My wife has the same reaction to her nephew.
Iām sad I grew up. Every. Single. Day.
Sheās on Tom Waitsā wavelength
Seems like folks turn into things
That theyād never want
The only thing to live for
Is today
Is there a word for nostalgia for a time not yet passed? I often experience that bittersweet buzz.
Saudade comes close.
Fuckinā A. I remember on my seventh birthday deciding I didnāt want to get any older. By god, I was right.
Thereās a German one, I think. @retepslluerb? Can you help out?
How I feel when I hear people use phrases like āthem feelsā.
Being immature keeps me young.
Learning about transience as a kid can be great news or horrifying news.
ā¦Yeah, yeah missy. Letās see how you feel when heās 10 and you are 15ā¦
I think we all lament the inexorable passage of time every now and then.
What I gather reading the Wiki: saudade could be described as a kind of intense bitter-sweet grief?
I was trying to get my youngest to do something a while ago - eat breakfast, or brush teeth, or sumfink - and rhetorically asked ādonāt you want to grow up?ā I had no good answer when the response was āno, I just want to stay a little kidā, so the task was left uncompleted. As I recall we went off and played a game together instead.
My kid was a horrible baby. It was a relief when he turned one.
This is why it is good I donāt have children. I thought she was annoying as all hell. Obviously spoiled to the point of simplemindedness. Made me angry at her parents. Borderline child abuse, done to make a video.
I donāt feel quite that severely, but it made me realize I am on the right path with the not having of children, and alsoā¦ I never remember thinking babies were that cute. So her reaction is so, sincere, that it makes me realize just how not ānormalā I must have been.
My mom asked me once whether I wanted a little brother or sister and I said āNo. I want a big brother instead.ā
I also told her there was no point in my worrying about being old as we would probably all die in war or natural disaster anyway.
I was a chipper kid.
Itās probably good that I have gotten more mature, as I have learned to enjoy life a little more than I could when I was 7.
As far as child abuse, from what I can tell kids sob and cry nearly constantly so why not film it so that people can laugh?
One might call her āchildish,ā even.
Of course, she is a child. Whatās your excuse, Grumpy-Pants?
But isnāt youth wasted on the young?
