My Backpacking Days are over...

Once you've stayed at a 5 star hotel/resort, there's just no going back. I'd say that I'm pretty easy going, at times, but recently i've noticed that I just can't do the budget travel anymore. With age comes experience and preferences and when you've experienced top service and accommadations you just can't take a step down. Top reasons how I knew when my backpacking, 3-star hotels, and budget airline days are over:

1) The only people I meet are in the 21-24 age range.
2) When meeting new people just isn't as fun as it use to be.
3) When the smell of mildew in the bathroom makes me gag.
4) When I don't want to touch anything in the room I'm suppose to be spending the night in.
4) When I get into fights with management because they won't provide hot water (okay exaggeration but arguments of some sort nonetheless).
5) Walking out of the guesthouse after one night, foregoing 50% of the room rate, begging IBIS hotel for forgiveness for leaving in the first place and to take me back.
6) When a backpack that's bigger than me just isn't cute anymore.
7) When running down the aisle in a cattle call to beat the old ladies and the family with children to get the first seat in the airplane isn't my idea of fun or a competition.
8) Getting into arguments with old ladies with child in stroller because she's trying to cut the line to get on the plane.

My inner diva is coming out thanks to the help of a friend. Things just won't be right unless there's complimentary two bottles of water at the perfect temperature, turn down service, clean sheets and towels folded in the exact way I like, and hotel greeters with a hot face cloth and tea.