Its just a Phase.......

This is related to my earlier post (and theory) about everyone being a freak. I thought my rebeliousness and thirst for constant excitement was only something I was going through. Maybe a pre-mid life crisis of some sort? Or maybe it was that I never really got to experience it during my younger years? Nope. I have come to the conclusion that this is a perfectly normal phase. At least from the photo evidence I see on FB, most of my other friends (even the uber-religious ones!) are letting loose and pulling the sticks out of you know where.

So to elaborate on my theory... I think most of us live the wild days during our teens and early 20s. Then we settle down, get married and have kids. During this period, we (I can only speak for the women) decide that we must be mature and essentially grow up to be responsible adults. So we do the "right" things. This includes joining playgroups, church stuff, learning to cook, non stop talking about your babies... you get the picture - be it a grim one. This is all fine and dandy - at least for a while. Then you wake up one day, realize that your life is limited to a constant discussions of yours and your "friends" birth experiences and what recipe you perfected the night before. Your low rise jeans are quickly metamorphasizing into mom jeans and your lingerie drawer is filling up with granny panties.

Then there is a magical day. It creeps up on you so fast that its difficult to pinpoint the actual moment when it becomes vivid. You realize that you are still a person. One with wants, needs, and goals. Its clear now that this person you thought you were required to become was never a prerequisite to parenthood. Its possible to have fun, be wild and immature and break free from the conservative chokehold on occassion.

The other day someone at work gave me a piece of advice: "Don't lose Laura" is what she said. I responded with "I just found Laura". And I am completely satisfied with my self-discovery.