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I am almost 57. Feel pretty good so far. About two years ago I was looking at the top of my head in the mirror....."What the heck is that glitter doing in my hair?".........."Oh Crap....that is Gray Hair!!!" (I thought I only had gray by my temples)
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Now I am calling them "wisdom highlights". Thank God for Hair Dye
Not everyone gets to get old. So, enjoy each moment people
I'll be 68 in 3 weeks, and I don't feel old as long as I am sitting down. When I stand up, I have all these (usually minor) aches and pains. Still, I don't feel very old. Somewhere inside, I still think that the pains in my knees and hip are temporary and will soon get better. After all, I've had some of those pains, on and off, since my fifties.
I live in a second floor apartment and it does occur to me that, within a couple of years, I will need to make other living arrangements. Right now, the stairs are just (somewhat painful) exercise, but the day is coming when they will be an obstacle.
Had to renew my drivers’ license recently, necessitating taking a new picture for it.
Was I ever shocked at how I’ve aged since the last one was taken, earlier this century!
Anymore, I severely dislike the taking of pictures — especially of me!
Maybe this has been asked already. Just curious at what age, and why, you came to the realization, if ever(!) that you were "really old"? And did you ever look back 10 years after that and say "Well, I guess I wasn't as old as I thought!"? I'm only 57, and certainly don't feel old, and know quite a few retirees in their mid 70s that still don't think of themselves as old. I've only known 10 people well in to their 80s and some had totally given up on life and others were too busy to get old until their bodies gave out.
July 14, 2018, my 81st birthday, I realized I had gotten old. I haven’t had any thing happen since to change my mind.
Funny but I've never paid attention to so-called "milestone birthdays" other than my 18th which in my state meant that one could get a regular drivers license (rather than a Junior License at 17 which only allowed driving to and from school during the day) and that one was of legal drinking age. But as for the others, zip, zilch, nada.
One of my friends once commented that I was "coming up on my trust milestone birthday". Didn't know what he was talking about, so I asked. He said "Your 30th. Don't you remember our generation always said to never trust anyone over 30?" We had a laugh about that because in fact I had forgotten, lol
My son, who is a very sweet thoughtful person but is terrible about remembering birthdays (he once honestly thought my b-day was a full month later than it actually is; he was in his late twenties at the time..) asked me shortly before my last one which one it will be. When I told him, he said, "Thanks, I wasn't sure if it was a milestone one or not." I informed him that no it is not and if he even THINKS about doing anything special for me when that 70th birthday DOES come around, I will not be too old to smack him upside the head.
Milestone, schmilestone. I told him if he wants to celebrate a milestone b-day he has my permission to do it for my 100th. But as for any before that: Stop counting! lol
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at how I’ve aged since the last one was taken, earlier this century! 
