Blinkymummy and I had a conversation last night and we touched on my clubbing and raving lifestyle, and wondered what would we be like in 10 or 20 years time? What if we have the same interests now as we do then? How appropriate would it be? Would we look funny for not acting our age? What if our physical age never matches up with our mental age?
It’s ironic that me, being in my 30s think of people in my parents generation as being old but in fact, I’m considered old by people who are in their late teens and early 20s, who are just starting to enjoy the clubbing experience and the culture surrounding it. I’m not in their age group and yet my frame of my mind is not the same as most of my peers who have settled down and become parents. I’m stuck in a time-warp. Peter Pan syndrome?
And what if I started looking creepy in amongst all the young faces? Do I have to stop enjoying the music of my era? I know that my parents still enjoy the music of their era from the 50s and 60s but these days they only dance at weddings or when the majority of other dancers on the dance floor are older. So, do I have to stop going to clubs?
And another thing, can you imagine old fogies of my generation dancing to house and trance in say 10 or 20 years time? How bizarre would that be?! It’s a spin out. I can’t imagine it now and I don’t know what it will be like.
All I know is that, I want to enjoy this for as long as I can. I have but only one life to live. Age appropriate? I guess we just have to wait and see. If nothing else, I hope that advances in medicine and nutritional science in the coming years would help me jump around just a little bit longer, and maybe also avoid hearing loss. 
Original photo by esti @ flickr
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12 Responses to “Age Appropriate Partying”
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Oct 02 2007 / 8:08 am
Totally man ! i went to Fall out boy concert, and most of the concert goers are 15 ! i’m 25 ! I feel old when I’m there !
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Oct 02 2007 / 11:27 am
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Oct 02 2007 / 12:10 pm
herman: with me, it’s less a case of feeling old (I don’t) than wondering how long would it be before it starts looking odd for me to be in clubs.
The Singapore Daily: thanks for featuring me!
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Oct 02 2007 / 4:04 pm
I think singapore provide for quite a variety of clubbers nowadays.
The older you are, the more spending power you have
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Oct 02 2007 / 4:58 pm
Congrats, for being published!!
Personally, I feel you should continue partying no matter what age you are at, as long as you still find it enjoyable.
I was absolutely peeved when St James Powerhouse denied special Ladies Night privilege to women aged 35 and above! http://blurting.blogspot.com/2007/06/what-ladies-night.html
I boycott that place and all establishments that do that!
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Oct 02 2007 / 5:50 pm
I have a few close male friends in their 30s, all of whom still go out partying. A lot of their old friends have settled down, got married, had kids etc. but due to difference in lifestyle they have had to make friends with people more similar to themselves. Hence the reason they hang out with twenty-something girls like me instead of women their own age.
I say, keep doing it for as long as you enjoy it no matter how old you are! Eventually, you might get tired of it, but who knows! I am 23 and I’m nowhere NEAR over it, I’m sure I got another ten years in me
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Oct 02 2007 / 8:09 pm
Lupin: about the spending power, very true.
blur ting: what?! that’s very discriminatory. I have a feeling that they want to attract more younger women so that more men would go? Hmm. Well, vote with your feet I’d say.
girlstar7: hehe, I’m turning 33 this year so I can tell you right now that 10 is the very least that you have. I’m still not getting tired of it - I better not jinx myself though!
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Oct 02 2007 / 10:21 pm
My mother will be I think 49 this year, and I think it was around 45-46 that she stopped clubbing. Mainly coz she had a change of friends, loss of interest and her parents were starting to need more help.
I think that even in 10-20 years for you, if you still have an interest in it, your social circle is still doing it, and you don’t have too many time consuming commitments that wear you out, you’ll still be clubbing.
You’re only as old as you think you are!
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Oct 02 2007 / 10:40 pm
Christina: thanks for relating your mom’s story. That’s encouraging to know. Age is a state of mind and all that.
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