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Do you sit down to tie your shoes? If you do, you may want to start doing it standing up. Aging starts with small concessions...
Um, I have sat down to tie my shoes since I was about 5.....
I'm 53 and feel old every time I go to see a movie. They make kids younger than they used to.
My dad is 80, and he tells me about all the "old" people who talk to him at the diner. These "old" people are all in their 90s. So clearly, HE does not feel old!
I don't either! I still think (and feel like, usually) I'm a 20-something, which are the ages of my sons.
I remember it vividly. I was 49 years, 6 months. Why? I received an application for AARP in the mail, opened the envelope up and thought, DAMN, I'M GOING TO BE 50!!!!
That's also when I went from "how much can I achieve?" to "when can I retire???"...
Actually, the event could have been 20 years earlier, at age 37. I had a 1995 2 door Honda Accord, tastefully lowered with nice wheels (not slammed to the ground). I was at a gas station and a younger guy walked up to me and said, "Is that your car or your son's car???". I was a bit taken aback.
When my kids lived at home, I always threw the AARP notices out. I didn't want anyone knowing how old I was at the time - they were younger and never asked. I never told. They know now but they were teens.
I'll be 69 in less than two weeks. Despite some serious, physical/medical setbacks with lasting deficits I've yet to consider myself "really old." I truly believe that age is as much in the mind as it is in the body. I don't think old. Heck! I barely think grown up.[/quote]
I first freaked out when I turned 30. I thought I was SO old, and being single, I felt really insecure about whether any man would ever want me. What a laugh! Two marriages and 4+ decades later, I feel younger than ever. Turning 40 was "OK, I'm middle-aged now." Fifty was "yippee, I survived menopause!" Sixty was "yay, this much closer to retirement!" I'm wondering what 70 will be like. I'm overweight, I'm seeing more wrinkles when I look in the mirror and my neck is looking saggy, but I am fortunate enough to be in good health, and I still feel young inside. As Curmudgeon put it, age is in the mind, and that's what really counts.
When Obama became president my kids made a comment that I was older than the President of the United States and it made me feel so old!!!!
Obama is the first president who was older than me, although Clinton and George W. missed it by only two years. It really is a turning point.
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Getting those in the mail
Two marriages and 4+ decades later, I feel younger than ever. Turning 40 was "OK, I'm middle-aged now." Fifty was "yippee, I survived menopause!" Sixty was "yay, this much closer to retirement!" I'm wondering what 70 will be like. I'm overweight, I'm seeing more wrinkles when I look in the mirror and my neck is looking saggy, but I am fortunate enough to be in good health, and I still feel young inside. As Curmudgeon put it, age is in the mind, and that's what really counts.
