| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/12/2007 1:05:54 PM | I'm more comfortable with my 40's than when I was younger.
With age came confidence.
How could I not enjoy this time in my life...
My sons are 19+ thus giving me a new lease on life... ahhh
I still feel like I'm in my 20's until I pass the mirror then I look at the "laugh lines"
that have formed through age and smile.
Getting older no problem ... can't stop it... but I can sure try to slow it down !
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/15/2007 9:50:54 AM | " Happiness, to me, is waking up pain free and healthy. It doesn’t matter what my age is. "
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Amen to that... and I'm not even ready to get OLD yet... lmao
What age is old anyhow?
I know that answer changes based on the age of the person answering it...but is there a generally/universally accepted number for OLD people? ...besides 911 ?  | |
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/15/2007 11:56:38 AM | | You are the age you are. As we age I think we learn to enjoy and not get upset over stupid things. Now where did I put my keys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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Posted: 1/15/2007 2:08:48 PM | Not a thing wrong with enjoying your age and experience in life!  You are what you make of it!! I'm attracted to men of all ages, the younger ones, the older ones and the in betweens....just men! They're all different and they are all a mystery waiting to be found....Nice little surprises 
The only reason some women can't "deal" with getting older is because they think they should be perfect. They think men expect them to be perfect, but why do that to yourself? When you meet the right guy, you will be perfect to him. That's all that matters, right?? Life's little laugh lines are awesome....I'll take them anyday! | |
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Posted: 1/15/2007 2:34:10 PM | | I'm content with my age and the experiences I've had. What I do take offence to is the media and how it projects us older ones. | |
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Posted: 1/15/2007 9:13:00 PM | I love getting older .... so much more peace and serenity with myself and who I am .... If only I could of known what I know now, back then ... who knew life would be to great ... one of the things I like doing is telling people I'm older than I am ... then I get the "oh you look good for 45" response .... LMAO ... Live is good, very very good ........
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Posted: 1/16/2007 5:37:08 AM | Can't change the date on the calender, but we can prevent ourselves
from getting old before our time. I recently turned 50, and even though life
has not worked out exactly planned, it has been wonderful. Lots of things
happened along the way, that were not part of the plan, but that just kept
it from being boring. I am sure the future holds more of the same,
and just want to hang around as long as possible, to see how it all turns out.
Life is good. | |
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/16/2007 7:06:31 AM | .
What’s “older” mean to me? I’m retired and so can do whatever I wish. Most of my friends are also retired, or at a senior level in their professions, and can do almost what they wish. All the kids are long gone and most of us live alone. That means, for the most part, we can do almost anything we want.
Which means, we can go up to the cottage alone anytime we wish. She can come here (or I go there) for a weekend. Or, whatever. There is no one to “report” to. No one cares what we do. That’s cause no one is watching.
This morning, I went to the gym with three gals my age. No one had a busy morning, so I was tasked with cooking breakfast here. Not one cell phone rang. Not one person bothered us. We had a leisurely breakfast and then all went about our day’s activities.
That’s what “getting old” is to me: freedom.
I can interact with their kids, but it’s mostly on a friendly or professional level. No one ever asks what I do personally with mama. Nor does anyone in my family enquire. We are expected to do things together simply because we always have. And, now that we are older, and have more free time (and we are all single again), that’s easier.
Life has been good to me that way. It’s enjoyable.
Now . . . if I (or any of us) find a real sweetie I want to mate with, all that will change radically. That’s understood and expected. But, that’s then and this is now.
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Posted: 1/16/2007 8:15:39 AM | | I've been lucky to have my parents genes and look younger than my age - but I do believe a state of mind has a lot to do with it. Each age has it's own special plus, you just need to look for it and make the most of each day. Time flies when you are having a good time. | |
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Posted: 1/17/2007 11:32:18 AM | | When I was younger I had the same problem.. people thinking I was younger then my age. People still say I look younger then my age.. although 49 is a good age to have that problem.. LoL! I don't mind growing older.. in fact.. I find it an interesting part of my life. I just want to grow old gracefully... and with someone who is just as comfortable with that. | |
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Posted: 1/17/2007 11:48:19 AM | I get mistaken for much younger too. Someone recently thought I was about 35, which made me feel pretty good!
There was an old couple who I've known all of my life. They both died this past year within a couple of months of each other. He was 98 and she was 94. A couple of years ago while I was visiting with them they gave me some very sage advice. They told me to go out and do the things I enjoy doing now, like camping and hiking in the Sierras, becuase when I get to be their age, I won't be able to do those things any longer. Those words stick with me and give me a new perspective on life. They were SO right! | |
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Posted: 1/17/2007 2:09:00 PM | I believe the key is to enjoy life, no matter what the age. Sure when you get older you can't do a lot of things when you were younger, so seek other things to do. Just because you are older doesn't mean you have to shrivel up and die. I had my granddaughter at Christmas time for 3 days and she is 10.. What a lot of energy, she wore me out, but I would do it again. Young people keep you young!.. Whereas I could have her for 2 weeks before, 3 days was about the limit. She got me  out! lol | |
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Posted: 1/17/2007 2:36:12 PM | I am with you. My theory of getting old is all in the mind. If you think you are 52 in body and about 45 in mind, that is a good theory. I am in the same boat as you, looking younger than I really am, all my friends have been younger than me and we get along just fine.
