| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/30/2006 4:45:10 PM | Just wondering...
As a woman of 39, I feel I am at the best time of my life. I am LOOKING FORWARD to turning 40! I believe I have achieved many of the goals I set, will achieve many more, and am happy with who I am. I am sure that my 40's will have way more peace, abundance, and joy than any of the decades before it, and they have been blessed too. I have no desire to trade the inner peace I have now for the angst of my younger years, even if it means trading a little in skin tone!
Why is it then, that I read so many profiles of men who seem to be mature, accomplished people, and all they can talk about is how they look / think "younger than their age"? Do they think immaturity is attractive? Am I supposed to be attracted to a man who wishes he is other than he is, is longing for a time past, and can't recognize the blessings of wisdom and sagacity that come with life experience?
Ladies, gentlemen - explain this to me, please??? | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/30/2006 5:00:47 PM | Not sure how long this thread will be here; however, I do understand why men go for younger women at times...because they are looking for the ones that haven't been****d around by them yet...fresh meat...maybe not as guarded as the more ummm refined ladies
just my 2 cents...
Edit: VV Sorry Doc, I guess I didn't clarify what I was saying exactly...not all men are like that nor do all men think like that. I apologize :)
Most men I have met have tainted my thoughts...and it's 'sun'shine...not 'sin' shine darlin :) cute though... | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/30/2006 5:06:14 PM | Good question. Thanks, nishama.
I am over 50 and I too feel the best I ever have. I am very proud of what I have accomplish in my life and look forward to much more. I look my age and like what I see.
The ones who state that they look younger than their age are in their early thirty's and have yet to sort out their "inner peace", I think.
My lady is of the same mind as you and I, we are who we are and enjoy life to the fullest.
Enjoy life,
Doc Sage 
P.S. - sinshinemae, not true for all of us men. If I look back over the years, most ladies I dated were older than I. My ex-wife was older by 6 years...and so is my present lady. I would not trade any of them for a younger lady, "fresh meat" or not. | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/30/2006 5:06:35 PM | | I act the way act because I do. And because of what I have experinced, felt, done,seen,heard, learnt,etc in my past 45 years.NOT because I am 45 years old, but just because I have LIVED the past 45 years. Is there any other way????? | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/30/2006 5:11:48 PM | | probably because we think that we may be attractive to younger women who may be willing to overlook the number in our age. So, maybe we are "fishing" a bit. Just because many of us like the idea of dating younger women, most will not rule out dating someone our age, or even above our age. | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/30/2006 5:12:44 PM | Its because old people (over 40) know that their 20's was the best time of their lives. They know they may be more secure now, but nothing matches the excitement of the teens and twenties.
So, old people have to say how great it is being old so they don't seem so insignificant. But, when the day is done, old people wish they were young again, because young is where it's at. | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/30/2006 5:35:40 PM | Old people over 40..???? from a 35 year old..???
Excitement of their teens and twenties...being better than the excitement now..???????
In my youth I spent my time wastefully.....
now I cherish the wild times, the exciting times...
and darlin' it don't get any better than it is now...
but then maybe I date a 20 something year old...lol | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/30/2006 6:19:38 PM | I always assume that the guys who go on and on about how "young" they look and act are saying it because they are wanting to find a Trophy Barbie.
To me, it is a huge turn off. If you have to TELL me how young you are, you are much too old for me | |
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Joined: 1/12/2006
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/30/2006 6:33:38 PM |
Its because old people (over 40) know that their 20's was the best time of their lives.
 ..ten thousand comedians out of work and you are trying to be funny...ya, okay...
Mind telling me young grasshopper how in earth you came to the conclusion of what i have quoted from you? Did you do a poll of somekind, or is this conclusion a fabrication of your own feelings? Enquiring fishie minds want to know... | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/30/2006 6:49:30 PM | | Let's see...in my twenties I was getting divorced from a man who beat the crap out of me every chance he got, moving back in with my mom, step-father, and sister, went back to college (a high note), met and married for a second time (a high note for a while), had my son (the best), attended too many funerals of people close to me, spent my first Christmas away from my family....and all of this was suppose to be the best time of my life??? Kiddo, I wouldn't do it all over again if I could! I'm 43 years of age, don't consider that old at all, and am enjoying my life very much, thank you! | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/30/2006 9:25:58 PM |
Its because old people (over 40) know that their 20's was the best time of their lives. They know they may be more secure now, but nothing matches the excitement of the teens and twenties.
