Old age sucks

A few words on getting old, it sucks.
I'm turning 41 next week and it got me thinking about life, or lack of it.
While I consider myself lucky in the genetics department, there are a few things I'll comment on.
Back hair, what's the deal with that? I'm not hairy at all, but hair is creeping up from the butt to the shoulders.
Ear and nose hair, again why? My son likes to point out my nose hair to me, he thinks it is funny.
Chiropractor's phone number is memorized while I have to look up friends numbers all the time.
My beard is not heavy at all, but the red in it is now grey.(again a certain 10 year old pointed it out)
My mother says to me that I'm not getting any younger, and I agree with her.
When looking at younger womens pictures in the newspaper with the boys, I say to myself that they would probably kill me now.
Prostrate checks.
People calling me "sir" or "Mister" and I respond without hesitation.
Staying in all weekend to me is "nice."

There is more, but it is better than the alternative!


Sidebar story to the "sir" incident.
2 summers ago we went whitewater rafting as a family for 5 days. One day after we went on the light rapids and went body surfing down some rapids, one of the guides came up to my son.
These guides are both male and female and ususlly in their mid 20s. This one guide came up to my son and ask him if he had any sweet hits.(nice waves and rapids) After my son's response he looked up at me and asked if I was having a good time "sir."
I smiled and answered politely, gritting my teeth.
The next day we went on a fishing and canoe trip and this guide was along that day. One other guide was a older gentleman around 60 years old, "the veteran."
The young guide had multiple piercings(huge hole ones) and tons of tatoos. Along his back was a bunch of Chinese letters.
I asked him what they meant and he was answering. Meanwhile the "veteran" was listening in to his answers. He gave us some Chinese proverbs and I smiled. He asked me why I was smiling.
I said "how do know the Chinese guy didn't lie to you and put on your back, I'm a fucking asshole."
He was shocked(which isn't easy with these guys) and the older guide was doing a belly laugh. The "veteran" wondered that as well, but never asked.
I apoligized and told him why I did it, you know the "sir" stuff.
I bought him a beer when we got back later in the day.
He thought it was funny when he was drinking the beer.