fine like wine

Nothing makes you feel older than seeing the kids around you grow up.

Exhibit A: Indio

This is Robert Downey Jr.'s kid (in the middle) that was part of the MOCAmaniacs (a summer art program at MOCA when I was interning back in '05).

Back then he was still a pre-pubescent, Kurt Cobain- loving little rascal. Pretty dang cute too.

But now he's freaking taller than his daddy! And he's older than Minji from 2NE1!


I remember seeing R.D.Jr. at the end-of-the-summer art show (this was his pre-Ironman days when he looked more unkempt and grungy)... but he nodded at me in the hallway... I was about to faint. I loved him in Ally McBeal... that was a great show.

Anyway, you also know you're getting older when your age range of guys you would possibly date, keeps expanding. Back in high school, it'd be like heck no I wouldn't date anyone younger! Then in college... maybe a year (or two). Now it's like... as long as they're born in the 80's!

Same with the age ceiling.

Also, your standards start getting more and more lax (see "Up in the Air")... as long as he has hair. Or you can go the other opposite extreme and start having ridiculously high standards with the mentality that since you waited this long, might as well be someone perfect. Maybe that's the good thing about marrying your high school/college beau. It's almost like a fated situation and there's less pressure on both parties to be each other's ideal types.