Am I old? You asked #Google – here’s the answer | Nell Frizzell | Opinion | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/01/am-i-old-asked-google-autocorrect-answer
Tell me, where is old age bred, in the heart or in the head? Does it stalk through pubes like a whitening strike or close your eyes by 10 at night? Is it engender’d in a home, a child, a job, bad teeth, or does it close upon your shoulders like sweet relief?
As a 32-year-old, expecting a baby in two weeks, I am straddling a great chasm age-wise (not an easy thing to do at the best of times, less so when your swollen belly makes you look like you’ve swallowed a hoover). Am I old? But am I really? I’m creating a new generation, becoming a parent, launching myself into the grownup cosmos of thermometers, nappy rash cream, savings accounts and physical weakness. Yet, simultaneously, I cannot drive, loathe spreadsheets, don’t own a house, am addicted to my phone and still consider a big bag of crisps the only conceivable “starter” to a meal.