It's Official: 40 is the new 60.

Well I have always said you are as old as you feel, a lot of People seem to think oh I am 60 now so well I have to act to it I suppose as I am past it So I just am the age tat I feel and no matter what look after yourself and keep yourself young and that is what you will be

So i am only 41, not bad at all. I do wonder where all the years have gone now I am nearing my 62 nd birthday, but I would not wish to be any younger. I can act disgracefully and say, ' cant help it because i am senile' , or ,' i am allowed to be naughty as i am old'. i wear jeans, boots, have my hair cropped and spiky, i can wear mad jewellery although i have got pearls.(pink pearls) i never wear sensible shoes or carry normal handbags. I have my ears pierced 3 times in each ear, I do not go to bingo or whist clubs. I love authors like stephen king and Geoffrey deaver, but also like some of the chick lit books. i work in an all female office, well nearly all female and one gay, bless him !! they all call me auntie or mum and like to tell me all their woes as they know i can keep secrets. one of my dearest friends is a male to female transgender, i have stuck by her through thick and thin. according to my husband i drive like a bat out of hell. All i need is horns and a tail and a number on the side of my car. I am lucky enough to be reasonably fit and always give my correct age when asked. not like some singers and actors who i can remember from the 60's and 70's who were older than me then, but are younger than me now. Strange but true ??? I have read all the above and wow i sound pretentious, but this is really how i am. i dont pretend to be younger and dont wear any thing revealing, i just dont dress or act like the percieved image of an oldster.

I don't see why people have to become "old" just because they've reached a certain number. I think if you stay active you'll continue to be young even if the number says you're old. I love your attitude.

To feel young and keep young one should be free from any chronicle disease. since you feel young, your physique should be good.Once it happened in my life, I was staying in my brother-in laws house who is younger to me by 20 years. One day he introduced me to his neighbor and the neighbor immediately told me that I look younger than him. My brother in law is suffering from diabetes and I, till today by grace of God, hale and healthy. My activities also reveal that I am younger than my actual age.

The old people I knew were cool. For some reason, it seems like around the 1980's when older people seemed to be "out" or something. You remind me of a thought I had a couple days ago. I thought about older people letting the young come out and thought, "so what." People should be themselves and not let society dictate how they should act -- unless they're doing harmful things.

I am 61 and I don't know exactly what age I feel like, but when I'm talking to people in their 20's and 30's, I forget that I am not their same age. I think of myself as being the same age I have always been...if that makes sense. When we are younger, our parents seemed so old (bet they didn't think of themselves that way), and the older we get, the younger age 50, 60 and even into the 70's feels. I listen to hard rock and new age. What you will find is that the music you loved in your 20's is always going to be the music you prefer. My folks grew up with big band music. They would tell me to "turn down that noise"! I have to admit tho that I hate wrap music and think to myself "turn OFF that noise"! But another thing that I think makes your generation and mine (boomer) still feel young is the cultural changes of the 60's. My folks suffered thru a depression and I grew up in "Happy Days". Big difference in how you look at things. Starting with the Hippies, our dress codes seemed to change as well. People didn't wear jeans in 1930 and 40, unless they were farmers in overalls! Our language has also become less formal and actually more inappropriate. Who do oyou know now that doesn't use the F word. There are so many other influences from the 60's and I can't begin to go thru all of them. But Boomers make up almost half of the entire population and we all went thru the 60's. So everyone is now going to seem younger as they age. I also happen (by some good fortune) to look younger than my actual age and when people say they think I look more like late 30's I say it's just because I act immature! It's hard for me to imagine your age group fretting over growing older. But I will tell you one thing that will help you age without worrying about becoming an old fart. Those dreams and plans you still have....at 37 you are still working to prove yourself and toward becoming successful. By the time you hit late 40's, you will realize that you no longer have anything to prove. You will have already been there and done that, and you will see more humor in life, feel less need to deal with the BS and it will give you a whole new freedom to be exactly who you are, not who you feel you are expected to be. And that is when the fun really begins!

