Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: What a Tragedy Message-ID: <605@unc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 00:01:13 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.605 Posted: Tue Jul 16 00:01:13 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 20:53:55 EDT References:Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 23 Summary: In article jbn@wdl1.UUCP writes: > A cute girl can glide through her teens and early twenties, but the >magic stops working in time. Such women can live for a few years in a >fantasy world. It's tragic when the music stops and they have to face >the real world. I know a woman who is going through this transition now; >after a few years as a sort of hanger-on doing odd jobs in the recording >industry, she finds herself in her late twenties with a seven year old son, >no money, and no marketable skills. She's not dumb -- but she's never had >to apply herself over a long period of time, and doesn't know how. Sad. Someone (perhaps it was Friedman in his book _The_Lonely_Guy's_Guide_to_Life_) suggested that it might be a good idea to ask out models in their late 20's, since at that age they are beginning to realize that they "cannot continue acting that way forever." I think we should also feel sorry for people who are not crippled at a young age. Crippled people are better able to accept and accomodate themselves to the infirmities of old age, whereas a normal person who loses his mobility in old age often gets depressed and loses the will to live. ( :-), of course) Frank Silbermann