A listener in our Facebook group reports that sometimes he says he’s not old — he’s just been young for a really long time. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Not Old, Just Young for a Long Time”
A couple more comments from our Facebook group discussion about the language that we use to talk about our age.
Fred Rosen said, I had an uncle who retired to Florida in his early 70s. He played tennis and told people he was 10 years older to get a compliment for how good he looks for a guy in his 80s.
And then Bob Allen wrote, sometimes instead of giving a number, I say, I’m not old. I’ve just been young for a really long time.
There we go. That’s a good attitude, man. That’s the attitude. You can coast a couple decades on that attitude.
I know, right? Easily. It’s true.

