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11 Reasons Why I Cannot Wait To Be Old

20 going on 80

Margot Austin
Jul 25, 2016
Denison University
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11 Reasons Why I Cannot Wait To Be Old

Ever since I can remember I have been telling my friends that I think I would make a great elderly person. My friends often respond with weird looks and call me ridiculous, but hear me out: being old doesn't have to be something we spend our lives dreading. I plan on being a really really cool old lady. I can just picture myself in some crazy outfit, puttering around my garden and yelling at children about how much better the early 2000s were then their present. So these are 11 things that make getting old something to look forward to. Do not dread the future, if you are alive you should be having fun, no matter your age.

1. You can dress however you want, the haters can't touch you.

2. You can spend more time with your besties.

Gossiping with your girls is good at any age, but with age comes a lot more stuff to gossip about.

3. You can spend all day just puttering around in the garden.

I'm not sure why exactly, but I have always had a burning desire to be an old lady with a killer garden. Watch me with my lavender and bell peppers in 50 years.

4. You can pull pranks and do crazy stuff, and no one can complain because you're older than them.

5. I can spend more time being a politically active volunteer superstar.

6. I can freely be as ostentatious and self obsessed as I want to be.

7. I can sleep whenever and wherever I want.

8. Dinner at 4 PM? Yes please.

9. You don't have to tolerate small talk and lame parties.

10. You can throw a real party and rage in piece without judgement.

11. You can stop working and start cashing in that good ole' retirement money.

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