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. :mrgreen:

An elderly couple dancing

Original photo by esti @ flickr