If the guy being written about has a tattoo that says "I don't want to grow up," I'd assume he doesn't feel grown up - and he's o.k. with it - ? My dad has always joked that he doesn't want to grow up. He flies sailplanes and refers to them as his "toys." Dad helped raise four kids, he was serious about his responsibilities but he also liked to "play" - flying. So what? Sounds to me like the author might be jealous or have no sense of humor - he needs to lighten up!

As far as trying to stir things up by saying people are getting more concerned about their bodies than their souls, well, like a lot of people, the author just doesn't get it. Staying active and fit are good things, and physical activity isn't necessarily all about the body. Physical activity produces endorphins - we at TE know what good those do, don't we? For me, if I'm going to live to be in my 80's or 90's like my grandparents, turning 40, which people like to refer to as "over the hill," is only around the midpoint and I don't intend to spend over half my life being inactive and letting the body go. Now if the author had referenced people getting divorced and walking out on spouse and kids so they can go off and do extreme sports that get them into trouble to where they have to be rescued, putting rescuers in danger and costing taxpayers a lot of money and raising everyone's insurance premiums, now that would be selfish, irresponsible, and definitely "not grown up" - in a bad way. But, like I said before, I think the author just doesn't get it. A lot of people don't. We can't make them, either. Their loss. It sells newspapers.--