Fifty isn't old

[Anonymous]

We are in our 60s and found the 50’s were tough. Your earning potential is typically high and life can get very expensive very fast. We had 3 kids and the whole high school, college and launching process was stressful for me and my kids. And it’s an expensive phase of life. I was also trying to figure out what was next for my husband and I.
Are the 50’s old? They better not be if you’re in the throws of launching kids. It’s more mentally exhausting than anything else.
I strongly encourage people entering 50’s to focus on their physical health and mental well being. It’s good for you and it’s good for your kids to see. It shows the kids Mom and Dad are just fine and they are free to fly the nest.
I am sure glad that phase of life was behind me. Life gets much better in your 60s. We wonder how we survived the parenting process!

[Anonymous]

Yes it is. It’s the youth of old age. What’s so bad about being old, though?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m almost 50 and while it’s not old, it’s not young either.

It's almost as if we're somewhere between old and young; in the middle, one might say. If only there were a commonly-used term for that age range.

[Anonymous]

I blame the Golden Girls. Today, people in their 50s are enjoying life as much as those in their late 30s and 40s.

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Anonymous wrote:You are delulu. 50 is old.

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Nope
Im fit and beautiful in my 50s. People are so surprised by my age - but if you keep very fit and havent burnt your skin in the sun you dont look any different than your 40s. I just dont get the attitude.
It is easy to let yourself go, i get it - but if you are into healthy lifestyle and dont drink, smoke, you look a lot younger.

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Anonymous wrote:FFS there isn't just young OR old.

There are about 30 years when you're just a regular adult, probably from about 35 to 65. People in that age range are full-time workers with energy and enthusiasm for their career, and they are basic grown a_s adults with a sex drive. They aren't young and they aren't old.

Exactly

And how you look and feel depends a lot on how you take care of yourself.
Fingers crossed for no diseases etc. I understand things happen out of ones control.

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Anonymous wrote:I generally agree with you, OP, but please don't use celebrities as examples of what 50s people look like.

-53 yr old.

It all depends on the person. Many examples of two people roughly the same age, one looks great and the other one looks old and broken.

Very true. I am 42 and younger men tell me I don't look a day over 21. My mother also is 65 and has no wrinkles. So i get away with dating younger men and I often look younger than those younger men as well

I’m the same age. Younger men and women say the same to me. Hate to break it to you, but they’re lying. You look youthful, but you don’t look 21.

I believe her.

Im not gonna say why cause people on here just cant seem to believe that some people look great for their age - more attractive than younger people.

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Anonymous wrote:I generally agree with you, OP, but please don't use celebrities as examples of what 50s people look like.

-53 yr old.

It all depends on the person. Many examples of two people roughly the same age, one looks great and the other one looks old and broken.

Very true. I am 42 and younger men tell me I don't look a day over 21. My mother also is 65 and has no wrinkles. So i get away with dating younger men and I often look younger than those younger men as well

I’m the same age. Younger men and women say the same to me. Hate to break it to you, but they’re lying. You look youthful, but you don’t look 21.

I believe her.

Im not gonna say why cause people on here just cant seem to believe that some people look great for their age - more attractive than younger people.

I think there are some great young looking 50 year olds. But no amount of injectable or surgeries can take away the aging eyes and demeanor of a 50 year old. Just enjoy the ride and don’t try to be what you’re not.

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Anonymous wrote:I generally agree with you, OP, but please don't use celebrities as examples of what 50s people look like.

-53 yr old.

It all depends on the person. Many examples of two people roughly the same age, one looks great and the other one looks old and broken.

Very true. I am 42 and younger men tell me I don't look a day over 21. My mother also is 65 and has no wrinkles. So i get away with dating younger men and I often look younger than those younger men as well

I’m the same age. Younger men and women say the same to me. Hate to break it to you, but they’re lying. You look youthful, but you don’t look 21.

I believe her.

Im not gonna say why cause people on here just cant seem to believe that some people look great for their age - more attractive than younger people.

I think there are some great young looking 50 year olds. But no amount of injectable or surgeries can take away the aging eyes and demeanor of a 50 year old. Just enjoy the ride and don’t try to be what you’re not.

No one trying to be what theyre not.
They just look fantastic.

[Anonymous]

I'm 57 and I agree. I still want everything in a romantic relationship, including sex. However, the available pool of men is much smaller.

I suppose the good part is I don't really want marriage again. That makes it a bit easier.

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Anonymous wrote:We are in our 60s and found the 50’s were tough. Your earning potential is typically high and life can get very expensive very fast. We had 3 kids and the whole high school, college and launching process was stressful for me and my kids. And it’s an expensive phase of life. I was also trying to figure out what was next for my husband and I.
Are the 50’s old? They better not be if you’re in the throws of launching kids. It’s more mentally exhausting than anything else.
I strongly encourage people entering 50’s to focus on their physical health and mental well being. It’s good for you and it’s good for your kids to see. It shows the kids Mom and Dad are just fine and they are free to fly the nest.
I am sure glad that phase of life was behind me. Life gets much better in your 60s. We wonder how we survived the parenting process!

A lot of wisdom in this post. Thank you for providing a glimpse into our future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are in our 60s and found the 50’s were tough. Your earning potential is typically high and life can get very expensive very fast. We had 3 kids and the whole high school, college and launching process was stressful for me and my kids. And it’s an expensive phase of life. I was also trying to figure out what was next for my husband and I.
Are the 50’s old? They better not be if you’re in the throws of launching kids. It’s more mentally exhausting than anything else.
I strongly encourage people entering 50’s to focus on their physical health and mental well being. It’s good for you and it’s good for your kids to see. It shows the kids Mom and Dad are just fine and they are free to fly the nest.
I am sure glad that phase of life was behind me. Life gets much better in your 60s. We wonder how we survived the parenting process!

+1. Kids are out of college so we are not strapped for cash. Equally, with the house ours alone, we are much more active both outside the house and inside. :<

[Anonymous]

50s is old for a female in the dating world. Period.

Look at Hope Hicks (35) and engaged to 58-year old Goldman Sachs boss.

If you are a woman 50+, it's stacked against you.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 53. It sure as hell isn't young.

Until you are next to someone in their 80s!

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Anonymous wrote:I generally agree with you, OP, but please don't use celebrities as examples of what 50s people look like.

-53 yr old.

It all depends on the person. Many examples of two people roughly the same age, one looks great and the other one looks old and broken.

Very true. I am 42 and younger men tell me I don't look a day over 21. My mother also is 65 and has no wrinkles. So i get away with dating younger men and I often look younger than those younger men as well

I’m the same age. Younger men and women say the same to me. Hate to break it to you, but they’re lying. You look youthful, but you don’t look 21.

I believe her.

Im not gonna say why cause people on here just cant seem to believe that some people look great for their age - more attractive than younger people.

I think there are some great young looking 50 year olds. But no amount of injectable or surgeries can take away the aging eyes and demeanor of a 50 year old. Just enjoy the ride and don’t try to be what you’re not.

Second paragraph makes no sense: I am 46. I don’t have crows feet. My eyes have not aged at all. People early 30s have wrinkles around their eyes, but I don’t. I claim to look 10 years younger not 20 years younger but I don’t think in 3 1/2 years when I turn 50. I’m suddenly gonna look terrible with aging eyes because I literally literally do not have one wrinkle. I have never done Botox or any injectables or anything like that.

My ex is 50. He has a demeanor of a 35-year-old.

I think your second paragraph is way off base in describing people around 50.