18 Nov 2007
Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:36 am Post subject: |
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If you're early to mid 20s, you'd better be spending less time on here and more time having fun! |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:19 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
I posted on this site for more than 5 years without indicating my age because I knew that if I did, some of the rum-dums would use it to attack me, rather than my point of view. At some point I decided that I couldn't any longer deny my life-experiences, so I stated my age. I was right. There is an enormous amount of ageism among the posters on this forum. It usually comes from people I don't respect anyway, but it is annoying.
I'm 58 and will turn 59 this summer. I don't mind my age (the alternative to getting older is to drop dead; not something I wish to do) but I don't like people making a negative point of it.
There are a startling number of people who expect me to live my life according to their rules, rather than mine. There is nothing I can do about that. |
Shut it oldie! As if your oldie opinion matters.
Just kidding Ya-Ta, you rock. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:10 am Post subject: |
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asylum seeker
Joined: 22 Jul 2007
Location: On your computer screen.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:14 am Post subject: |
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Come on, now, you're not really, are you? I thought you were in your twenties. |
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