Of Doughnuts and Old People

So today I went for a walk with my friend Becca (shout out!) and we decided to stop at the Tim Hortons near my house. Earlier that morning we had had doughnuts for breakfast and we were debating the real purpose of a doughnut. I am a firm believer that doughnuts are a breakfast food to be consumed during your laziest of Saturday morings with coffee whilst wearing your pyjamas. I have eaten doughnuts for breakfast my entire life and I have never questioned that this is what doughnuts are intended for. However, when my Dad came back from his hockey game with a dozen doughnuts Becca couldn't believe we were going to eat them for breakfast. Apparently some people eat doughnuts for desert after lunch or dinner! HA! Is that not the most insane thing you've ever heard in your life?

So anyway Becca and I were at Tims. (I had ordered a doughnut and iced capp and she a cookie and smoothie.) All of a sudden I saw Becca's face light up and she whispered "So Cute!" Now most teenage girls would've expected her to be talking about a boy but when I turned around I saw that she was in fact talking about an elderly man with a combover. No, she wasn't talking about him THAT WAY. Becca and I both find old people to be absolutely adorable. I'm not sure exactly what it is but when I see a senior citizen with white hair and wrinkled skin I die of a cute overload.

I think it's a combination of the way they speak ("Hello deary."), how they dress (white sneakers, dress pants and big holiday sweaters) and how they act (wise, friendly, talkative) that makes them so cute. I just find old people to be adorable! I hope when I get older that I will turn into a Cute Old Person instead of a Scary Old Person. Although most members of the senior citizen bracket are adorable there are a few who are downright terrifying. But other than that small minority older folks seem to have so much of a greater knowledge of the world. They are always friendly, complimentary and kind. They are rarely suspicious or dubious and tend to be much more trusting than today's generation. It is as if old people are beyond being embarassed of getting strange looks and simply do and say what they want.

After forty, th older people get the more fearless they seem to become. A woman who is thirty would most likely not approach a complete stranger and strike of a conversation abouth that person's sweater but that same woman at the age of sixty might. I believe the older people get the more they realize that what others think of them is actually quite irrelevant. If they want to dance, they'll dance, if the want to pinch your cheeks they'll pinch your cheeks. All of this adds to the overall approchability and sweetness of older people.

Although I love my life and am in no rush to be old I look forward to the day when I can coo at strangers babies and call everybody 'deary'. The day when I can sit on a park bench and just enjoy the world. The day when I can walk through a park with my husband of forty years and be admired by younger couples. I understand the fear of old age comes from the fear of death but we'll all be old one day so we might as well rock it! :)