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I'm 35. Until I was about 33/34 I felt like I was in my early-twenties. I know to some that's still young, to others that's over a decade away, but over the co

by ed209 14y ago

I'm 35. Until I was about 33/34 I felt like I was in my early-twenties. I know to some that's still young, to others that's over a decade away, but over the course of this year I think I have crossed over a bright white line as you put it (although not the middle aged one I hope). That's not to say I feel worse, just different. Where I once felt invincible, I now feel experienced or where I once had endless energy to throw at something I now have the nous to work out a way of doing it with less energy.

mmagin 14y ago
I'm slightly younger than you. I think there's a certain point in adulthood when you realize that you are just like all those old people who came before you. You realize that your parents, perhaps in late middle age and hopefully in good health, still just think of themselves as adult people, not that much different than you probably think of themselves. But, they're "old", you think. And then your brain finally makes the leap and realizes you're getting old -- because everyone is getting old -- and that in a few decades, you'll be old and eventually dead too. It's not a bad thing really -- certainly it makes it easier to put aside many of the trivial hangups and foolishness of youth, but I think it brings with it a certain sense of urgency.
- dhughes 14y ago
  I'm 43, single, no kids and did feel young until last December when both parents in their 70s became sick. Mom diagnosed as diabetic Dad with IPF (incurable lung disease, among other blue collar stuff). Now I feel old. Nothing makes you feel old like realizing there is a definite point in time when your way of life will change, significantly. I'm in the forever alone club but thought one day I'd meet a girl, no luck yet. I wanted to have kids and have my parents be grandparents since I never knew my Dad's father since he died at age 56. At most my parents have maybe ten years but their health is rapidly declining which is a shock. Anyway at some point there will be some event that makes you go from feeling like 20 to feeling like 50. It makes you give up Red Bull, stop eating crap and exercise but that's nothing like being healthy all your life, a last minute rush just won't do it.

by ed209 14y ago

mmagin 14y ago

I'm slightly younger than you. I think there's a certain point in adulthood when you realize that you are just like all those old people who came before you. You realize that your parents, perhaps in late middle age and hopefully in good health, still just think of themselves as adult people, not that much different than you probably think of themselves. But, they're "old", you think. And then your brain finally makes the leap and realizes you're getting old -- because everyone is getting old -- and that in a few decades, you'll be old and eventually dead too. It's not a bad thing really -- certainly it makes it easier to put aside many of the trivial hangups and foolishness of youth, but I think it brings with it a certain sense of urgency.

dhughes 14y ago
I'm 43, single, no kids and did feel young until last December when both parents in their 70s became sick. Mom diagnosed as diabetic Dad with IPF (incurable lung disease, among other blue collar stuff). Now I feel old. Nothing makes you feel old like realizing there is a definite point in time when your way of life will change, significantly. I'm in the forever alone club but thought one day I'd meet a girl, no luck yet. I wanted to have kids and have my parents be grandparents since I never knew my Dad's father since he died at age 56. At most my parents have maybe ten years but their health is rapidly declining which is a shock. Anyway at some point there will be some event that makes you go from feeling like 20 to feeling like 50. It makes you give up Red Bull, stop eating crap and exercise but that's nothing like being healthy all your life, a last minute rush just won't do it.