Ages and being bothered?

hi ElicBxn then you can understand what I am feeling as my adult son will be 51 June the fifth and now I really feel like 83 . so you are just a youngster yet,he he. Mentally I do not feel like I am that old, but sometimes physically I am reminded hey you are a senior now. No that's not strange at all, I mean you are not strange at all,thats normal and really very human.

My oldest brother would have been 67 this year, had he lived to see 2008. It was a shock to know how old he was when I saw him after so many years apart but to me, he was still the older brother who used to take me to the bowling alley for a cherry coke--real cherry cokes back then, what they used to call fountain drinks. My other brother and sister are both older, 58 and 64 respectively, but their ages don't bother me, really. Maybe because we live so far apart, I still think of them as they were 40 years ago. On the other hand, I know I'm older. I turned 56 in April but it's as unbelievable to me as if you told me the sky was purple at midday. I don't feel that old. The ones that disturb me are my two sons, who will turn 22 and 23 this September. THAT time flew by unbelievably fast!

One of the joys of being older is looking (up) at people such as my 6-foot-plus cousin John, & reminding him I used to change his diapers. It does take the wind right out of his sails...;o) It doesn't bother me half as much as when, mumbledy-mumble years ago, a teen snert (well, he meant to be polite, I'm sure...) called me "Ma'am" when I was (get this) sixteen...!? "What was that about?!" I thought to myself. "He couldn't be more than 3 years younger than I am!" Made me feel downright gray, I swear! Now, it's just a reminder that despite my less-than-stellar health, I'm still here, & beating all the odds! You can have most of my stuff, Elic, when they toss my carcass to the worms. I won't be interested it it much, there. Just remember to let Darlene have first choice. By the way, how did you feel when I rounded my last 4 decades? Maggiepie "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." ~ Alexis de Tocqueville

I really don't worry about my age. I'm just thankful i'm still around. An eye opener for me is that my oldest son is 49 years old today.I just can not believe he is that age. It sure doesn't seem like he should be that old. Doesn't seem like it's been that long since he was born.

Your brother is turning 60? My SON will be 50 in July. I think that it isn't possible. Then, I look at his bald head and his white VanDyke and think that it's time the calendar caught up with his appearance.

LOL, I can relate. My brother is turning the big 50 this year. My own birthdays don't seem to bother me but I really 'feel' for my brother...because age does bother him. He was in a total funk when he turned 40, and turning 50 is hitting him even harder. He really shouldn't dwell on the age though because he is extremely fit..better than some 30somethings..but I know that he's still fretting over the big 50.

Hi Elic It used to bother me but not any more, I always say you re as old as you feel and as you let yourself be I m 50 next Year yes I am dreading it lol, I have to say that, because I do not understand where the years have gone, now they seem to go faster I mean we are already half way through the Year again, in 2 months I will be starting to make Christmas Cards again I can't believe how fast it is going lol but well we can't stop it so just be as old as you feel Girl

My age does not bother me, except I feel old because my weight is dragging me down. I could feel exceptionally young if I just got rid of some of this excess. My husband delights in feeling young, and he is eight years older than I am. He still sometimes gets mistaken for thirty something, and he is almost sixty five.

My age does not bother me, except I feel old because my weight is dragging me down. I could feel exceptionally young if I just got rid of some of this excess. My husband delights in feeling young, and he is eight years older than I am. He still sometimes gets mistaken for thirty something, and he is almost sixty five.

My age does not bother me, except I feel old because my weight is dragging me down. I could feel exceptionally young if I just got rid of some of this excess. My husband delights in feeling young, and he is eight years older than I am. He still sometimes gets mistaken for thirty something, and he is almost sixty five.

Hi ElicBxn, I think it does affect you when others turn a certain age. I have been ivited to a 30th birthday party of a friends daughter and I am staring at invite in disabelief thinking surely she can't be that age it only seems like five minures ago that she was at school. Not so much with my own siblings or children though as I see them gradually growing up and older around me. Huggles. Ellie :D

Hi ElicBxn, my papa treats me like a kid all the time! And I dont really try to change that as I feel I dont know for how long he is around, and nobody would treat me like a kid after him, so I kind of accept it all while the going is good. :) Now, that makes me feel young almost all the time, even though I am at wrong end of 50 now. :) I am childish I guess. :) I do have mature opinions, which never get heard. :) I share them with mylotters out here. :) But no, age does not really scare me as much as losing papa does.

I'm not really bothered with my age though a lot of women at my age are bothered in turning 30. I'm not really that old yet considering I already have two kids. Three years from now I'd be turning 30 already. I'm bothered with my parents age. I'm living far away from them and I don't get to see them that often. Mom is already 50 and Dad is 60. They're both not physically healthy and are living with my youngest sister who is a Nurse. I hope I still have a lot of time to spend with them. I'm really close to my Mom and Dad. I also want them to be able to spend a lot of time with their grandchildren. That's why each year added to their age bothers me a lot.

Well, I turned 40 last year, which was a big thing for me, but I mainly feel old by thinking of my children growing up. My eldest daughter will be 20 in October and that makes me feel ancient!! There is 30 years between me and my little sister (from my Dad's 2nd marriage) and she will be 10 this year.

Its when your kids turn 50 that gets ya

Your empathy for/with(?) your siblings does seem a bit strange to me. I have had no such feelings for my siblings. I remember as I approached 30, I dreaded it so much that when I turned 29 I had a really, really hard time. I was working with a bunch of people and my boss was giving me a really hard time about my age and it affected me badly. Turning 30 and 40 was fine but turning 50 was a real non-event and I was really disappointed about that. My elder daughter recently turned 40 and that was a big shock to me. At 30, both my daughters attained maturity in my mind's eye but now my elder daughter has acquired "age". I'll be 58 this year and having a 40 year old daughter is having a weird role reversal effect on me...now that IS weird.

my brother's more bothered by age issues than i am. he calls himself "old" every day (he's frickin 45). i told him you can't call yourself old.i'm the one with replacement parts already,not you. (i still don't feel old tho)

My hubby and I both are the youngest in our families, he has 4 siblings and I have two. My middle brother seems to be affected when I have a birthday. I don't know why because he's just 2 years and some months older than me and my oldest brother is the same way, 2 years and some months older than my middle brother. Not much of an age difference but the way they treat me, you'd think I was a child.

I'm the oldest, and every age I've hit so far hasn't bothered me, but when the younger siblings hit that age, yikes. Nope, you're not weird at all.

Think of yourself as being 58 years YOUNG...then the shock won't hit you as hard. cdrxo