Life starts at 40

This is an old saying that I have not heard in a long long time. I know I would have been ready for the nut house if it took me until my 4o's to enjoy my life. Grateful that I enjoyed the 20's, 30's, 40's and now 50's. When you plan your life and accept life's surprises and readjust you continue to enjoy the journey. I believe that enjoying life is a mindset and I hope no one thinks it begins once 40. That would be sad.

you may be right at your way my friend.but it also has some fact that in most of case life starts at 40.bcoz when you have been finishes most of ur responsiblity or you have done most of ur work for ur spouse or kids.children have become more responsible but i would like to mention its another face.have you see Below Poverty line people or may be you have seen any slum area.do u think the same that their life can be start at 40 age?all the life they tried to get a one time full meal.so how can they expect they will get free ever from this situation at age of 40?

You heard this from many people? They say you are spiritually mature at 25 so that gives you 15 years to have their babies and see them nearly grown. I started birthing my baby when I was younger than that. It take me until atleast 25 before I realized what my mother had tried to instill in me was true.

I just heard of that from my friends on that age. Im just a half of 40 so I really can relate so much on it. I heard my friends me that if your husband loves you when you're 40 years old then that's "TRUE LOVE". And because of that I now believe that the person I will be with in the near future and will love me at the age of 40 then that would be the best gift from God. Nowadays it is hard to find someone who will love us and be faithful on us. I hope and pray to God that i will be able to found that person.

I'm not forty yet, but this sounds right. It just makes sense that once your kids are gone your life really does become free. As a youth, you are still inexperienced and life and probably don't know what you're doing. As a twenty or thirty something, you are probably married and have a good chance of having your hours filled with work and kids. At forty, you have life experience and you are solidly grounded in reality, so yes I would say that life does start then. However, I don't know how true this is. At lot more people wait to have kids until they are in their forties these days. Also, more and more older people have to keep working with the depressed economy and everything. And finally, a lot of college grads who can't find a job are moving back home to their parents which or course means an end to any freedom the child's departure gave.

well i've passed 40 and i don't know the answer to this either. i think it depends, though i remember feeling i was old in my twenties, and so there were things that i wanted to do that i just didn't do because for some ridiculous reason i thought i was too old. and then one day i realised how silly that was and started doing the things i had put off doing. i think on a superficial level, in the media, everything is about youth, but in the real world there are lots of older people doing exciting things, though, sadly a few aren't. so now i take the view, its only "too late" when they've put the nails in the coffin!

I would guess that we all grow up at different times and that there's no for-one for-all time that people are at ease and having the most fun of their lives. Although I do think my 30's will be a great decade. LOL. Just sayin'.

Hello!You're quite right.Especially for men speaking,more appropriate.Why?For forty years old,as the man speaking,really to mature,this time the responsibility of man has put in the first place,he was no longer naughty. Happy every day!

Hi! Yeah, I've seen on Today's show that indeed life starts at 40. I'm actually excited cause a year from now I'll be 40 and I can't wait. I can truly say that I know my self more now, what I want and what I'm comfortable with than a few years ago.

The statement "life starts at 40" is a popular statement. However, there are exception. there are a lot of people who are unemployed,some can not find a job to live a good life even though they have attain or surpass that age of 40. There are a lot of middle age person 30 40 and 50 who have not achieve much despite attaining the age of 40 or within. it is a reality that getting a university degree is not a enough. You still need the support of God to attain success in a world that is filled with too many sad news.

Well my life has started in a positive way after age 50. I've finally get more strength in my body after many years of illness. So I think it is very individually when you put down a milestone from where your life starts in the positive way. I can finally do more things that I've wanted to do during 40 years. There are many things that I wanted to do ever since I was a little girl. i'm trying to make them become true now.

Oh, I don't think this is true at all, especially because I am only 17. I feel as though my life is just starting, though, because I am only starting to gain freedom and make my own decisions, and possibly move away from my parents sometime soon. Also, my mom had me when she was 37, so when she was 40, she was taking care of a 3 year old me. Now she's 55, and I don't feel as though she has much of a life, because she spends a lot of time complaining and being kind of negative about things. I think her life started and ended in high school, because she's very obsessed with contacting old high school friends, and that's when the most happened to her. Since my high school life wasn't that great and I didn't have that many friends, I think my life started picking up a lot more and will develop more after. I don't think it is going to be long before I get out of college, hopefully start a career, help support me and the husband, squeeze out a few kids, and as nice as it would be, retirement would be even better, lots of alone time with the husband, tubes tied, rich kids to support me, I'm hoping!

No, I don't believe a bit in this. In my opinion, life starts now and not on any age. Living life should be done each and every day of our lives. I also believe that there is no such thing as completing your responsibilities as life is coninuously giving us responsibilities each and every day.

i just want to add a simple and a short sentence to your post, back when i was in my college life, i have a subject that explains to this, i think that is sociology, it is stated their specially for a man, that life actually begins at 40 years old, by the way im not a 40 year old man , but offcourse i believe on what the book says , heheehe,...

Hi! It is true to some extend because by the age of 40, if one is married, kids grow up and become somewhat self dependent. After 40 a man or a woman could find more time for himself/herself to pursue his/her hobbies.

Hi! I don't know about this saying because I'm far from 40 and I'm single so I can't say when my responsibilities would end or lessen. ^^ Right now though, I feel like I don't want to get to that point, where my life starts at 40. I don't even want to reach 30 yet. I already feel old in my late twenties! I do see a lot of people at their 40 who are enjoying their lives because their responsibilities to their children have decreased, just like you said. Still, even if I see people like that, I still don't want to be in their position yet.