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I believe the brain isn't fully developed until the mid 20s, so I guess by a scientific standpoint, it's be about then.
But youth is a general term. Some people never truly grow old, and some grow old too early. As it goes, we don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
Youth as in physical prime? I'd have to say 27 is the correct answer. See professional athletes and their careers. Now obviously you can still look very youthful at 30 but it's hit and miss according to the person. Going by baseball players they can still be very productive into their 30's but the great majority of the time by the time their 34 or 35 or even 33 you begin to see a marked decline.
When do you think a person stops being young? I don't think there's a precise time, but I will say there seems to be a major difference between early and late 30s. Despite this though some people still seem youthful well into their 40s.
Physical? Cognition? Emotion? Maturity?
I know a few 50 year olds with the maturity of a 12 year old and vice versa.
When you realize that everything you thought was "edgy" and "cool" was actually target-marketed at you by a committee of middle-aged marketing and ad execs.
Haha. So very true.
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Originally Posted by Mrs. Skeffington
When you have kids. That's when the aging process starts. I can see it in my daughter, who is a new mom at 28.
Absolutely agree for a woman and possibly a man too. My Aunt used to say 'the minute they take their first breath; you take your last free one.". It was never my favorite saying but . . . some truth to it. Once you are responsible for another living/breathing human being ~ your frivolous youth is gone.
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Originally Posted by Chimuelojones
For me it was when I lost my fearlessness. I once went to some of the hardest places in this country with no fear...of anyone or anything.
Now I seem to "clutch my purse" more often.
Hmmm. Food for thought. I think a lot of that happens once you have kids too ~ suddenly instead of seeing the 'fun' in everything, you see the DANGER. At least I did once my son was born.
I have known people in their late seventies, riding a harley trike, dressing cool and living young. They will never be old.They are shockingly young in spirit. Then there are the younger people who have a dragging old spirit , no personality to speak of with no vibe of life in them.
Age is not what I see. It is the spirit of the person. One can be full of life at a very old age.
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