When did I start speaking old?

Writing April 2007, pre-deletion day.

When did I start speaking old? The writings of Manoosh Crook

To both you and I that sounds like really poor grammar but I meant it when I said "speaking old". When did I start using grown up sentences on a regular basis?..

 

* What is the weather going to be like today?

* What shall we have for dinner/do I need to defrost any meat?

* How was work today?

* Do you have any washing?

 

Surely the only questions that should be coming out of my mouth are; do we have any more wine? What's going on this weekend? So did you get a grope?

 

….even worse, when in the hell did I start repeating what my mother said?

 

* Always buy you knickers from *******, they never loose their elastic and their colour never fades

* Always slap on the moisturiser after your bath

* Prevention is the best protection

* Love is not all moonlight and roses

* Beauty is only skin deep (actually I have always agreed with this, even as a teenager, packaging is just the wrapping of the present).

 

When did it start???? And just because I now talk like an adult does that mean I am one?  OK OK I know I am almost 32, I am not fooling myself on this aspect, I know physically I am an adult but when did I become the dreaded "responsible".  Was I always this way?

 

Was my homework ever late?

Did it start at 17 when I moved out of home?

Perhaps at 21 when I owned my first home?

Surely not at 23 when I said f**k it all and went off to travel the world?

And I know I was not sensible when I came back and ran a bar… 5 hour sleep over 3 days is not sensible

And you can't tell me my life of 2006 was anything near responsible?

 

It's not like I suddenly flicked a switch and said "today I will be grown up Manoosh", let me see:

 

Do I still go out on a school night? Check

Do I still go to gigs and festivals? Check

Do I still drink till I can take no more or the sun comes up (whatever comes first)? Check

Do I still shop irresponsibly? Check – actually this is a new phenomenon

Do I still make stupid decisions? Check and do dumb things? Check

 

Then where the hell did "the kettle needs de-scaling" come from?

 

Manoosh Crook 2007 ©

 

 

Reviews

[Kevin Chelsea]

Yep, screaming along the ride around the sun does nothing but... well, it probably annoys the neighbours. Growing old can be fun, you just have to be in the right place at the right time. Those really dumb things that I've done and I'm embarrassed about, I can see a younger person do it then laugh hysterically at them. Which probably explains why I never trusted anybody over 30 when I was pretending to be an adult at 18+.

Now, my sage advice to the younger folks is, "when you grow up, you don't feel like you actually have. The parts are going to ruin, but your mind is convinced that it's still 19. Have fun!"
But they don't trust me when I tell them that, wonder why? Oh yeah.

I'm not even that old, but I'm worried, I'm constantly asking myself this...
What the hell was I just doing before this?

[Shadkim]

That's pretty good! XD

My friends and I started to question that after spending a few months in college. One of my friends acted as the mother figure and told us recipes and fixed our "boo-boos". XD Randomly, she'd burst out, "No wonder I can't get a man! I'm way too grown up!" We'd pat her on the back and laugh it off, but sometimes I would wonder too. Rather than running off to a concert, I'd stay at home and read. I put cleaning my room before a swim at the pool. Really, was I turning into a granny before I knew it?

Thanks for reminding me that we always need to keep the children inside us alive, even if we start saying things that are out of date. XD

[Sandy]

haha! these are questions I ask myself everonce in a while. where is that line between adult hood and can i erase it?