All adults are the same age

I've long held two theories on age: 1) All adults are the same age and 2) Anybody who is taller than me is older than me. (I'm 5'4" – what does that tell you?)

I developed these theories, ok – rationalizations, when I was an active participant in the dating pool. Should an intriguing suitor happen to be more than 5...10...15 (gasp!) years older than I, then theory number 1 would apply. But should a tall, handsome cowboy be more than 5...10...15 years younger than I, then theory number 2 applied.

I got to thinking about my theories on age this week when I reconnected with my little sister, J. J and I were matched through the Big Brother/Big Sister program when she was 10 and I was 40.


J moved out of state after she graduated from high school, and we lost touch for awhile. But through the miracle of Google and blogging, she found her way to the 7MSN and sent me an e-mail. We got together on Monday to catch up. She's 24 now, and I'm...old. But it was the first time we got together as two adults. And it was pretty cool.


I'm looking forward to staying connected and getting reacquainted as adults. She's taller than me now (and who isn't?), but in this case, I'll apply theory number 1.