No it was not my birthday today, its not until April; nor was it the New years. It was just a normal day, another Wednesday in my clockwork of a life. Until number of random incidents kept reinforcing the fact that i was other side of the generation gap. It started when in the gym owner of this not so chiseled body strikes a conversation "my trainer does not understand that people our age cannot workout like those young folks", I looked around and it was just the two of us at the lockers. I just screamed in my head 'our age!'. Drive back was an uncomfortable silence i shared with my mind, i did not want to discuss it.
It was all forgotten until my chat with a school friend went down this road -
I :"so what is your ex girlfriend from school up to, you guys in touch"
Friend: " Yeah she is married and has become fat"
Friend:"You know where your high school love is"
I: "No clue, you would know; you guys were thick as thieves"
F: " well he has a three year old son :)"
What the hell! I threw a baby shower for friends two days back, What is it? Babies are taking over the world? Is this a planned invasion or is the biological clock ticking away for everyone around me.
It was not even noon when i was heading back for lunch, these school kids on a bike zipped past me, and in my head i said out loud "these kids are so reckless!" and i heard myself. This time i had a lump in my throat, i was almost on the brink of this realization but i cranked up the volume and put my foot on the gas.
Then came the cruel hand of memory which yanked me out of my oblivion. When a mail popped up with subject line reading "Valentines day offer on all luxury brands". I fell from the cloud above with a thud. I had forgotten that tomorrow is valentine's day! I was not only on my way down the hill i was rolling towards the bottom quite fast. The day yes twenty nothings plan ahead months in advance, the day in teen years is the judgement day, I myself have flown from south to west of this country for this day and only for a day. Well i had no recall or even a clue that it was the same month. I realized i have turned old, like how milk turn sour.
Well i can only console and tell myself that it is ok to be old, life only gets better like a good wine from now on. But the saddest part is that instead of tequilla i think of wine; instead of handcuffs i think of cufflinks.
Oh God why me, why us! ~ yes i am quoting from friends; one more reason that i should soon get that 'anti age cream'.
It was all forgotten until my chat with a school friend went down this road -
I :"so what is your ex girlfriend from school up to, you guys in touch"
Friend: " Yeah she is married and has become fat"
Friend:"You know where your high school love is"
I: "No clue, you would know; you guys were thick as thieves"
F: " well he has a three year old son :)"
What the hell! I threw a baby shower for friends two days back, What is it? Babies are taking over the world? Is this a planned invasion or is the biological clock ticking away for everyone around me.
It was not even noon when i was heading back for lunch, these school kids on a bike zipped past me, and in my head i said out loud "these kids are so reckless!" and i heard myself. This time i had a lump in my throat, i was almost on the brink of this realization but i cranked up the volume and put my foot on the gas.
Then came the cruel hand of memory which yanked me out of my oblivion. When a mail popped up with subject line reading "Valentines day offer on all luxury brands". I fell from the cloud above with a thud. I had forgotten that tomorrow is valentine's day! I was not only on my way down the hill i was rolling towards the bottom quite fast. The day yes twenty nothings plan ahead months in advance, the day in teen years is the judgement day, I myself have flown from south to west of this country for this day and only for a day. Well i had no recall or even a clue that it was the same month. I realized i have turned old, like how milk turn sour.
Well i can only console and tell myself that it is ok to be old, life only gets better like a good wine from now on. But the saddest part is that instead of tequilla i think of wine; instead of handcuffs i think of cufflinks.
Oh God why me, why us! ~ yes i am quoting from friends; one more reason that i should soon get that 'anti age cream'.