Well, if that is true then woman shouldn't feel bad about turning 30,40,50, then. Yes, that is what keeps me young that link to my younger self inside. Who loves playing in the rain,throwing snowballs,making snowmen, and having fun, I would love to be able to take life with both hands and run with it..but responsibilities are always blaring us in the face and so we have to tone down the kid in us and only let it out on occasion. Yeah, I know about the aunties,uncles, and grandparents being so stiff and proper..hell they thought lacy bras and panties where taboo..and I always felt stifled in their presence. I'm 35 but at times when things are going good and not alot of worries I feel like a 19 year old again when like was fun,easy and less stressful.

I'd like to go play pretend, but can't find any playmates...

Well, I have got past 60 and don't feel quite used up yet! I like pop music and quite enjoy a lot of it. I don't know whether it is because I am a baby-boomer who grew up through the 1960s or not, but I don't feel much older than about 20. Apart from a few pains that it! _Derek

Well cool, I can be 32. That's just fine with me. I'm pretty sure I'm not staid and used up! Walks off humming "I won't grow up"...

Yeah!!! I was just thinking about this the other day. Im 54 and feel like im in my 30's. Except i have more aches and pains than i did when i was really in my 30's.

Hey MsTickle! I'm with you girlfriend! I freak out alot of my friends when I tell them I have the new "Rhianna joint" (new CD) and I can get down to the latest "Black Eyed Peas" joint! I just low the latest music as much as I love my old time Rock! I can switch on a dime! I will go from Led Zepplin to Ne-Yo! I am as crazy as ever when it comes to music! And I don't dress like an "old fart", but I also don't dress like a teenager either! I know what I like and I still like to dress hip! I wear my "skinny jeans" with my very cool boots and I wear big gold hoop earrings and have 3 piercings so I wear 3 pairs of earrings in each ear, 2 studs! As my boyfriend says, when it comes to going out "It's on and popin"!(Oh, yeah, he's 11 years younger than me too!)

I am still a teenager at heart, and I hope that I never lose that feeling. I am very active and love playing and having fun, especially with my kids. I think it makes it easier for me to relate to them, because I can view things from an adult perspective, but I have not yet lost the perspective of the child inside me, either. I have gotten a taste of "my mind says yes but my body says no" after having my little one, because I had complications from my C-section. I think that is how older people feel when their body is showing signs of age but their hearts and minds are still very much young and ready for an adventure. I hope that as I get older I can remain active, since I think that helps to keep the body able to keep up with your mind and heart.

I feel like I am about 25 inside. Not a little kid but not in my 40's. I want to go swimming and play with the littlies in the sand pit not sit and knit coms. I'm lucky at the moment because my next door neighbours are still living with their mum and we refer to them as the girls even though they are (twins) older than us. On the other side of us is my lovely 100 year old neighbour, you can't possibly feel old living here. I even like some of the rap and hip hop songs i have heard recently.

by the time we are 90, the 60 i going to be new 90 right...so as 90 we are going to go to the health club and start in the olympics...hope so... by the time we are 120 it is going to be new.... ah, maybe not.

heck ya I got that youngen in me as I love to dance in the rain and play in the snow if we get any. Just becasue ya hit the 60 or 70 thats years young not old!. If I dont look in the mirroe I can really fill young the way I see myself lolololol

Yes... you're as old as you feel, my friend. I've always said that age is just a number that isn't important. What IS important is that you enjoy life, for as long as you see fit. People, especially the younger set, have often asked me my age... my reply, "I'm as old as you think I am". Then they start guessing, to try and goad it out of me. ha ha ha. Most put me at least 5 years younger, maybe 10. It's the way you present yourself; the way you treat others; and the fact that you can appreciate others and laugh with them, I feel. Enjoy your 37th year, my friend. he he! Brightest Blessings.

I feel just like you and I am 70 but I do not feel it or look it. (Thank heavens)

i feel i am still in my 20s maybe because i still have kids at 2 and 6, aside from the 2 teens that i have. i love to play with the little ones. and that makes me feel a bit younger at 41.

Hi Ms. Tickle, That's the attitude. it's only the age that age not what we feel. i am happy hearing this from you. i hope more people will be more comfortable with themselves as they age and deal with life happily.