I've been thinking a lot about age lately. More specifically, I've been thinking about a character's age. I originally had her about 28. I wanted her young but not too young. Old enough to know better, but still capable of youthful mistakes. When talking to a friend though, she thought 28 was too young. She figured 35 was the new 28. That conversation brought about a landslide of "what ifs" and "do you remembers". We had much conversation and discussion about what age we'd choose to be, if it was a choice. My friend announced if she could go back, she'd want to be 35 again. I'm happy being 46 but if I had to choose a year to re-live it would be 28. So there you have it. We both wanted my character to be the age we wanted. Interesting.
How about you? If you could pick any age to re-live, what would you choose? Or are you happy at your current age?
6 comments:
Can I pick a weight instead of an age??!!
Being a stones throw from 40 (less than 2 weeks to go) I have to say that age doesn't seem to bother me too much - at least I'm not having sleepless nights or panicking at the thought of it. If I could just regain the fitness I had a few years ago I would be happy...
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Oh it would be LOVELY if we could pick a weight *sigh*!
I'd like to be a 125 pound 30 year old, please and thank you! :D
I like Wend's idea of picking our weight. The age I'm at now is okay with me but I would love to have less weight - say 135 pounds would work.
I also love the idea of picking a weight I am fine with the age I am now. Although I do remember a time Wendy when you wanted to be older, even older than me.
I'm totally into 8s and 3s, so I loved 38 and 43 and 48. Can't wait to be 83!!!
I don't think 28 is too young. I have a 28-year-old niece, and she has it together. Like everything else in fiction, "it depends."
As much as I love 3s and 8s, 33 did nothing for me. 33 looks evil when you type it.
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