I used to think that age equated to percentage of life lived, thus I thought that most people live to close around 100.
But it also made me think that people only get old when they’re like 80.
I mean like actually “old”. The “old” adults were referring to. At that age I considered those 14/15 year old 9th graders old, just a bit different “old”.
I had a pakt with a friend in high-school, that we are going to jump out of a plane without a parachute when we turn 35. We couldn’t imagine wanting to live being that old. I’m kinda glad we lost touch, although it might be that she didn’t make it till 35.
She turned 35 and jumped out of a plane with tears in her eyes because you weren’t with her.
Unfortunately she most likely OD’d. Last I heard years ago was hard drugs and rumours of prison, prostitution and other rock bottom shit. She was with 16/17 already on a course to destruction and were actively and willingly pursuing a career as drug addict who ignored or spit on every effort to help her choose another path.