Is Age Really Just a Number

We all know the saying “Age is nothing but a number” but I want to ask the question we all dare to ask… Is it really? Ok bear with me a second and see where I am heading to. So a good friend gave me some explosive gist recently and NO!!!! I am not going to share the details. But basically he/she was contemplating doing something that was not him/her (hahaha I am keeping you people guessing). So anyway the person in question was asking what to do and I in my infinite wisdom announced that age is nothing but a number and caution should be thrown to the wind. But now I find myself asking is this really so.

Even though we all claim that age does not define our actions it is infact the defining criteria for a lot of things. For example, age determines when we should start school, when it is acceptable to have a boyfriend/ girlfriend, when we should become more social and the big one when we should have our s**t together. The list goes on and on, with such a long list on age side should we really be ignoring it.

Let me give you a more direct example. 10 years ago (Oh gosh I am getting old) just like many people my age I rocked many fads and one of those where the ever sexy bum shorts. I had many different varieties, the shorter the better. I never saw anything wrong with them and I wore them as often as I could. Fast forward 10 years later and it is like I don’t use to be thinking like that anymore.

This is what happened I dusted out one of my regular shorts, paired it with a casual t-shirt and started to strut my stuff as I normally would but something was different. I suddenly noticed this vast layer of flesh on display and omo I was uncomfortable like I really just wanted to take them off.  I tried to invoke the spirit of my early youth (yes I said it… I am still young) but even that failed me. Finally I decided to shock myself back to my old self, so I decided to step outside with hubby in my shorts. And well that back fired, I spent the whole time hiding in the car, hoping no one could see me.

So back to my ultimate question is age really just a number? Just a year ago I had no issues strutting my stuff in my shorts and now well now I am running for the hills.  What happened, did society finally influence me, did the enemy poison my mind against shorts, did I outgrow my shorts or did I just get to old to wear shorts. And if that is the case how long will it be before age starts to influence more than my willingness to show skin.

I mean the list could be endless. Just think could I one day become those women we all dread, you know those women that go about with an invisible ruler, measuring the length of everyone skirts and scolding men for showing their underwear to the world. Scratch that I already think I am that woman, men!!!! there should be no reason to show your underwear to the world, it is just not it. Please stop.

Ok that is enough from me, what do you guys think is age really just a number, or do we just lie to ourselves to give us a loop hole to do the things we want to do. Please let me know your thoughts. As for me I think it’s time to retire the bum shorts.