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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Everyone is now asking me what i want for my birthday, there's this strange pressure that because it's a milestone birthday, you have to have something lavish, people say "you're only 50 once you know!" but you're also only 49 once too! and the truth is, i dont know, i haven't got the foggiest idea of what I want.

To be honest id be happy with a couple of bottles of rum, maybe a bottle of red wine, and the obligatory things you'd buy your dad on father's day, things like socks, pants and some Lynx toiletries!!

It's just another birthday.

Edit: i was mainly referring to the presents that some people want to buy me, rather than things to actually do. I'm having the usual birthday bash, so don't go thinking I'll be moping around the house!!

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

I gotta tell you, I feel like 50 unlocked something in me. I feel more capable, more flexible in my thinking, more idealistic, and more ready to take on new challenges than I had for years before turning 50. (I'm a few years down the road now.)

I realize some of those statements are not what you typically hear, and I know that mental decline is an eventual part of aging no matter what. But I feel on fire in a way I haven't since my early twenties, and I can see the effects of it in my life.

And best of all, my viewpoints have jumped hard left. (Not that they were particularly rightward in the first place.)