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Imagine, if you can.
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this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2024
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Why would a 45 year old need permission to stay up late?
My wife's boyfriend doesn't want me to ruin my sleep schedule.
Sounds like a thoughtful guy.
You have to give yourself permission. For example, if I've got an early meeting and need to get the kids to school I'm in bed by 10.
That is just choosing...
Not really, because I can always choose to stay up late. I just know I won't enjoy it if I don't make give myself permission.
It's a subversion of expectations because these posts are often about a time in your life where you wouldn't have a care in the world, so they end with "it's 1999 and you're 12" and instead it's saying "you can still enjoy those things, take some time to be happy"
Or it's saying "you're a loser living with your parents playing video games at 45."
The ambiguity is part of the subversion.
Edit: I'm enumerating how it could be interpreted, not saying I have a problem with it!
fair point lol