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AITA for refusing to babysit my sister's kids after she told me I was "too old" to have dreams?
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To be completely honest, I do think that 28-years-old is a little on the older side to be starting to pursue a demanding physical career like dancing, but either way, OP is allowed to say no to babysitting for any reason. Even if she won't make the part in the audition, it's her life.
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Our bodies are so fragile. Our 20s are so forgiving, but even in our mid-late 20s our bodies start to be much less forgiving. I had a lot of athlete friends when I was younger, and they said even by 25 their injuries lasted much longer than they did at 18-years-old. Our lives really are like pieces of fruit.
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“You’re too old to have dreams”: 28-year-old woman refuses to babysit sister’s kids to prioritize her dance career, sister belittles her career goals due to her age
Welcome back. Sibling rivalry is all part of being a kid, but not necessarily part of being an adult. That doesn't stop some people from poking each other, annoying each other, or making grievances that still get the parents involved.
As we get older, we don't only mature emotionally and mentally, but our physical bodies change faster than we can realize. We're ripe and young prepubescents, and suddenly we're drifting like a lost boat between waves of hormones during our teenage years. Our 20s come like a big yellow bus, and we're suddenly mature and strong, supple and developed. Our bodies are so forgiving when we're young and in our 20s. We can get injuries that heal quickly, or we can overindulge in whatever we feel like and wake up the next day like nothing happened. As we step into our 30s, that's not really the case anymore.
Take the protagonist of the story for example. She's 28-years-old, and she's been working hard for many years to be a professional dancer. The thing about a career like this is that it's totally ephemeral. There will certainly be a day, sooner rather than later, that it's no longer a feasible career.