What is your inner age?

[Anonymous]

I'm 47. I have felt my age in my 40's (sometimes skewing a little younger), but when my mom died a year ago I suddenly felt on the far side of middle age. Something about not having a parent between me and death made me just feel like I'm facing imminent doom.

I'm emerging from the worst of the grief and anxiety, I think, and hopefully will stop feeling elderly soon so I can enjoy what life has to offer before the real thing kicks in.

[Anonymous]

I'm 50 and my inner age feels 50. That is largely due to the responsibility of being a parent, needing structure in the home, having to put the needs of others before my own sometimes. I'm a SAHM now but when I worked it was the same sort of thing - the responsibilities of my job and just the needing to be there every day, day in/day out - made me feel mentally older.

When I'm exercising I look and feel fantastic. But I don't feel like I can go back to the carefree up all night, dragging into work, burning candles at both ends stuff that I did in my 20's.

So 50.

[Anonymous]

I am 45 but I feel 25. I never felt ny age until recebtly when a young man hit on me. I was flattered initially but after chatting a little realized I was old enough to be his mom which then made me feel depressed and pitiful like a target for gigilos (not saying he was one but this was a GOOD looking model-like man of 25 and I am well kept and maybe I dont look 45 but I do not look 25-30 bu any stretch of the imagination).

[Anonymous]

Probably twelve. I'm awkward and dorky. Plus I often have the thought: who thought I was qualified to be a wife and mother?

[Anonymous]

54 feeling 99 right now. I've been 50 and felt 28, til help problems and weight gain jumped in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 45 but I feel 25. I never felt ny age until recebtly when a young man hit on me. I was flattered initially but after chatting a little realized I was old enough to be his mom which then made me feel depressed and pitiful like a target for gigilos (not saying he was one but this was a GOOD looking model-like man of 25 and I am well kept and maybe I dont look 45 but I do not look 25-30 bu any stretch of the imagination).

Or maybe he just thought you were attractive

[Anonymous]

Some young guys enjoy a MILF fantasy now and then, and perhaps figure it's a sure deal with someone who'd be pretty grateful for the attention.

There are also the guys who flatter and give attention to older women in a condescending way. If you truly enjoy women, and can see beauty in anyone of any age, cool. But if you're going to play games thinking we're going to giggle like schoolgirls and believe you're flirting and carding a 50-year-old woman because she looks soooo young, well no, that's just condescending.

[Anonymous]

late 20s here and feel like I'm 35. We've just always been responsible, career, family driven people. Old souls. I still get carded though at bars.