You realize that this comment is now two layers deep and virtually impossible to find via search. :) I have to say my skin has thickened over the years, but it's been since I had the newspaper. Age is making me increasingly uncaring about what people think of me. I'm not totally there yet, but by the time I get to be your age I'm sure I will be crustified completely. :)
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haha! crustified completely! that sounds so set in your views..I wonder if that will really be so. What was your father like when he got older? That might indicate something.
But yes most people do tend to get crusty and not care what people think when they get older, sometimes it's refreshing to have that kind of frankness!
speaking of getting older and feeling old, one of our Grandsons is 21 now and in fact he joined steemit and is hoping to work on his writing ability when he starts on here.
His has a girlfriend so I was telling Mrs. J ...are you ready to be a GREAT Grandparent? haha!
I'm 64 but that doesn't sound old enough to have great grandkids! lol.
Normally, I'd love to have a grea tgrandchild when I'm 64, but my granddaughter would only be 12 at that point, so there better not be a great grandchild by then. My guess is, I will be somewhere between 70-75 when that happens.
I'm not sure what to tell you about my father. I know he's taken offense, but I don't know if things were directed at him, per se. He and my mother are still married, which I think has required some thick skin on both of their parts. :)
I think the opposite of set in my ways is happening. I mean, there are some things that are definitely solidifying. However, realizing that I don't know everything and that there's tons I don't even know I don't know is becoming much more prevalent. It's just voicing an opinion and not being ashamed or scared to do it which is becoming less of a factor. I can still be wrong, though. I try to keep an open mind on many things, but on the things I'm fairly certain of, keeping an open mind to keep from stepping on toes is becoming more and more a worthless endeavor to me.
oh how interesting. .so you are less concerned about stepping on toes than you were but are more open minded. Well at least for me steemit makes me realize how little I know everyday! lol. so it helps to keep me open minded also.
We just need the whole world to get on steemit! I think that would force people to listen to each other at the very least.
Your parents both have thick skin because of each other! lol. that sounds funny but it probably shouldn't be!
it sure is good to see you here, are you back now, more full time?
I am back full time, whatever that means. I still have this interest level to increase to get my head back in the game, but other than that, I don't have any major time commitments until Saturday's dinner.
oh very good sir! so that means that your wife is doing real well, I know she went back South for a spell but will go back to work soon so things can go back to normal.