• @chiliedogg
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    294 months ago

    As I’ve aged, I’ve become less emotional, period. It works both ways. I don’t have the high of the extreme kids as often, but painful stuff is also less-impactfull.

    There’s just not much novelty to experiences anymore, so I just kinda live through them and move on.

    A few years ago the woman I absolutely intended to marry and spend my life with fairly suddenly broke it off. If I had been 20 it would have debilitated me, but at 40 it wasn’t the same.

    Yeah, it sucked and derailed my future plans, but I also had a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting that night I had to prepare for, so I just kept moving forward and lived my life.

    I ended up being upset that I wasn’t really that upset. There was no weeping, hatred, name-calling, etc. It was just a shitty thing that happened.

    • @[email protected]
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      124 months ago

      Yeah, it sucked and derailed my future plans, but I also had a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting that night I had to prepare for

      That line made me laugh so hard, cheers!

      • @chiliedogg
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        13 months ago

        Staff reports are serious business, lol.

    • @[email protected]
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      94 months ago

      I think it’s emotional maturity that comes along as you learn to regulate your emotions. Probably some hormonal stuff too that gets figured out as you age.

    • @MudSkipperKisser
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      54 months ago

      Yeah this has been an interesting thing I’ve noticed too as I age, I feel very regulated emotionally and even-keeled. I find it quite refreshing