When did you get old?

[BT1985]

Originally Posted by FTX I

I respectfully disgree to some extent. For me it's about choices. When, or at what age, no matter what, under any circumstance, 'your' choice will the best possible. Financial stability is crucial but its just part of the game IMHO.

I see your point. Financial independence paired with wisdom. Problem is we are always learning from our mistakes so how do you define “wise”.


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[AF_Rob]

I became comfortable with me as a man, knew what I wanted in a partner and in my professional life and what would make me truly happy when I was in my early 30’s.


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[FTX I]

Originally Posted by BT1985

I see your point. Financial independence paired with wisdom. Problem is we are always learning from our mistakes so how do you define “wise”.


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Great question. Thanks for adding to the debate my friend.

[FTX I]

Originally Posted by AF_Rob

I became comfortable with me as a man, knew what I wanted in a partner and in my professional life and what would make me truly happy when I was in my early 30’s.


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Took me longer but I'm glad it happened to me.

[crew]

At 63 I’m still working on getting old.
I hope to achieve that goal one day. It’s on my bucket list!

[BT1985]

Originally Posted by FTX I

Great question. Thanks for adding to the debate my friend.

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[mountainjogger]

I can't remember. The mind is the first thing to go.

[Andad]

72 in a couple of months.

Managed to check my tyres, oil etc. and take the R for a thrash round the hills on Saturday.

Still ticking and managed to find my way back home.

[_speedmaster_]

When I started to relate to the adults in movies.

[brandrea]

When my parents started to ask for and need my help.

[subtona]

When I got to a curb and said oh that’s high better take it slow.

[mfer]

I played b-ball with my kids over winter break. My back hasn’t been the same since. So yeah, now.

[haven_seeker]

When I turned 13.

From there, I instantly turned into an adult, knew I wasn't having children, and became a 40 year old man.

The transition was...instant.

[-lenny-]

I’ve been very responsible for decades. Lost my mother when I was 5, and growing upon a farm there was always work to be done, in exchange for my room and board (not an “allowance”)

I may not have children, but my wife and I have been married for 11 years, together for 18.

I don’t plan to grow old anytime soon, YMMV.

[Romeojk]

Originally Posted by AF_Rob

I became comfortable with me as a man, knew what I wanted in a partner and in my professional life and what would make me truly happy when I was in my early 30’s.


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I figured out what I wanted in a partner in my 30's too, the problem is... I was already married ~10yrs...so I figured I'd give her a few more years to change her ways (I think we all know how that goes) she's actually pretty good to me : )

[superdog]

I was born old.

And I just keep getting older.

I’m being truly serious too.

[caleblopez]

For me it's a mindset. Age is a number but so are cell blocks! Always striving to act respectably and be a honest member of society. But at 26 I'm already inching towards the big treinta!

[Rock]

People under 50 like to tell you stuff like "age is only a number", "You're only as old as you feel", "It's all about your attitude". etc.
This may be true if you are one of a small proportion of very superior physical/mental specimens.
For most of us, your body lets you know you are 'old' somewhere in your '50s/'60s.
This is when you start to find that your body will not allow you to do the things you have done up to that point without pain/damage.
My Mum (who lived to 103) was still jumping on the trampoline with her grandkids in her '80s. She was a superior specimen both mentally and physically.
Unfortunately I am not.

[FTX I]

Nice posts. Thanks for sharing guys.

[Headshrinker]

When I heard my wife’s card game ladies discussing how all their husbands and boyfriends needed the little blue pill. I do not use or need them, but my wife just laughed along with everyone else.

[Blansky]

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[GradyPhilpott]

I'm pretty active and have more aches and pains than I once had, but having lived a life involving a lot of walking, running, and heavy lifting, I've always had aches and pains, so that's more an issue of quantity than quality.

I think my age is really beginning to become more apparent as I now have age-related medical issues, such as hypothyroidism and borderline thrombocytopenia.

I think one of the surest signs is that nearly all strangers under the age of 50 call me sir.

[LandWatch]

I suppose I felt old, or perhaps mature, from an accepting responsibility perspective when my kids came along. This is real responsibility.

From a spirit perspective, now around 50, I still feel a teenager. I doubt that will ever change. Well, I hope it doesn’t.

There are times I’ve yearned for the independence of youth again, rather than the ties of responsibility, but at the same time I love my family and wouldn’t have it any other way.

[Old Geezer]

When I married. At that point there was someone else who would also suffer the consequences of my foolishness and immaturity. I became more responsible.

[watchfreak2003]

The day I realized that my new doctor is at least 10 years younger

[Blansky]

When peeing becomes a luxury.

5 years ago I didn't know what a urologist was and now he's my new best friend.

[FTX I]

In the strict sense of getting old I'd say when I've hurt my shoulder playing with myself.

[LandWatch]

Originally Posted by FTX I

In the strict sense of getting old I'd say when I've hurt my shoulder playing with myself.

I’m trying my best not to imagine that!

[pickettt]

When I started looking over and under my glasses to see.

[tudorbaja27]

Forever young...I want to be, forever young...