What's a quirk your significant other has that you just deal with? Marcus can't just go home. After an event, he has to find the nearest karaoke bar sing. This happens most weekends. His wife just accepts it. Corey's husband needs 24 hours to process any serious questions.
Things older adults say no one prepared them for.
- "No one prepared me for how much energy and time it takes to maintain everything, like health, relationships, and just staying organized. It's way more work than I expected!"
- "It's not just you who is getting old. Your parents are getting even older."
- "When you get a flashback of a good memory, and you realize that was over 10 years ago."
- "If you choose not to have kids, you may end up losing your friends. I turn 40 this year, and my partner and I don't see many folks these days. Parents like to hang out with other parents. And I don't have a grudge; I totally see the value of playdates, etc., but it can be a little lonely."
- "How much time you wasted in your life trying to make others like you."
- "It's really lonely being an adult. I mean, you have friends and coworkers, etc., but it's just incredibly lonely because you only ever have surface-level conversations with most people."
- "Things like drinking, eating unhealthily, smoking, and spending will catch up. When you're young, you think you're different, or you think that when it does catch up, you'll be old, so who cares? You will care, though. You'll still be you. Those things won't seem like an issue right up to the moment they are. And then it's too late to take them back."
Lies that are keeping you stuck:
- “I’m too old/young to make a change now”
- “Someone else will solve this problem”
- “I need to wait until I feel ready”
- “I have to follow the traditional path to be successful”
- “I need everyone to like and approve of me”
- “Other people have it all figured out”
- “The things I want will finally make me happy”
- “I’ve missed my window”
- “Being uncomfortable means something is wrong”
- “I’m not good enough yet to start”
- “I don’t have the right connections”
Second Date Update: Rudy and Megan meet online, but now she is ghosting. Did his appearance change?
