Just a simple question here because there was one thing that struck me as a man in his late 30s. I am getting older, I am not 20 or even 25. I am a married man with children and much different things on my mind than in my teens or 20s. I witness this first hand as I realize the "scene" at a club is not geared towards me anymore. The music isn't what I recognize or grew up with, I don't see people I know anymore that are there and to be quite frank I am more content just sitting around a pub with some friends in that sort of scene, or of course, gearing things towards family outings and vacations. I've accepted that those things change, and the club scene in general is what appears to be on a slow but gradual decline I find because clubs that were open when I was younger are closed and not replaced by the same amount. It leads me to believe that texting, anti-socialism and stuff like online dating has replaced a lot of social aspects that I was used to.
Okay, so enough about that rant, it is what it is.
But what does this mean for enjoying theme/amusement parks? Well, when I went after a long hiatus in 2009 it had been 7 years. I took my wife for her first time. I am not in my early 20s anymore but my late 20s. I told myself that I shouldn't worry if the park doesn't have the same "feel" for me anymore. Well, it was the same, and then some. And even last year when we went with our kids it is the same, even in my late 30s. But it has struck me, I am not 60, or 70. I am not even close to 50. Is there going to be a time when this "scene" is not going to be for me anymore. Whether it is a physical aspect of not wanting to walk around or just having interest faded.
Tell me your stories about it. Has it dwindled for you, and if it did what age was it? Or could you see yourself doing this at 80 years old?
