Age doesn't seem to matter as much now that I'm older

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When my friend was here we were talking and he kept thinking I was older than I actually am. I am someone who has always looked younger than I actually am. I am in my 30s and some people still think I'm in my early to mid-20s I personally blame the adult acne but I digress. He admitted I don't look older but that he keeps thinking I am older. It's gotten to that point where we've known each other so long that we tend to forget things like ages. I met him when I was 18 or 19 in a dating group on Myspace and we went out twice before we decided to just be friends and from there our friendship sort of evolved (I mean this in a friendship way not a dating way) and we talked a lot and would hang out from time to time and before we knew it a decade had flown by. As the years go by you tend to forget certain things. You've known each other forever so certain aspects are forgotten and you no longer think about things like age. My husband is actually 7 years older than me but I seldom even think about how old he is. Age isn't really something you think about a whole lot as you get older. Once you reach certain periods in your life age doesn't seem to matter as much. I can legally vote, drink, and adopt a child now and since I've no desire to become president and I'm in no hurry to become an AARP member I don't really think about age much anymore unless I'm reminiscing about my childhood or something. He apologized for making me older and I told him I wasn't offended just amused. I can understand forgetting my age because sometimes I forget it myself but usually, I like to think of myself as younger, not older. It's just odd to realize that all of my friends have always been older than me and I'm the youngest (albeit only by two days in one case) and I'm at an age I felt was old as a kid and it's amusing that I no longer really care. I joke here and there about being old but most of the time I just don't think about it. I still like to tease my husband is nearing 40 that he's old. I call him my grumpy old man but I rarely even think about that. I remember when I got with him everyone thought there was such a huge age difference but really there wasn't. I was 22 and he was 28 almost 29 we were both out of school and at similar points in our lives and wanted the same things. Now everyone is just used to it and doesn't think about it. It seems more acceptable now I think now that I'm older. It's weird how things like that work. I feel like I am at a point in my life where I'm just surviving and not worrying as much about things like age. If I accomplish things I accomplish them if not I guess oh well. I can't live my life on a timeline because that's not how life works at least not for most people. Things happen when they happen. Sometimes we just need to learn to accept things. I wish some things would have happened for me but sometimes life gets in the way and that's ok. I've learned I need to roll with the punches and stop worrying about some time frame. I'm older and I've learned to deal with it. I actually think it's kind of neat to realize I've had certain friends for a long time and the friendships have matured.