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I wonder if a good attitude can cure cancer or atherosclerosis or a torn meniscus or diverticulitis or Alzheimer's. The burden of proof rests with those who make such claims.
Yes, I definitely agree with what was said in the OP.
I did not start feeling old until I was 61 (I'm now 63), and it seems that I am now "allowing" myself to be old. I no longer care much about fashions and looking "attractive", or as much about current events as I used to,or about trying new things. The weird thing is that I know that it is a "slippery slope", but where does one draw the line between accepting getting older and giving in to it to one's detriment?
We can keep active and in shape and try to stay in tuned to new things. It's the best we can do. But to younger generations we still seem old because we are part of Our generation, not Their's. So I prefer to think of it as "aging well" rather than staying young.
Heck yeah - I sometimes go on trips with our senior center. At 56, I'm the youngest one and there are time I wonder - "what the heck am I doing with these people"!
But there are times I've thought the same thing about people my age.
I remember when I was in my mid 30s I attended a 4 week military class. I was shocked to see how wild my "classmates" started acting after hours. I guess they weren't used to being away from home from their spouses and kids. Talk about girls gone wild. There were much younger troops staying in the billeting area and they were not appreciative of the "old" ladies letting it all hang out!
I wonder if a good attitude can cure cancer or atherosclerosis or a torn meniscus or diverticulitis or Alzheimer's. The burden of proof rests with those who make such claims.
YES. This is what I wanted to say, but you said it better. I went from feeling "young" to feeling very old within a year or two when joint problems set in. Attitude can't cure that....
I believe people become old when they reach 40. This is when they start developing chronic health problems. Also if they are single, it is unlikely that they will ever get married, or that another person will be attracted to them.
I believe people become old when they reach 40. This is when they start developing chronic health problems. Also if they are single, it is unlikely that they will ever get married, or that another person will be attracted to them.
Oh man, how wrong you are. I was between marriages and having to fight the ladies off when I was 40. I had considerably more success than when I was 20. I was 47 when I married for the second time.
Being a car nut, I would say that when you actually prefer a soft-riding car with automatic, to something with tight handling with a stick, then, *then* you are old.
So, by my calculus, ER, you and I at least are safe from being "old" for a while yet.
But jrkliny makes a good point too. Sometimes a health issue, more or less age related, drags you into the "old" column regardless of what you do. This sort of thing is more common with age, but, cancer for example strikes even very young people.
So to stay "young" in older ages, you have to have the luck to dodge jrkliny's "bullet", but, given that, you have to stay active, do things to maintain your health, not let your appearance go to pot, etc.
Although I am only 59, some "old" things in my life:
Both parents deceased.
A cousin a few months younger than me deceased, failing health not an accident
Several "kids" I grew up with deceased, failing health, not accidents (but some helped the process along with "recreational pharmaceuticals")
Paid-off house
Able to retire, financially
Many senior discounts (a good thing)
White hair, but while it turned white, at least it didn't turn loose!
Oh man, how wrong you are. I was between marriages and having to fight the ladies off when I was 40. I had considerably more success than when I was 20. I was 47 when I married for the second time.
My brother just split with his woman and he is 54 - fighting them off left and right!
I'm 56 and just got hit on at the post office - it was weird but funny.
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- it was weird but funny. 
