| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 10/26/2007 1:30:29 PM | I had no idea what life would like at 50-60. I'll soon be 60 and I just love it. You can really notice the insanity around you as you age. And you begin to notice just how dumb we all are!!!!!!!! | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 10/26/2007 7:04:26 PM | I thought I'd be married and have " the picket fence, kids , dog, etc"
That guy up there sure has some different ideas about how we are to live our lives..
But I have to admit I look pretty good for my age.. Good genes I guess.. | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 10/29/2007 6:53:36 AM | I wasn't sure I would make it this far. I had a great-grandfather die at 49, a grandmother at 56 and my dad at 58. There is no longevity gene in my family. But here I am at 58, on my own, and with a list of things I want to do:
skydiving
Tai Kwan Do (looking into it)
Driving to the Black Hills
Build a new patio (still figuring out how)
Hold my first great-grandchild
Write a murder mystery (doing it)
As long as I'm able, I'm going for everything I can.
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 10/29/2007 8:02:16 AM | Gawd .... what anal geek ever even thought about being over 50 until they were middle aged at 35. .... that's right .... 35 is middle age folks .... get used to it.
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 10/29/2007 8:49:43 AM | | I Know how you feel....I thought my path was set and life with that soul mate was set in cement but the happy marriage ended......but I still have a beautiful grand daughter to spoil and love every chance I get.........still looking for a great man to share her with! | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/18/2007 12:15:39 PM | I never thought about it until I was like 45! And then it didn't bother me at all. I got "bothered" by the fact that I turned 50 and my spouse died 3 weeks before that. So now on reflection and looking forward I wonder NOW what my life is to be like. Of course at 49 and the planning we (spouse & I) had done to begin thinking of "just us, again" (kids gone, etc) was well under way. Guess what? Planning went down the drain. Now I plan on a smaller scale and shorter term mostly.
So NO! I didn't think life would be like this at 52. But I'm still going strong and I have HOPE that each day is just as fresh as today was when I woke up! | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/18/2007 12:54:31 PM | | I didnt spicifically think about 50. I just always thought my husband and I would be sitting at some point on our rockers watching the grands and enjoying our beautiful mountains. He passed 9 yrs ago and I tossed out the rockers. My seat now is anywhere I choose to sit my butt. Sometimes on the back of a Harley, soemtimes in my car and anywhere else I may find a cushy seat. lol Isn't it grand how life changes!!!!! LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/18/2007 1:01:35 PM | I have always believed I would live to be 100 and that most of those years would be very good ones. So far so good! I still feel as though I am 20 years old--no pains, in even better shape than I was at 20, etc. And I think I look great for my age too!
Even with that positive outlook, things still turned out quite a bit better than expected. There is nothing I could do at 20 that I can't do at least as well or better today. And many things I can do much, MUCH better... | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/18/2007 1:08:49 PM | | I hate to be a wet blanket on this but to be honest, I felt a lot better at 50 then I do now at 58......... For me, aging seemed to happen almost overnight........it was like I was fine, then I hit 55 and suddenly I couldn't deny that I was old anymore! Anyone else experience it like that? | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/18/2007 3:25:17 PM | 50 is just 10, five times. 
Which means we are still humans, after all. Age does not change that fact...And once the kids are raised, we can get back into things we wanted to do or even discover new things. I would love to get an RV now and travel, looking for rocks. But sadly, for now, I have to work. But I just know that someday, I WILL win the lottery...
earthen aka squeak | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/18/2007 4:02:25 PM | i thought that when i was 50 life would be just about over, that i'd be sedentary, have a lot less interests and i'd have to act a certain way-
go figure...
life is better now, i'm more active than when i was younger, have more interests and act any damn way i want...
i'm loving it! | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/18/2007 4:29:30 PM | The biggest motorcycle club in the world is Ulysses.
Junior membership is 45 Full membership is 50. Junior members have to help senior members with arthuritis on and off thier bikes. | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/18/2007 4:39:55 PM | | My dream would be to take off with my partner in life and travel in an RV all over the place for about a year..........that would be so much fun! Can't do that alone! | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/18/2007 4:51:00 PM | ^^^ Technically, you can. The only thing stopping you, is you.
I've traveled many places on my own. I've said in other threads, it seems women are more reluctant to do so than we are. Curious as to why that is.
Last week I took a quick trip to AZ with some buddies and rode through on motorcycle. We stayed one night in Holbrook, AZ. While there, ran into a group of retired women at a restaurant. Got to talking with them. Turns out, they were all either widowed or divorced and had decided they didn't want to just sit around anymore. They all had places they wanted to see, so they are doing just that. Pooled together and purchased a large RV. Traveling all over as a group. They were a blast to hang out with, had a million stories to tell and already had tour plans well into next year. Cheers to them! | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/18/2007 4:51:13 PM | | Age is just a number. I don't feel 50 and don't feel I even look close to 50. I act like a teenager sometimes and enjoy cutting up. I do have an urgency to find a companion since I've been divorced 15 years plus but come what may I have friends and family that fulfill me for the most part. I have had some wonderful relationships with a few men and then some not so wonderful ones. I would like to find my best friend but if not I guess I can handle it. I don't watch tv and am thinking about going to college for the first time. I ride horses and own a motorcycle. Age is just a number. | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/18/2007 5:08:28 PM | I am sitting here watching the American Music awards. Wonderfully I recognise most of the music being presented. That's the inner child in me that is timeless. As long as I can keep it nurtured and nourished I believe I can be timeless! On the other hand I look at other people my age and wonder why they look so old? Then I see the mirror.....  | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/18/2007 8:37:31 PM | | My favourite saying is "Time only exists because of man's need to measure it." If we did not measure time no one would know how old they were. I was born in 1953 but i only admit to being 30. Thirty is fun. | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/18/2007 9:03:55 PM | I'm past 50, but I remember what it felt like when I was in my fifties. I felt much better than I thought I would, and I enjoyed everything more than I expected I would.
I remember what it felt like when I was in my sixties. Again, I felt much better than I thought I would and enjoyed everything more than I expected I would.
Now, I'm almost 70, and guess what. Pleasantly surprised to find I feel much better and enjoy stuff more than I expected to. Looking back, every age so far has had it's own pros and cons. I wouldn't change anything and wouldn't want to go back. Like they say "it's all good".  | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/19/2007 3:31:44 AM | Topjack, I don't know any women who would do that........Most of my friends are married and do those things with their husbands. If I did, I would probably do it but it still wouldn't be the same.
I would like to ooh and aah over the wonders of the world while holding hands with my love and having him hold me and kissing and all that stuff.......... Mushy, huh? | |
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| Did you think life would be like this at 50?
Posted: 11/19/2007 3:00:54 PM |
I would like to ooh and aah over the wonders of the world while holding hands with my love and having him hold me and kissing and all that stuff..........
Well, so would I; mushy or not. And honestly, I'm not a mushy guy. lol
The realism of the situation however, is that life will not wait for you to find your love. So while you're putting those things on hold, life is continuing and one never knows what will happen in the next moment.
Personally, I'm not willing to press the pause button on my life to wait for a love that may or may not ever come and risk miss experiencing those things completely. | |
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