Is 50 Old?

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:39 pm

My husband is turning 50 this year. It scares my to know we are getting up in the years? I know we have some time left, but it doesn't seem like much, it's moving too fast. :-1

persephone · Post by **persephone** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:44 pm

It's so old I couldn't even begin to imagine being that old... Don't be so silly, people now days live to be 90-100+

You are only as old as you feel, and if you feel old before your time then you will be old.

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:48 pm

Not too old!

But being a guy turning 50 can be a drag since you have to start checking regularly for prostrate and colon cancer.

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:57 pm

Tombstone wrote: Not too old!

But being a guy turning 50 can be a drag since you have to start checking regularly for prostrate and colon cancer. eh Tombstone. I had that checked out five years ago. All engines go go go :wah:

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 5:50 pm

yes those important areas need checking, as his father has prostate cancer but it is dormant as the mother treats him with homeopathic remedies. testing is important.

rachelg · Post by **rachelg** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 6:03 pm

I don't think 50 is old, but I do think it can be a wake up call to some that their life is marching on and that they need to take time to do the things that matter :guitarist My wake up call came with losing my best friend to cancer at the age of 42. Just when you think you have your whole life ahead of you...

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 6:15 pm

I passed 50 20 years ago. I didn't feel old then, and don't feel old now. Some people are old at 40, look it and act it. Genes has a lot to do with it and I am blessed with good genes. I still scuba dive to 100 ft., play volleyball, and can beat most pudgy 40 year olds at squash. By the way--------I would recommend a Prostate Check (PSA) starting at age 40, age 35 if you are African American.

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:15 pm

My husband just turned 55 (I just turned 40)

I feel older than he is! he is just the same as he was at 50 or 45 - no different ~ age is in your head!

I on the other hand was 30 when I was 15...

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 12:33 am

I've just turned 46 and i'll probably upset y'all but i'm dreading the number 50, yea yea i know its not old, but i felt exactly the same at 30 and at 40.

Maybe its because i could'nt have children and so did'nt age the same as my friends, i sometimes relate more to their children than i do them!! my b/f is 10 years younger than me so maybe that has something to do with it..

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:06 am

It better not be.... Ill be 53 tomorrow.. I cant believe it...I never really thought I looked old... until actually very recently. It really doesnt bother me though. Looking into the bright shining eyes of someone young,is a lovely feeling. Its almost the same as appreciating nature. But looking into the eyes of someone older...if theyre a kind hearted person..is a very comforting feeling. I am very grateful that I have been healthy. Nothing debilitating, that worries me a bit.Hoping the good health will last.

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:09 am

I am just 48! YIPPIE....i am still young enough to date a younger man, no i won't do that, i can still ride a bike, and i can still drink (the drinkers) under the table. Holding at 48, as long as i can. The one thing i need is to get rid of some FAT. no smoking i am eating more, but no cigarettes again.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:30 am

:yh_party :yh_party HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEDER..!! HOPE IT'S A SPECIAL DAY..!!

I will be 58 in September...It is a wakeup call, no matter how you look at it. I don't feel old.. But the body does start giving you little hints that you may have played just a bit to much in your YOUTH..!!

I have alway be a very physically active person...Lots of sports, exercise.. and just very busy.. Well the past year, and half I just stopped doing sports, and exercise, for no special reason, just stopped.. I even kept very active all through MENAPAUSE..But lately my get up and go, got up and went.. Just making it to work is an effort..!! I JUST GOT LAZY, AND I FEEL IT.. MY BODY ACHES, I HAVE PUT ON WEIGHT.. UGGH...

So remember this, keep active, eat right, see your doctor for regular check up, and most important of all LOWER YOUR STRESS LEVELS.. and don't be so hard on yourself..

I'M SLOWLY GETTING BACK MY EXERCISE ROUTINE... FOR ME THAT'S KEY. I DO HAVE A MANY SKELATAL PROBLEM...BODY HAS TAKEN A BEATEN.. EXERCISE IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN KEEP THE PAIN, AND STIFFNESS AWAY.. SO OFF MY BUTT, AND OUT FOR A WALK..!!

matureman · Post by **matureman** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:02 pm

tmbsgrl;23098 wrote: Paula,

50 is not old. it is mature. My dad is turning 50 in June. He acts like he is 20. he is doing things now that he has never done. He amazes me. You are only as old as you feel. You seem like you still have a lot of spunk!

thank god for that, :guitarist

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:09 pm

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Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:33 pm

I like to think 50 is not old! i've got a birthday in about a month and i will be 41 and will have less than 10 years before i reach 50!

i like to think you're as old as you feel, if so then i'm about 16 a lot of the time because i tend to give off a very childish quality at times, then if i've had a hard day on the farm and am all stiff and sore, i feel about 100!

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:35 pm

Good question--------I happen to live in a retirement community of 3,000 individual homes and about 5,400 people where the average age is 71. Most young people would say we are a community of old people, however, the majority of the residents are fairly affluent and quite active physically. Some of the residents look, act and no doubt feel old, but they would be the exception. I think there is a direct correlation between finances and how you look and feel and act. Have you ever noticed that really poor old folks look old and act old. People with means have the money, insurance etc. to take care of themselves physically, eat well and live well. Example----look at some of the aging show biz folks, they don't look or act as old as their poor peer group.

http://www.suncityroseville.org/

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:36 pm

50 is nothing try 60 then your really working things. I will be 61 in September dang how the hell did that happen. :-5

koan · Post by **koan** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:37 pm

I used to think 50 was old. It's like a Spring chicken now.

