It was the company sports day for Nordics today, where about three hundred people gathered at a sports center to participate in all kinds of activities. There was a few different gum sessions, SUP boarding, e-Fatbiking, football, pickleball, bouldering, trampolining, gymnastics, yoga, body maintenance, running school, power lifting.... there were many.
I played street basketball and badminton.
I got a message from a colleague in the morning, and she said, "you and I are playing badminton, we are about the same height, we should play together". Which tells something about how suited I am to playing basketball. Though, I wasn't the worst out of the group. A few of the participants play in leagues,
I might have been the least fit.
Basketball was first for me, and I was pretty broken afterward. We played 5on5 and there was only 12 of us, which meant that there was time between subbing, and my body struggled. Though, it held up better than I expected, even though I was gasping for breath.
I don't take these days seriously, which is why I chose sports that I might not be that great at, but can do something in. For me, it is more about being social and having a laugh with people I might not always spend time with. Badminton was easier for me, and far more relaxed. It was fun to just have some fun, chat with colleagues throughout the game, and not take any of it seriously.
My knees are now telling me about the day.
I haven't had this much pain in my knee for a long time, until I realized that the one that is really hurting, is one that I injured very badly snowboarding a couple years ago. It is quite sore, but I don't think there is any actual damage, it is just that this is the hardest it has been worked out since the fall. But, after the day, we went back to the office for some afterwork drinks, and my badminton partner told a story, which made me laugh.
While 12 guys who are mostly in their forties were playing basketball, she was in the gym upstairs and could see us. However, a couple young guys in their early twenties (not from our company) stopped their workouts and watched us, commenting on what they saw.
" Look at those fat fucks - imagine what their wives look like."
:D
It is funny, because those fat fucks down on the court were probably saying the same thing twenty years ago about others - especially since a couple of them were semi-pro athletes once upon a time. There were a couple other people listening in on the story too, with one of them being mid-twenties, eating hot wings and downing gin mixers. I remember those times, where I could eat and drink what I wanted, and didn't have to worry about putting on weight, or having a hangover.
Time destroys all things!
But, the other funny side of the comment mentioned, was the one of "imagine what their wives look like", because while it seems like the looks of the husband might be an indicator as to the looks of the partner, it isn't always a very accurate metric. I know that for a couple of us (me included), we are batting above our average. And it got me thinking why this might be the case.
As far as I know, none of us are rich, so that is likely out of the equation. But, perhaps it comes down to our age and experience in some way, where the people in this group are also in decent jobs, with some security, but perhaps also in roles where we have to be able to speak well and develop trust. And while trust in the short term can be developed through words alone, in the long term like that needed for a marriage, behavior also needs to be trust-inducing to maintain it.
I hadn't previously thought too much about this, but I wonder if there is now a generation or two of people who can't be trusted. This sounds like a bold statement, and it is quite sweeping, but the younger generations don't actually commit to anything significant. They don't want to be locked in, and are subsequently fickle with every preference they have, meaning they are chopping and changing their minds constantly. It isn't just that they can't commit to people or even a product, but they also don't seem able to commit to building a skillset if it takes too long or too much effort, or a career.
Attractive?
Perhaps long-term relationships will die out, not because people don't actually want or need them, but because the skills aren't there to develop and maintain them. This means that even when people try, they are going to fail, because like me and basketball, they don't have the technique, and their proverbial knees are weak.
I haven't had much time to dive into this theory yet, but I think that at this point in my mental ramblings, there is some sense to this. It is going to be interesting to see how it plays out in the future though, where people's behaviors have become so self-centered, that they don't have room for anyone else of significance in their lives, and this means that no one has room for them either.
That is fine for some period, but a lifetime of it?
Time for me to hobble away and into bed with my hot wife.
Taraz
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