They’re out there, lurking at reunions, springing up at cocktail parties, possibly in your own living room and the numbers are growing expeditiously every year, they are The Reminiscer.
While usually around 45 or older and quite normal in appearance, conversation can be limited and often leaves you craving a milkshake or something much stronger.
Here are the signs that you have encountered The Reminiscer.
1. When invited to a costume party they have to look no further than their closet for a poodle skirt or bell bottoms.
2. Sentences usually start with “Do you remember when………… or “When I was…………”
3. Their knowledge of music ended around 1968. Some haven’t read a newspaper since then either.
4. You mention last nights episode of Heroes and they come back with the highlights from the Doo Wop revival on PBS.
5. If they have a computer they use it to forward jokes or to email you that Fleetwood Mac is having a reunion tour.
6. On their coffee table is a copy of their high school year book and its’ not dusty.
While I can get as dewy eyed as the next midlifer when I hear the Righteous Bothers’ Unchained Melody I also happen to like Katy Perry’s, I Kissed a Girl. I think that I will keep my life balanced between Woodstock and Twitter, for me that is what makes life interesting.
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Finally, someone else who gets teary when listening to the old classics like You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling, and also enjoys popular, present day music. I think Linkin Park’s My December ranks right up there with anything Simon and Garfunkle ever produced, and Johnny Cash’s cover of Nine Inch Nails’ I Hurt Myself Today is indescribably moving. Thanks for giving me permission to enjoy all kinds of music, both past and present, even at my age. Just because I can sing How Much Is That Doggie In the Window at Karaoke, doesn’t mean I can’t also sing Dust In the Wind (although that’s getting to be an oldie, too, lol).