The human mind is a pattern seeking, pattern interpreting machine. Yet very few people ever pay attention to the patterns.
One of the patterns they would notice, if they paid attention, is this distinction: the age of the behavior, and the age of sayings… the age of the reaction.
Unless something is pointed out, people look but they don’t see. This includes patterns.
The few people that pay attention to patterns have a lot to tell you about you, and about the people you interact with… by the patterns of their behavior and the patterns of their speaking.