What Happened to Me?

For some reason, I've always thought of myself as being much older than I actually am. I seem to have much more in common with my friends who are 10 to 15 years older than me as opposed to those my age. The other day, I stumbled across a website that I found to be very interesting. I inputted the year I was born and in return I received a plethora of information about the year I was born. Many of the facts confirmed my preconceived notions. For example, the year I was born, pantyhose became available in the United States. Now honestly, pantyhose have been around forever, just like me! I continued to read on and learn that The Beatles released their first recording the year I was born! Must I remind you that 2 of 4 Beatles are dead! Then as if that didn’t put the icing on the cake, I continued to read. Johnny Carson, who also is dead, made his debut as host of the Tonight Show the year I was born! I’m telling you, the image of me being "an old woman" was confirmed and all doubts were gone! Until I decided to scroll down a bit further and discovered other folks who were born the same year I was born. The list included Jim Carrey, Sheryl Crow, Jon Bon Jovi and Tom Cruise! Now I ask you, are these guys old? I think NOT! In fact, they all have very youthful looks; they are all thriving in their careers, and they are raising their very own, very small children! But look at me! I certainly don’t have the youthful looks of Sheryl Crow and I only have a few more years until I will be able to retire from my career! Then there is the clincher! My little girl is almost 28 years old and I’m a Gran!!! Yikes! What happened to me? How did I become so much older than those who were born the same year I was born?