Instead of saying I am getting older can I not just say that my tastes have changed? Grown up maybe?
Here are my top changes that have occurred over time as I have grown into my head size, and some but certainly not all the problems associated with it
- Rate the South Coast as a holiday destination. While rating your score think of: beach access, wave power, availability of tidal pools and access into said pools, all while visiting during off-peak season. Limited coffee shops and night clubs force your kids to spend time with you at the family braai and the holiday won’t costs you an arm and a leg. You also won’t be the uber driver during night time club crawls. Well there are no pubs open at night … but lots of little shops to explore during the day ….
- How have your tastes in movies / series changed. Over time they don’t really change as much as become honed / morphed. This happens organically, almost un noticed. Like when your child is crying but it is only when they say “MOM” and show you fresh bleeding that you actually give them your full attention. You find you are watching more period dramas (more Downtown Abbey and Sense and Sensability)and less Rom-Coms and women / girls power shows (Emily in Paris / the Bold Type) where the young sexy intern, keen to sample ALL life has to offer and still manages to “become some-one”. All the while wearing outrageously stunning clothes and very impractical (for me) but gorgeous high heels.
- Have you started bird watching and carrying your binoculars everywhere? (my bird lists is sitting at 309 …) apparently after birds, trees are the next thing we start naming and then butterflies,…. OOHHH I love butterflies ….
- I can now afford to buy those “readymade meals” and expensive ish shampoo and conditioner and day and night creams that I looked longingly at in my student years, but can no longer read the lables unless I am in good lighting and have my glasses on… and a sensible pair of shoes. The shoes are for the kitchen while “cooking” for safety …. In the shower I can always grab the wall if vertigo strikes.
- The house has changed from “get what you get and don’t get upset’ and “stretch or starve” and “quickly before the big boys come” to “how was your day dear” “care for a whiskey”. Do you miss going into your kids room to give them a quick kiss while on your way to bed and standing on lego in the dark … barefoot? Or finding a glass of urine next to their bed? (Mom I was just doing an experiment – Bear Grylls says you can drink your wee if you get stranded in the desert ….)
This list is still a work in progress ….
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