| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/22/2009 7:37:56 PM | | The one thing I've noticed is now I seem to be out of, or barely on the upper limit of, the desirable age range of women just 3 or 4 years younger than me. What's up with that? | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/22/2009 8:52:05 PM | | I'm turning 48 in a few days and I dont have a problem with it. I did however find out that I'm going to be a grandma today! oh wait....a grandma? now thats unnerving! | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/22/2009 10:13:57 PM | congratulations diamondgirl...
i have four of the beautiful little darlins'...
treasure your time with the baby,
they grow up soooooo fast.... | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/22/2009 10:56:52 PM | ... No, I never found turning 45 the worst. I think I probaby was at my very best around that age....
Now, more than ten years later I find that my eyesight is going, I can't drive at night, menus are a b1tch. I can't always be sure where sounds are coming from, I have learned to look where everyone else is looking....gross little things are growing on my body. My toenails are impossible to cut......shall I go on?
...maeflowers | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/22/2009 11:00:41 PM | Turning 45 wasn't bad at all and I will be 50 in 6 weeks. A few of my friends have done so this year and they (men and women alike) are still fabulous. As a matter of fact, I'm having a party...which is better than wallowing in self pity. Things could be much worse.  | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/23/2009 7:23:24 AM | | Turning 45 wasn't bad neither was turning 50. But last weekend I went to my 40th class reunion. I just want to know who invited all those old people? I am sure I couldn't have gone to school with people who are now that old. | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/23/2009 12:59:42 PM | Good God! I will be 62 in January. I do have a grumpy knee but I toured Italy last March and plan to tour France in 2010. I still workout five days a week and run a successful business. I also still date men and will continue to do so until I find my Mr wonderful. I do not have as much energy as I did when I was in my forties but I am still very active. There are some pluses such as discounts for senors. I can hardly wait until I am 65 and can collect CPP and OAP and become semi retired! There is still so much to do. I do as much now as I did in my forties. Eg I became a Toastmaster and a gold metal ballroom dancer in my fifties. I also took up Argentine Tango. Life just gets better and better. What is there to be bummed out about?
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/23/2009 5:34:52 PM | Turning 35 was my worst birthday. I spent my youth in graduate school, medical school and residency. I was in my third year of residency, still single, still childless, and not even gainfully employed.
Little did I know that within a year I would meet my husband to be, and within two years would be blissfully married.
40 was a great year. I was married and working on getting pregnant.
45 was a great year. I was married and had two beautiful children.
50 was a great year. My husband and I turned 50 within 16 days of each other and we had a blow out party with 100 of our closest friends.
55 happens in five days. I survived the death of my husband. I was blessed with supportive family and friends. I worked through my grief. I reentered the dating world
and by a miracle of God I have met a really terrific man that makes me happy. 55 will be a good birthday. I have my health, I have two terrific kids , I have friends, I have a supportive family AND I have the beginnings of a wonderful relationship. To top it all off , I look good for an OLD BROAD. LOL. Life is very good. | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/23/2009 8:18:25 PM | | Age is just a number. I'm 46 and still nobody can figure out my exact age...been mistaken for late-30s!! Again, thank goodness for genetics, too. Also I've taken care of my body and still have a very nice shapely body. Staying positive also helps my face look relaxed and youthful. | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/23/2009 9:46:07 PM | | Birthdays have never bothered me and turning 45 was no exception. They never bothered me until now. I will be turning 50 in a little over a year and this one has really brought me to distraction. I don't know if it is because I am not with someone right now, or the reality that I have not accomplished a great number of things that I had hoped too by this age. I don't feel this way all of the time, just sometimes when it's late, and I can't sleep, I find myself obsessing about it. | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/23/2009 10:01:01 PM | I guess if you look at turning a year older as something terrible then it will be. I love birthdays! It means I'm still healthy and still living, so I enjoy it! | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/23/2009 10:10:57 PM | | As long as we are above the ground it's a great day and we should live it to the fullest. There are still many great years to experience after 45. | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/24/2009 5:03:28 PM | On my 40th birthday, without warning, I found myself sitting on the floor of my closet (not a walk-in) crying unexplainably ... for hours - no one was home - but I was distraught. I never dreamed I'd have any emotional issues over that milestone. But I kept thinking - 40, and nothing to show for it.
My 50th birthday came and went uneventfully, because my mother was having surgery on that day, and my mind just wasn't there. However, I am enjoying my 50's; just don't have 'the one' to enjoy it with - yet. In four years I'll be 60; hopefully, I will be able to still be positive and upright.
45? A piece of cake, darlin darlin ... | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/24/2009 8:22:16 PM | My goodness. Gem (AKA the OP) posted this thread three years ago about turning 45...since the OP is no longer with us, I wonder how he/she is doing these days!
Original question? For whatever reason, 45 didn't bother me...but boy, 46 really did. I think it was because of many issues at that time. Then, lots of things changed. The month I turned 46 (August 2008), my aunt died suddenly of a brain aneurysm and we learned at the same time that my grandmother was dying of cancer. Last September and October are total blurs of going back and forth, being ready to hear bad news at a moment's notice, and so on. Grandma died in early October, so it will soon be one year.
In the ensuing months, I did tons of reflection and meditation. Among other matters, I realized that my biological family was shrinking -- and I needed to reorient my priorities ASAP. Guess what happened? When I did and opened up emotionally, in walked my younger sweetie. I feel quite confident that, had we met in early 2008, I would have rejected him.
My 47th birthday couldn't have been more different, or more wonderful. So...don't ever let age in and of itself get you down. If you have your physical and emotional health, just really be thankful. | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/25/2009 8:09:28 AM | | I'm not keen on the older body that comes with age but I do like the fact that I'm much wiser than I was in my twenties or thirties. | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/25/2009 8:47:34 AM | | OMG! What is a number? Simply that - a number! There is nothing you can do about your age. I turned 51 in July and I'm having the time of my life. Life is just too short to worry about the small stuff. I've seen friends of mine (mostly women) just fall apart when they hit 30, 40, 50. I live my life to the fullest each day because I never know what tomorrow will bring. Live life! | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/25/2009 9:29:26 AM | I have never understood people who let their age bother them. You can't change it, why would you let it bother you?
I just turned 46 a few weeks ago and it was a happy birthday, every birthday that we are here should be a happy birthday.
When you learn to appreciate just that, the number is just that, a number. | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/25/2009 11:07:03 AM | "Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?"
I hope someone smacked the OP before they left! haha
(now where that cane, dang, gotta find glasses FIRST!) | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/26/2009 5:18:44 PM | I turned 45 in July, and the only down thing that hit me right square between the eyes was the fact that in a short 5 years I'll be FIFTY!! THAT'S what's depressing for me. The older I get the faster the years go and I'm so NOT ready to turn 50! I mean, hell, I still feel like I'm 21 - except for when I get out of bed with all the aches and pains that seemed to have come from nowhwere! And, what's with me coloring the grays out only to have them creep up again 3 weeks later?! What's up with that?! Yeah, I have to say, my inner child is screaming non-stop nowadays because the inevitable seems to get closer and closer and I feel I haven't even LIVED yet!! | |
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| Okay, is turning 45 the worst or what?
Posted: 9/26/2009 6:49:28 PM | | 45 is awesome! My drive has never been higher, my kids are married, Im single, I went through my mid life crisis, and most people think Im my kids sister! I've never had more dates! WOO HOO life is great!!! | |
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