My regrettably long “I’m a girl but all of my friends are boys because boys are simple you know like I just don’t really get girls I’m just cool like that you know?” era in college. So cringe.
I am in the worst era ever--the post menopausal era. When I was in my twenties and thirties, I could tell myself to eat just one piece of pizza and drink a diet pepsi, only! But now, in this era, my post menopausal twin who hates me gets the jitters just thinking about having only one slice of pizza and she is not into any diet drinks at all. I feel like she is a caricature of the true me who is still lurking somewhere inside waiting for the strength to come out.
Similar to your Keto Era, I have adopted the habits/hobbies of many crushes over the years. There was the Curve cologne era, the workout era, the listen-to-Maná-and-U2 era, the songwriting era, the Diesel jeans era, and I could go on. Thankfully, I'm older now and secure enough in myself to not do that anymore. At least I hope that's true.
My High School Troll Era, in which I would write in candidates like “Voldemort” and “Draco Malfoy” on class election ballots because I believed those fictional characters were better than any of the candidates actually running for class president. This era lasted years, unfortunately. My heart goes out to the volunteers who tallied the results.
"Mexican-American Catholicism is, in my mind, a perfunctory thing. It’s something you gotta do, but it’s largely decorative.... As long as you feel guilty most of the time and wear a single gold piece of jewelry with a crucifix on it, you’re meeting all the requirements."
Oof! Truer words were never spoken. I still make a fast sign of the cross whenever I get behind the wheel because I can hear my mom saying, "Persignate!"
My regrettably long “I’m a girl but all of my friends are boys because boys are simple you know like I just don’t really get girls I’m just cool like that you know?” era in college. So cringe.
I am in the worst era ever--the post menopausal era. When I was in my twenties and thirties, I could tell myself to eat just one piece of pizza and drink a diet pepsi, only! But now, in this era, my post menopausal twin who hates me gets the jitters just thinking about having only one slice of pizza and she is not into any diet drinks at all. I feel like she is a caricature of the true me who is still lurking somewhere inside waiting for the strength to come out.
Similar to your Keto Era, I have adopted the habits/hobbies of many crushes over the years. There was the Curve cologne era, the workout era, the listen-to-Maná-and-U2 era, the songwriting era, the Diesel jeans era, and I could go on. Thankfully, I'm older now and secure enough in myself to not do that anymore. At least I hope that's true.
My High School Troll Era, in which I would write in candidates like “Voldemort” and “Draco Malfoy” on class election ballots because I believed those fictional characters were better than any of the candidates actually running for class president. This era lasted years, unfortunately. My heart goes out to the volunteers who tallied the results.
I too went through a contrarian liturgy queen era in my 20s to annoy my limousine-liberal teachers and classmates :)
"Mexican-American Catholicism is, in my mind, a perfunctory thing. It’s something you gotta do, but it’s largely decorative.... As long as you feel guilty most of the time and wear a single gold piece of jewelry with a crucifix on it, you’re meeting all the requirements."
Oof! Truer words were never spoken. I still make a fast sign of the cross whenever I get behind the wheel because I can hear my mom saying, "Persignate!"