Tan · Post by **Tan** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:51 pm

Paula;23039 wrote: My husband is turning 50 this year. It scares my to know we are getting up in the years? I know we have some time left, but it doesn't seem like much, it's moving too fast. :-1

No.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:54 pm

Yes I did love them veggies. Now if I eat to many I get GAS.. :wah::wah:

[QUOTE]You ate all your veggies like your momma taught you? [/QUOTE]

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:33 pm

OMG...........

Heard today while driving that MR. Obama turned I think it was 47 years young...........

Being 52 this COULD be the first tyme in my life I would be older than our president.........

What was that again?

Oh yes:

You are ONLY as old as you feel....

:-3

There it REALLY works........ now I feel younger already repeating that out loud......:wah::wah:

mrsK · Post by **mrsK** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:04 pm

Fifties have been Fantastic.:-4

Sixties are going to be Sensational..........................................I hope,when I get there:sneaky::wah::-6

pantsonfire321@aol.com · Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:09 am

From where i'm standing (at 38) 50 seems bloody ancient (to me) but i'm sure it'll come around soon enough and catch me up.:driving:

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:40 am

I don't think 50 is old.

112 is old!

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:23 am

50 isn't old. Hubby has just 2 1/2 years left and I have 6 years left before we hit that number. If anyone gives me a hard time about my age, I just tell them "If I weren't getting older, I'd be dead"...I much prefer getting older. :wah:

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:14 pm

you either get old or die young!

i prefer getting older, as long as i'm in good health!

but being in my 40's is a little unnerving for me, i have never been bothered by my age before but this is bothering me a little!

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:17 pm

Hope6;943701 wrote: you either get old or die young!

i prefer getting older, as long as i'm in good health!

but being in my 40's is a little unnerving for me, i have never been bothered by my age before but this is bothering me a little!

Why?

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:26 pm

Lon;943705 wrote: Why?

i don't know, just something about when i hit 40, i got to thinking more about my age!

that old song keeps running through my head, something about i'm on the backside of 30, the short side of time! :wah: i can't remember it's name!

i'll be 41 in about 3 weeks and it just dawned on me the other day that i've only got 9 years and i'll be 50!

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:32 pm

Hope6;943707 wrote: i don't know, just something about when i hit 40, i got to thinking more about my age!

that old song keeps running through my head, something about i'm on the backside of 30, the short side of time! :wah: i can't remember it's name!

i'll be 41 in about 3 weeks and it just dawned on me the other day that i've only got 9 years and i'll be 50!

Only 9 yrs? I've only got 6! You're still a youngin. :wah:

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:38 pm

When I hit 30 I thought I was old.

When I hit 40 I thought I was old.

When I hit 50 I thought I was old.

When I hit 60 I realized I'd wasted 30 years thinking I was old.

Now I feel young!

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:46 pm

shelbell;943711 wrote: Only 9 yrs? I've only got 6! You're still a youngin. :wah:

well that makes me feel a little better! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:48 pm

Clint;943716 wrote: When I hit 30 I thought I was old.

When I hit 40 I thought I was old.

When I hit 50 I thought I was old.

When I hit 60 I realized I'd wasted 30 years thinking I was old.

Now I feel young!

oh wow, i need start thinking that way now then, i don't want to waste any time thinking i'm old, lifes to short as it is!

A.W. · Post by **A.W.** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:42 am

50 is only old if you make it to be.I'll be turning 50 in July and I'm looking forward to it.I still have my sense of humor and adventure,but it's tempered by maturity.I still feel young,but at the same time I feel mature and can do some things better now than when I was 20 or 30.I feel that I'm entering the second phase of my life,and I plan to make it a great one.:-6

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:01 am

What a lovely post. You should change your "I am" status to something other than sad, you sound like you're an optimistic person.

Post by **spot** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:39 am

A.W.;1355079 wrote: I still feel young,but at the same time I feel mature and can do some things better now than when I was 20 or 30.I'd be interested to hear what they are.

At school I found an article about skin-absorbed carcinogens, remembered what I'd done in the chemistry laboratory and spent the next fifteen years absolutely convinced I'd not reach 30, it was more a shock than a surprise to get there. I think that's made a permanent difference to the way I behave, I can't remember a time since school when I've not honestly believed I had less than two years left.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:16 pm

I cam across some family pics, the other day. They are from when my parents were turning fifty.

They looked so young then.

When I turned fifty it was no big deal. Only time I notice my age is when I do something silly, like playing football with the grandkids.

Ibuprofen is my friend.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:23 pm

No, 50 isn't old. You can still do almost anything you want to.

ur_next_ex · Post by **ur_next_ex** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:17 pm

Of course that means 30 is the new 12. . . .

martha · Post by **martha** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:14 pm

Next year I will be fifty. When I look in the mirror I'm so discourage! I tell myself I'm waiting for my age to catch up to the wrinkles on my face. Yea I realize this is all self pity but I cant' stop myself from seeing the aging of my body. Funny I see the world renewing itself with technological advances yet can't see the same for my body. Think this has something to do with hope in the future. The world doesn't operate on my timepiece. A new generation is always replacing what went before; for that I'm so grateful.

I'm also grateful for all the people who had to get old before and died with dignity. Being old doesn't mean forgotten. I know that is a cliche, but it's the truth.

One favorable aspect about being older than my kids is I can tell myself how happy I am I'm not in their shoes anymore and don't do the immature and inexperienced antics they do. They may have more energy than me they they don't use it very wisely, they arent as efficient in the use of what they have.

Older people have certain advantages over young people but since this isn't a competition I will try to a mature forty niner. The gold rush occured in forty nine. Never forget.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:42 pm

martha;1355396 wrote: Older people have certain advantages over young people

Indeed.

Post by **spot** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:29 am

martha;1355396 wrote: I can tell myself how happy I am I'm not in their shoes anymore and don't do the immature and inexperienced antics they do.Opps. I knew there was something I could give up for Lent, maybe that's it.