The Ramblings of an Aging Hippie!

Why is it that as we get older , we start to do those things we vowed we would never do when we were younger? I am thinking about the things that escape my mouth. I say the most obviously stupid things. These really lame quotes seem to escape my aging brain via my mouth ,on those occasions I had promised myself never say such silly and annoying things.One of the times I seem to land in this situation is when faced with greeting and chatting to a young 20 something person. You know the kind of young person I am talking about. Bright eyed and bushy tailed. Eager and slightly edgy. On the move. Faced with the aging Hippie they appear friendly and sort of focused. And it is in this moment that I say things like ....wow you look just like Aunt Vera or my how you have grown or what are you studying . This last question is my best because the said young person eagerly dives into a long and careful explanation of something I usually know absolutely nothing about. I nod and say something like ," lovely". After the fact I usually find a wall nearby and just like Hugh Grant in Four Weddings and a Funeral, bang my head . I try very hard not to say these stupid things but alas I am beginning to think that stupid words are part and parcel of grey hair and wrinkles.