Icky Sticky

Does anyone else find that as they get older, things get more gross? When I was a kid, we used to get whole chickens from the food bank, and no one in my family felt comfortable pulling all the guts out and discarding them. I was the only one, and I loved it. Not that I loved the feeling of squishy guts, but I loved that I was the only one my family could count on to do that dirty work without getting sick. As I get older, though, more and more things sicken me. I can't even stand the smell of cooking ground beef, and I make my partner do it for me. If I see something gross on TV, I can't eat for a while. It seems that my threshold for grossness has lessened and lessened over the years. Is this normal?

[B4andafter]

I think what you're experiencing is quite normal. As I got older, I stopped eating meat or anything with a "face". I can't stand to look at raw beef or fowl and I stay away from those aisles in the grocery store . I figure it's a positive progression and see it as one becoming more attuned to their environment. I have other friends who feel the same so I wouldn't interpret it as something to worry about.

[Hidden in reply to B4andafter]

Cool, thanks for your reply! I wasn't really worried, just curious. Everything about the mind fascinates me.