On aging...

[trekkor]

I have lived in the same place for about 20 years and have about 300 friends that I see off and on throughout the year.


I just started to notice all my friends aging.
Time marches on.

Little kids ( as I remembered them ) are getting married.

All the wrinkles.

Many of my older friends have died.


At what point in your life did you notice that you're getting older?

I'm 42.


KT

[HardDrive]

I'm 40.

I feel older.

But thats not a bad thing. At least I'm not a walking landmine like I was when I was 20. And 30.

[porsche4life]

Not noticing it as much as you guys... But one of my close friends from HS is married and expecting a kid now... Kind of hit me when I found out she was preggers... I was like damn...


I don't want kids for a while... I have a considerable car collection to amass first...

[morganb]

Turning 40 Years hit me. I remember my Dad turning 40, I was about 16. He had a theme party "Life begins at 40" T Shirts, posters, everything. I remember walking around thinking "Who are all these old people kidding, their lives are over"

PS Never confide something like this with your wife, mine organized a suprise theme party with the theme "Life begins at 40" To make matter worse now my life begins at 40 shirt is faded from age!

[oldE]

my life begins at 40 shirt is faded from age!

That is a great line!

For me it started when my parents, both in their 90s passed.
I have lost two good friends and a brother in the past two years and my wife's younger brother is a grandfather.

Having said that, I think I am more comfortable with my age than I was 10 years ago. I am certainly having more fun.
As long as your body isn't cashing cheques you wrote in your foolish youth, life can be pretty good.

Les

[on2wheels52]

I've had the shop in the same small town (15,000 pop.) for 25 years, have a pool of maybe 1000 I see fairly regularly. I think it depends a lot an what age someone is when you first meet them. Some don't change a great deal from 40 to 60. But adding 20 years on someone younger than 25 or so makes some big changes.
Jim

[billybek]

Went to one of the events for our high school reunion.
There were a lot of people there I wouldn't have recognized on the street. Some looked pretty good, some not so much....
I never had an anchor in time. No kids until a couple of years ago. Now when I see my boy getting bigger in the back of my mind I know I am getting older. I never really thought about it before.

[Dave L]

I consider myself fairly active and young through snowboarding, biking and kayaking more so now than when I was in my 20's. But I think I am about to feel old today, I head back to College today and am thinking that the 18 year olds I will be attending with are exactly half my age. Other than that I do have a little grey hair but I started getting it in high school so thats never been a big deal.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by trekkor

I have lived in the same place for about 20 years and have about 300 friends that I see off and on throughout the year.
I just started to notice all my friends aging.
Time marches on.
Little kids ( as I remembered them ) are getting married.
All the wrinkles.
Many of my older friends have died.
At what point in your life did you notice that you're getting older?
I'm 42.
KT

I felt like 20 at 42. Is it life circumstances or your body that makes you feel old?

For me it was 2005 and I was 55. Went to take my pilot's physical and failed! Went to the doc and she suggested zillions of tests & I ended up with glasses, BP meds, Cholesteral meds, and a prostate "alert." I felt old at 55.
She suggested I start treating my body like a temple instead of an amusement park. Started jogging and then running marathons, lost 20 pounds, high blood pressure and cholesteral went away, prostate watch is still just a watch. Still needed glasses.
I got arthritis in my feet at 60 and had to stop running. I wanted to run the New York, Paris, and Rome marathons - didn't get to run Rome. Two out of three ain't bad I guess, but I'm feeling old again. Aches and pains everywhere all the time. It sucks.

[Schrup]

I couldn't do this in my 20s or 30s. I'm in the best shape of my life at 45.

[GH85Carrera]

I refuse to get older. It is never too late for a happy childhood!

[widgeon13]

I stopped worrying about getting older when I accepted the fact that there was nothing I could do to stop the process except take good care of myself.

[Danimal16]

55 is when it hit. Recovery rate on exercise and all of the friends aging and parents passing. Believe it or not there is still alot of good times though. Like the doc tells you need to change your life style because in 25 or 30 years you are going to feel the effects???WTF doc I feel them now so what does it matter

[Superman]

I attended my 35-year class reunion last month. Those people are getting old.

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by Danimal16

55 is when it hit. Recovery rate on exercise and all of the friends aging and parents passing. Believe it or not there is still alot of good times though. Like the doc tells you need to change your life style because in 25 or 30 years you are going to feel the effects???WTF doc I feel them now so what does it matter

Same here on passing 55. Started noticing that the body just did not rebound as well as it used to. Still feel great most of the time but I realize that I am not 30 anymore.

[A930Rocket]

I'm 51 and noticed it this year. Stress form work over the year and then out of work for a while. My hair turned gray early, just like my dad's hair did. Just seem to be tired more, can see the age in my face over the past 10 years, skin looks and feels thinner/wrinkled, so I started swimming/walking/jogging some. Lost some weight, but still need to work on it.

Don't know of any friends that passed on, as I've lost touch with almost all from high school. Never made it back to any reunions.

[Geronimo '74]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I refuse to get older. It is never too late for a happy childhood!

Glen, I swear, we must be related or something...
"I refuse to get older" has been -word for word- my motto for years, and it will be for many more.
"it's never too late for a happy childhood" is the perfect completion for it.



Only reason why I could think I'm getting older is that I get more attention from women now than a few years ago...

[targa911S]

This year I face 60. Although retired from the corp world, I'm actually very busy between 2 bands and smithing. Keeping busy is the key in my book. I feel great when I have a busy week more than when I just sit and do nothing. Then I feel like a slug. I know this sounds silly but 48 years of playing music and playing out has kept me "young". I look around me at stores and stuff and I see guys that are my age and less that jut look old and fat. I eat crappy, don't exercise, and smoke. Yet I've only gained 5 lbs since my twenties. I don't bounce back as fast from 3 a.m. club shows, but I still manage to work at the shop 2 days a week play 2 shows a week and get my home chores done. I think it's all in your head. Both my parents are dead now, and I have played at least 5 benefits this year for families in need of help after a loved one died at my age and less. Yes my hips are going out, arthritis is getting to my hands now, and it takes me longer to recover from illnesses like the flu and such but other than that I still feel great. The body may be preparing to die but my head is refusing to cooperate.

[pete3799]

So who's the old guy in the photo?
I've not changed a bit.......well except when i look in the mirror.
I'm still fairly spry, but the knees are starting to complain a little. Takes a while to staighten them out after squating to work on something.

[Superman]

Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.