Arrested Development & Being Forever Alone
There used to be a famous saying that celebrities become mentally stuck at the age they become famous...
Do you feel you became mentally stuck once your FA reality sunk in?
I'm nearing 50, and from outward appearances, people would assume I would be a perfectly normal person.
I have the job,home,car,etc that most people my age have.
Yet...half the time I think I still think like a teenage girl in some ways, particularly about love and romance.
Do you feel that being an FA at our age(40 and up in particular) has caused us to mentally "stagnate"?
If by some miracle a man my age suddenly showed interest in me tomorrow, how would I even be able to relate to him?
There is a good chance he may even have a grandbaby at that point...
Like, I can't picture myself with a GRANDFATHER when i'm still thinking of myself as that teenage girl who still has never even been kissed.
I can't even wrap my head around it, which is why I think it's just way too late for me at this point.
Do you feel we are just too mentally far behind to relate to people our own ages in the romantic department?
Posted Jun 8, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC