how old are you?

[CureCrusader]

12
Been addicted to the Cure since I was 8.

[zyxibule]

I'm 16.
Only been a Cure fan for a year and a half I'm afraid..  :(

[CureCrusader]

I'm 16.
Only been a Cure fan for a year and a half I'm afraid..  :(

I'm afraid too (not of the Cure, of the dark.)

[zyxibule]

I'm 16.
Only been a Cure fan for a year and a half I'm afraid..  :(

I'm afraid too (not of the Cure, of the dark.)

The dark is quite spooky.. so are spiders. 

[CureCrusader]

I'm 16.
Only been a Cure fan for a year and a half I'm afraid..  :(

I'm afraid too (not of the Cure, of the dark.)

The dark is quite spooky.. so are spiders. 

Yeah and anything with more than four legs.
My cat has four legs, I'm not scared of him and he has really sharp nails. He's 2 years old.

[B.DEE]

33 and listening to The Cure since 1986 (my first show was The Kissing Tour in Philadelphia - 1987).
It's good to know I'm not the only "older" person here.

[CureCrusader]

welcome B.DEE.. we vary in ages .. but still have a common soul.. The Cure!

[Poe]

Ooo, an old thread, almost as old as me...I'm a 20 year old who has just lost her binkie.

God I feel so young, so petite. Guess one day, I'll miss that feeling. Bitterly.

[Lady]

I'm 25 

I wrote this almost 2 years ago!!!!! 

1981...as FAITH!!!

Oh...and I started to love the cure with LULLABY...I was a child!!!!

[scatcat]

well, i thought i may as well admit it now.... 40 years old 

[melly]

OH!! To be 40 again!!  Cripes, I really feel like the ol' granny around here... probably cos I am!!   
I will be 51 this year!!         go on...laugh.....


I keep telling myself "It's only a number, it's only a number".

But it's a BIG number.... 

[Janko]

LEONARD COHEN IS GOING ON TOUR THIS YEAR!

AND 30'S ARE NEW 20'S, 40'S NEW 30'S AND SO ON...

[japanesebaby]

OH!! To be 40 again!!  Cripes, I really feel like the ol' granny around here... probably cos I am!!   
I will be 51 this year!!         go on...laugh.....


I keep telling myself "It's only a number, it's only a number".

But it's a BIG number.... 

aaaah no it's nothing!
and it's an awful cliché of a story for sure, but i think everyone around me turned old when i wasn't even 30 yet. suddenly i just didn't get it anymore and had nothing in common with most people, even with some pretty good friends. everyone else was into this house-kids-mortgage-car-dog-etc. thing but me. i was like "wt...?". so i think that's where i just stopped caring and so i don't give a f*** about people's age, really. and i still don't understand why the age should affect the way i am or the way i behave or things i do (most other people around me seem to get this and know how to "act according to their age" so i guess i must a bit dumb or something ).
our society wants to categorize everything, hierarchisize everything and everyone. like it had the power to tell you what you are/what you can be - i hate that! because the society knows nothing about me...

although not worrying about one's age not the same thing as not being afraid of growing old. of that i'm very concerned, actually. the older i get the more it bothers me. to be honest, most times i can't stand the thought of it. but i guess it's more like fear/regret/awareness of the ending of your life than fear of "being old in the eyes of others" or fear of not meeting up with the some kind of "standards" of your own age.
because f*** the standards! 

[j]

OH!! To be 40 again!!  Cripes, I really feel like the ol' granny around here... probably cos I am!!   
I will be 51 this year!!         go on...laugh.....


I keep telling myself "It's only a number, it's only a number".

But it's a BIG number.... 

aaaah no it's nothing!
and it's an awful cliché of a story for sure, but i think everyone around me turned old when i wasn't even 30 yet. suddenly i just didn't get it anymore and had nothing in common with most people, even with some pretty good friends. everyone else was into this house-kids-mortgage-car-dog-etc. thing but me. i was like "wt...?". so i think that's where i just stopped caring and so i don't give a f*** about people's age, really. and i still don't understand why the age should affect the way i am or the way i behave or things i do (most other people around me seem to get this and know how to "act according to their age" so i guess i must a bit dumb or something ).
our society wants to categorize everything, hierarchisize everything and everyone. like it had the power to tell you what you are/what you can be - i hate that! because the society knows nothing about me...

although not worrying about one's age not the same thing as not being afraid of growing old. of that i'm very concerned, actually. the older i get the more it bothers me. to be honest, most times i can't stand the thought of it. but i guess it's more like fear/regret/awareness of the ending of your life than fear of "being old in the eyes of others" or fear of not meeting up with the some kind of "standards" of your own age.
because f*** the standards! 

Well put.  I have 2 direct reports here at work.  One is 21 and the other is 22.  Neither one believed I was 37 because I literally do not act my age.  Why should I act a certain way just because of my age?

@melly:  Not to make you feel old or anything, but my mom is only a few years older than you (she is 56!)

[melly]

I think I'm older or nearly as old as EVERYONES Mum on here!!!
Turning 50 was HUGE for me... made me stop and think " Shite, over half my life is over".
BUT.... my 50th. celebrations went for a fortnight, had a blast, going out, drinking champagne with friends, many meals in lovely restaurants and culminating in the Cure concert! Fabulous. Got home at 4.30 am the next day, took me a week to get over it, but sure was a birthday to remember!( Thanks Robert!)
Age is a state of mind too... sure, some days I feel 150, but generally, my love of life,my man, family and friends keeps me young at heart...it's not so bad...