(March 13, 2015 at 9:00 am)abaris Wrote:(March 13, 2015 at 8:53 am)Nope Wrote: I asked my grandmother once how old she felt. She told me that she didn't really feel older than around 17 and still felt shocked to look in a mirror and see an old lady looking back at her.
That's one way to look at it and I tend to agree when it's all about feeling. But reflecting on what was important at age 17 and what's now important, tends to show me a different picture. My inner self has changed radically on social, political and religious issues for starters.
I understand what you are saying. My grandmother had a very goofy humor and seemed much younger than her seventies(when I asked that question)but she had also lived through physical abuse and very dire poverty so she must have changed from a naive teenager girl to a much older woman. I think she literally meant how she felt and not that she hadn't grown as an individual since 17. Perhaps she meant that she didn't feel as if she was any age, because I don't either. I just feel like me.
