Tomorrow I am meeting up with an old friend, from secondary school, we were really good mates back then. But I haven't seen her in years, and I am looking forward to seeing her tomorrow, but I am a bit anxious as well.
As I always am when I'm seeing people I haven't seen in ages, because I'm always worried about what they'll think of me... They mostly knew me as a party girl, and quite frankly, I am not that girl anymore. And I always wonder if we'll have anything to talk about. OK, it's been years, but I can summon up those years in just a few minutes;
moved to Scotland, got pregnant, gave birth, moved back to Belgium, got pregnant, got a job as an operator expert for Belgacom customers operations (which is always a trick to tell anyone, cause mostly people then ask me what I actually do, and when I tell them, there usually is one adsl, telephone, or other problem they're struggling with), moved to Lier, got pregnant again, gave birth again, got married. And yes, I moved houses quite a few times during that period. And no, we are not planning on getting a fourth child. And I think that's about it.
Sometimes it all goes well and we talk about more then just that, but I've experienced quite a few times when I could not say anything more then that. So I hope everything will be going great tomorrow, since she was a really good friend in the old days, and we shared a lot of tears together, sometimes of sadness, sometimes because we were laughing that hard... and in a way I want most people to continue to have that image of me and not of the boring old lady I have become...
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lol, boring old lady? No you're not. You just grew up. And you've achieved already what a lot of us still dont have. A family of your own. BUt I know what you mean, I sometimes feel boring too, I dont drink that often anymore, Im in a steady relationship,but I'm happy. So screw tjhose people if they think we're not cool anymore ;)
Yeah, you're, like, totally uncool, ya know. Cos, like, everyone totally does what you do, like. Pfff... three kids. Piece of cake, fo sho. Lol. Managing a stressful work-life balance? Screw that. It's, like, partying that counts. You're, like, no fun anymore.
I guess, if you're trying to measure your grown up life by teenage standards you'll always end up "boring", I give you that. But that's bollocks. You've moved on from there and your new life is just as amazing as your old life was and you'll find lots of stuff to talk about. If anything your friend is going to be embarrassed by what you've achieved and he hasn't.
Plus: reminiscing about old times is almost half the fun of growing older. Have a great time with your mate! :)
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