What a lot of rot! Since when is over 40 old, and who says being 20 was the best time of their lives? Horse pucky.
Excitement of being a teenager? Are you nuts? Maybe for you - but not for everyone.
Life is too short to get stressed about this sh*t! Get over it. | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/31/2006 6:02:02 AM | I can only speak for myself...
but I am enjoying all life has to offer and am very excited to be turning 45! (New Years Day ~come to the polar bear swim!!)
Each and every year has been full of all kinds of adventures... some small and some that I can't tell my family about!!
As for saying I look(or am) younger .. nope ~ lovin' it, wrinkles & all | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/31/2006 6:53:12 AM | It's not just the men who say they act or look younger. A quick sampling of women's profiles turned up 2/10 who mentioned that they were a young (insert age). What does that mean anyway? Do they still wet the bed or have temper tantrums? I can't speak for all men only myself but I can say that I thoroughly enjoy where I'm at in life. The best time of my life is right now because I get to live it, it's not just a memory and young is definitely a sliding scale. I don't understand a person who looks back at their 20's (or 30's) and thinks that was the highlight of their life. Reminds me of the Springsteen song Glory Days. Personally I think that it's insecurity about who they are.
Of course I haven't had my coffee yet so what do I know! | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/31/2006 10:08:54 AM | Studley Do Right....to my understanding....when someone says they are a young 50 it means they are not so set in their ways that they can still embrace spontaneous fun, they are versatile in their likes, they have a energy for new things... I have met men and women whom are old 40's they are stagnant in their existence....their life stands stills with the day being the same day after day....they can not grasp change....if it is not broken they are not fixing it cause so far it has worked for them...
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/31/2006 10:23:33 AM | Hey, u pple crack me up 1 !!!
I love my age! Read my profile, ALL F's , forty four, fun, fit , fiesty, free spirited etc. etc.
I feel Freaken FANTASTIC. No need to lie, be a poser, bs cuz if u do it's all about insecurities.
Didn't have a clue about what i was doing in my 20's my teenage daughters r laughing their arsses off at me and my ex and said that we are acting like a bunch of teenagers worse than them! Go figure, at least we ARE legal NOW not back then! ROFLMAO!
It's time I lived my life for ME! no one else and don't give a rat's rear if it's selfish.
Life is to enjoy to the fullest, not to wallow in what could, would, should have been.
Learning is a LIFE LONG Process make no mistake about that and this includes going back to school as well. Career shift, is scary and well as stepping out of ur comfort zone.
AS far as I am concerned the age u feel is the age ur at! Mine i am mentally @ 10 years old.
OMG! so immature!
And guys, I prefer to date older men as they do know how to treat a woman well providing they are not jaded or hurt. Believe if they disrespect a woman and I am witness to it, they know what i can be like with a severe **** slapping and tongue lashing (not tongue thrashing!) Now what is that when I **** slap u, then ignore u, u follow me around like a lost puppy apologizing to me perfusely? 'Cuz u know that I was right ...
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belina
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Joined: 6/17/2006
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/31/2006 11:47:28 AM | Thanks for sharing your thoughts there Samadongdhi2 your funny . There is nothing wrong with looking thinking and acting your age .For me it depends on the day shall i wear my hair down,up side ways.Now for thinking some days it's real young too old Granny and acting my age well also depends on the day it maybe moment of strength and standing tall to oh my god what hit me ... So let's there be honesty in the proflie land stop the lieing to one self and be there in the moment of thruth it shall set you free | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/31/2006 7:13:43 PM | | What I'm saying is that people can say anything and that their actions will speak for themselves. If they are open, spontaneous and fun then they don't have to say that they are "young". It implies that a 47 year old can't be open, spontaneous and fun. Having varied interests is usually enough. | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 10/31/2006 8:17:15 PM | | I think I look my age, sometimes I think my age, as for acting it.....not likely. Every now and then I have to be a responsible adult but when I don't, there is no way I am acting almost 40. There's a kid in all of us, it's just a matter of embracing it.....just like I embrace my craziness. | |
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| What's wrong with looking, thinking, and acting your age?
Posted: 11/1/2006 12:29:36 AM | | I only act my age when I have to. Business meetings, charity events......Just be who you are, why throw a time stamp on it. Mom thinks I'm immature, my ex thinks I'm immature, whatever, who cares. Put the suit on when you have to and just be yourself the rest of the time. Trying to "act" like you're somebody you aren't is just wrong, unless you make money at it. | |
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