Eating gummy bears.
In spring, I like to find puddles on forest roads and trails and dig small ditches and watch the water flow out.
I also do other kinds of forest infrastructure maintenance - trimming branches on narrow trails, clearing fallen trees, and building small bridges over wet spots. Occasionally, I mark hard-to-see trails by tying orange tape to branches along the way.
Sleeping with a cuddly toy. My parter converted me and they’re great. Tbh, they actually make a lot of sense as a middleaged person. Now that I’m old and less flexible, I end up with a sore back or shoulder if I don’t have proper support when sleeping. And I’d much rather have a big lion buddy than some weird orthopedic pillow or Dutch wife.
Ditto! I’m middle aged and can do wtf I want
Asking strangers for permission to pet their dogs.
Petting strangers’ dogs.
I took my dog to a local renaissance fair during one of their dog days, and had a healthy mix of people of all ages asking to pet her. Out of the dozens of people who pet her, only a couple didn’t ask. It’s always a good idea to ask before petting a stranger’s dog.
I’m in my late 40s, and have so many Doctor Who toys on desks and shelves.
My spouse is sweetly tolerant of the sheer quantity of TARDISes in our small apartment (which is, alas, not bigger on the inside) and has even gifted me some of them.
According to my spouse: play D&D.
D&D became popular in the eighties. Why should people who played it then start hating it as they get older?
The only way your spouse could be correct is if you’re still playing 2e and you’re under 50.
I used to also… I used to. Looking forward to rolling a wizard when I get to the retirement home
my old group would talk about the group nursing home they would need to be in some day to be running games.
Play video games, according to a lot. Be absolutely enamored by cats? Some people have told me only toddlers like kitties so, what? Confusing.
Who the hell thinks only toddlers should really like cats? I guess the millions of cat owners worldwide are wrong?
It confused me too at the time!
Feed pigeons. I am not an old lady, although I sometimes feel like it :’ )
Being a friend to pigeons is awesome. They’re the cutest, chillest lil birds and there’s something magical about that bond with them. Ignore the haters! 🐦
I have copius amounts of stuffed animals
I watch animated. Just started Justice League for probably the 20th time.
Eat shrooms and play The Fractured but Whole.
Go out dancing.
Am in my early 40s. And yet I do not have my shit together in any meaningful sense. With each passing decade that becomes less and less sexy.