In my later years life was just beginning for me. I took up sailing, walking, hiking, bird watching, volunteer for the Friend of the Detroit River and the Symphony. I am just enjoying
doing all these things and do not think about age.
Do'nt look forward to getting old, just look forward to enjoying life. You must be positive
about like and not be negative. This sure helps.
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Posted: 1/18/2007 4:01:42 PM | thank you for this posting! Here I thought I was the only one who enjoyed being older...
I have a way better social life, with dating etc..than when i was young...it is to do with being more accomplished and mature...So, i firmly believe in the statement of
"Life doesn't start until you are 40"...That is the way it has been for me anyways...
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Posted: 1/21/2007 4:23:12 AM | | I adore growing older ! I care less about what people think and more about what I want. I have alot more empathy for others and I'm not so strict in what I will, can, or want to do. I have learned more about who I am in the past 10 years than any other time in my life. | |
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Posted: 1/21/2007 5:18:30 AM | I remember my 40th like it was yesterday. It was for sure the turning point in my life. I was in the spot light so to speak. My job put me in the position of meeting people from ALL over the world.
At the time I was preparing meals(kitchen super for a huge ranch) so my work also had to be right on target, and it was.
I also found that my sis and I became sisters for the first time in our lives. One major step I longed for for yrs. I also started looking at myself, what makes me tick, up until that point I just went with the flow of things, BUT, I found out I didn't have to go with the flow, I could change direction at any time, and did.
Now that I'm one yr closer to 50, I get all getty inside, wondering whats in store for the next 10yrs. If 40 is any type of scale what 50 will be like, damn, just think what 60 will be. YAHOOOOOOOOOOO | |
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Posted: 1/21/2007 5:27:33 AM | I generally enjoyed growing older each year and have had no problems with the telling of my age. The last 2 1/2- 3 yrs have been trying mentally and emotionally due to changes life gives even in the most unexpected of times. During this time I've particularly not taken care of myself because "Frankly Scarlet, I don't give a damn". But now having decided that I do give a damn, I am finding more joy for myself in minor things, and in returning to things that I love and had put away for so long. Now looking for the bliss that little things can give me each day, and finding it. Remembering that there is happiness and joy in the smile of a stranger, giving thanks to those who seem thankless, quiet time away from the hustle of the masses, beauty in the everyday surroundings. Sometimes we just forget that these things are here, but since I've been growing older, maybe not wiser, I'm remembering to look and really see it. So growing older is just another adventure on life's voyage.
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/21/2007 6:01:26 AM | I'm always surprised when another birthday rolls around, it's getting harder to remember how old I am when people ask my age. I'm as old as I feel and that has nothing to do with the calendar. One thing I don't like is that I go to more funerals than weddings now, that is sucky. Used to be we all met at weddings and showers and stagettes, now it's wakes and funeral services where we meet people we haven't seen in years.
I spend more time enjoying the moment than wishing my days away - it's nice, I 'see' more of what's around me. | |
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Posted: 1/21/2007 9:12:53 AM | | Hi Tommie---My life has gotten so much better AFTER 50....I don't hate growing old at all...I'm having the MOST fun of my life right now...I only hope my health hold up as well as it has and I get to do all the things on my life's "to-do" list while I'm still physcially able....I can travel when I like....leave for the weekend at the drop of a hat...go dancing....have dinner when I choose...I think it has alot to do with perspective and attitude....rememeber our parents in their 50's?....weren't they OLD?....(laughing) | |
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Posted: 1/21/2007 9:43:40 AM | | oh im with you on that rossal.although i think some moisture may have gotten to my pic in the attic.HAHA.seems most dreams i remember when i wake up may be in the present, but i have HAIR for some reasons. although a lot of my dreams i am younger. I think my face aged well, and most people dont think i am my age, but if they could see me nekked(and they wont) they would know i am my age. its in the mind, and the personality, and the way you live day to day, and take life,grab it and run with it and squeeze out the most you can. gosh, that was fun to say. take care all. LeRoy | |
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Posted: 1/21/2007 4:45:08 PM | | Actually, even though Im still "young", *blush, Im enjoying getting older. Okay, like that made no sense. LOL. | |
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Posted: 1/21/2007 6:08:15 PM | Lucid...words from my lips! Right On! My only regret is that I appear to have been a slow learner on alot of life's lessons. Then again, I am grateful that I learned them at all!
I'm just hangin on for rest of the ride...oh baby, what a ride! | |
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Posted: 1/24/2007 4:30:49 PM | | Yes I am looking foward into getting older , I will 47 in April : I still work but I do look foward into retirement , so I can go away on trip's or just be on a permanent vacation { with my family } Lucky them ~ LOL : I think too that when you do work , you sometime's miss out on other function's {etc } : So I think I am ready for the so called ~ Golden Year's : | |
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Posted: 1/24/2007 4:59:07 PM | I never think about it anymore. my joints have been creaking and popping since my early 30s.
I just take life as it comes around each day. Would i want to be 20 ain.......WELL ........
sometimes I feel like I'm 20 does that count ? Of course sometimes I feel like I'm 90 too.
I really think that a person just gets more comfortable with who they really are and the choices that they have made.
and roasall one of these days just like dorian youll get a glimpse of that picute in your attic. | |
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