Young at heart

The other day I was talking to my sister and somehow I happened to mention about a common friend. When asked about his age, I was quick to reply "Oh! he's young, around our age, 26-27." In the silence that usually accompanies a change of subject during a conversation, it struck my mind I would have said the same thing 10 years ago. Or for that matter even 10 years from now(when I'll be touching 40), "he's young, our age". Youth, is always relative to the people older than us, I never compare myself with someone younger. If I did, then I would see the truth, I am old myself (in relative terms???). A college going cousin when asked about myself, would probably say something like "Oh! he's old, around 26-27!",..... reality strikes at times.