mxmad Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 I turned 50 last month. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pcs Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I'm 53! I was so happy and relieved when I first found out about asexuality. For the first time, I felt like a normal person. It was so nice to find out I was not alone. :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cakey Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 May I ask, can you flip a pancake? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adrienne.Felicia Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I just got here and I'm setting up. I'm back in school, so I'm busy a lot, but I'd like to start some e-friendships. Most of the other people I know are not interested in what interests me. I'm 51 years old and starting a new career in health information technology. My name is Adrienne--I have to set up my signature! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Welcome and for all the newbies! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pcs Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 May I ask, can you flip a pancake? Not without a turner/spatula. My Dad used to be able to flip pancakes without the aid of utensils. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pcs Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 You are not alone in the "people who don't share my interests" club. But my motto has always been "Dare to be different". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Undecimilla Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I've just turned 58 and I'm still wondering when it is that I'm supposed to grow up :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tanwen Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 That's simple - never!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quercus Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 56, and discovered this network - and the concept - yesterday. What a relief! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 That's simple - never!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: this (growing up is overrated) 56, and discovered this network - and the concept - yesterday. What a relief! welcome and have some ! I know what you mean about the relief. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tanwen Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Welcome Quercus have some more welcome :cake: :cake: :cake: :cake: . It's a wonderfully liberating feeling to realize you aren't alone - and you're most definitely among friends here :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moonchaser Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Never ever ever grow up, whatever else you do! Growing up is deadly. :P I do admire someone going back to school when past 50. I am thinking on that myself.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finding myself Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 56, and discovered this network - and the concept - yesterday. What a relief! Welcome! Many of us felt the same when we found AVEN. It is great! Have some welcome - enjoy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tanwen Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Pinning this thread as well - after all there are fewer in this age group and it may get lost. :D Tanwen Older Asexuals Mod Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bmango Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Hi I'm 57, soon to be 58 and never knew such a site existed. Thought I was the only one. Glad I'm not. Love connecting with intelligent and caring people. It seems that our society offers two options...a sexual relationship or a lonely life. Don't like either of those options. So I have a lot of pets! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bmango Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 This is a new experience. Never talked to other asexual people. Thought I was all alone. Would like to connect to others with my same orientation. Our society seems to only offer two alternatives -- a sex-centered relationship or isolation. Is there another option? So I have a lot of pets and pray a lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5_♦♣ Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Just think, there's probably 30 decades of people still alive out there who have no idea that there is a name for something they've felt all their lives. 30 decades? Last I checked, that's 300 years. And who has ever lived that long? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Just think, there's probably 30 decades of people still alive out there who have no idea that there is a name for something they've felt all their lives. 30 decades? Last I checked, that's 300 years. And who has ever lived that long? :redface: I don't even know what I should have said. *is braindead* Oh, I probably meant to say...no, I still don't know, except that there are lots of old people who don't know what to call themselves, except "bad at sex". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 welcome, bmango! No, you are not alone. :) Have some Quote Link to post Share on other sites
volvox Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I'm 60, looking for friends I can meet IRL (In Real Life.) I just did my profile and my sig three times, don't know how to get my gender and location under my avatar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5_♦♣ Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Go to your profile, click on edit profile. From there, fill in the gender and location boxes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CompassRose Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Welcome volvox! Welcome everyone!!! :cake: :cake: :cake: :cake: :cake: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bmango Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Thanks for the welcome. I love cake - especially with lots of frosting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Welcome and , volvox! That's the beauty of AVEN - it's whatever kind you like. so if you like lots of frosting it has it. :) (I love dark chocolate cake:, with lots of dark chocolate frosting.) :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bmango Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Welcome and , volvox! That's the beauty of AVEN - it's whatever kind you like. so if you like lots of frosting it has it. :) (I love dark chocolate cake:, with lots of dark chocolate frosting.) :D That sounds good. I like that concept - individuality and acceptance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 That sounds good. I like that concept - individuality and acceptance. yes! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alphaprocess Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Yes (just), though I suspect there are fewer still in the English Midlands where I am. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Welcome, Alphaprocess! Have some Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cdrdash Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I had this marvelous post all composed in my mind on a walk I took at Shoreline park last Sunday and now it seems to have flitted away to who knows where. I'm tempted to make a joke that its a being past 50 thing but heck this has happened to me most of my life ;) . Perhaps I can squeeze it out by just starting from what I do remember ... It had to do with rites of passage. I consider my recognizing I was an asexual being a rite of passage for me. Maybe it was musing on what its like to have a rite of passage in my late forties (51 now but was 47 when I declared my asexuality to myself) rather than as a teenager and what the differences might be. Or maybe it was what do I do after my rite of passage and being disappointed that life hasn't changed in a bigger way for me since then. Or was it that I felt so excited after realizing I was asexual and now I felt as if I am returning to normal and sort of missing that initial excitement. Some how I think I have missed the key point I was thinking about. Oh well. Were you excited by realizing you are asexual? If so, are you still excited or has the novelty faded away and things pretty much returned to normal? Was this realization like a rite of passage for you or more ordinary? Cathy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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