My internet settings are locked down very tight, sites like Amazon, Facebook and others actually rarely show ads, and they have nothing to do with my interests or demographics.

But I recently started using Pandora again. I tried it when it was first offered and didn't like it, but they've got more music now and it simply works better when you upvote and can find more stuff.

I don't particularly mind the occasional ads, but I think my musical choices are steering certain ads my way.

A primary example, is I now regularly get "male enhancement" ads.

"Do you need more stamina in the bedroom" etc.

So I thought to myself, do I have a lower sex drive than when I was younger?

Yes.

And THANK YOU Jesus, or Evolution, or your deity of choice. I don't know about you, but spending less time wanting to fuck EVERYTHING is great. Not that I didn't enjoy pretty much thinking about naked women 24/7, in one way or another.

Wanting to have sex less frequently, simply fits a busy schedule. If you have kids, natures cock-block, you're having sex less frequently just because they soak up so much time.

There are people out there who actually suffer sexual disfunction, and for them, I'm glad there are options. But generally, all of these other products focused on hair loss and staving off time, are for suckers.

I do believe in staying fit, and physical health is connected to sex drive. So I imagine I'll be active for many years longer. But I don't need to feel 25, or whatever age. It would probably annoy my wife, because we have "known" eachother for that long, and her wants aren't the same either.

So, while I'm not as ancient as some of you fossils, I have to say that I embrace the passage of time. If my dick still works when I'm 80, it won't be because of Viagra, it'll be the luck of the draw. Or, not, because presumably I'll still be with my wife, and she might have had enough by then, or not. Who knows, but I'd rather let nature be the guide.

Each phase of our lives brings change, and it doesn't mean that one stage is better than another. I do know that there are some very wealthy people out there pouring money into everything from reversing aging, to versions of "immortality." I would say they are all deluded, and while some day, the very rich might be able to replace their bodies with genetic clones, or some such, I'd do it the old fashioned way.

Children are our immortality. Aging is the seasonal change of our lifespan. We live forever through who we teach our children to be. Looking for any other form of immortality is a hollow and selfish pursuit.

I should also say, that it's OK if you don't want kids, you should also not waste your money on bullshit anti-aging nonsense. Stay fit and healthy.

Children ARE our immortality. That doesn't mean they have to be our own blood either. Share something with them. Take every teachable moment you can.

I hate to hear someone bitch about "kids" and never put themselves in the position to teach them something.

Oh, I started getting hearing aid advertisements when I was in my twenties. Turns out there is a gentleman locally to me who is in his eighties and shares my name. I'm convinced I'm on some lists because of him. Names and addys getting crossed in computers.