do_i_look_that_old andru235 he guessed that i had lived on earth for 15,000 years. i was like, fuck you! i've only lived here for 10,994 years. i arrived 15,000 years ago, that is true. but i've been dead for at least several millenia hither and tither. "just because you are 9,315 years old," i told him, "and have the looks of a 3,225 year old, doesn't give you the right to rub it in." it bothered me all day, until i passed one of the hundred-thousand-or-so humans that have lived here, on and off, for the last several-hundred millenia: though only three years into this life, in the eyes of this ancient shone many a bygone era. 050508 ... Lila Pause I'm 22 and I already lie about my age. God, who would have thought it such a sad farewell to leave those wretched teens behind? 050509 ... minnesota_chris what age do you say you are? 050510 ... andru235 depends who asks, really obviously, if i *am* older than my present life indicates, any statement as such will acquire disdain and ridicule from those who do not believe in multiple-lives. so i tell those people that i am simultaneously a 115-year-old and a 2-year-old, because closest they will understand. there are many people in whom i catch a glimpse of their ancient self: a fleeting sensory perception about how/what/when/where/or-why they were, long, long ago. it is no secret to me that psychology calls this delusional thinking! and yet, as it is a sense i have had again and again and again, i am forced into the ever present argument between solipsism (to which i ascribe) and externalism (a word i use to describe the allowance of an external definition to win out over a conflicting internal definition) some of my friends do not believe there is anything to such sensory-perceptions. others, usually those who claim to have them also, say they do believe there is much more going on here. certainly, -given the frequency with which i have known who was calling before seeing the caller id, or unexpectedly seen someone after having dreamt of them the night before- there is something more going on here. i used to roll my eyes at this stuff. yet the more i tried to dismiss such coincidences, the more often they occured. here in the west, we say, "reincarnation? oh, posh! where is there any proof of it?" and in the east, they say, "reincarnation? well, of course! where is there any proof against it?" if, hypothetically, i am fully delusional, then psychology will offer some chemical explanations but fail to explain the experiential aspect. if, hypothetically, i am correct about having lived before (and probably you also), psychology will asses delusion but fail to explain the experiential aspect. given that psychology will (probably)respond identically to both situations, i'm inclined to wonder about it's merits! see: psychology_is_psycho so, what do age do i tell people i am, who *do* believe in multi-life? i say, "this time thru, i'm currently 26." and, for the record, someone did say, quite earnestly, "you must be 15,000 years old." it was not meant as a compliment! it was an insult to my sullen and overly serious nature. it would seem i left my fun-skills on the last planet! 050510 ... andru235 oops: see: is_psychology_psycho 050510 ... Lila Pause I say I'm "21"- the last call of adolescence. But I suppose when I turn 23, I'll have to 'get_real' and revert to 22. 050511 ... other i fucking hate age. 091226 ... unhinged sometime in the past year or two i went from 'miss' to 'ma'am' hearing a cashier call me ma'am makes me cringe a little 091226 what's it to you? who go blather from