Do you consider 45 to be ‘old’?

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Anonymous wrote:Age is just a number. I'm 40, look young, feel young, act young, I don't hurt, I have energy. But I know people the same age who are none of those things and it's like we're at least a decade apart. It shows how self-care, attitude, discipline, privilege play a big role in aging.

Yes, it’s definitely your discipline. Nope. There is a cliff at 45. You don’t see it. You simply fall off of it. You can think you’re the same but it’s not true, not true at all. I’m 49 and the difference between 40-49 is crazy and sad, especially when compared to the difference between 30-39.

Explain? What happened at 45? Did you suddenly get fat or what?

Your body gets older. It's that simple. You're not as spry. Aches appear and last longer. You get more tired more easily. Illnesses start to crop up. It's called mortality.

It depends. I am 47, will be 48 in a few month. I am still running the same distances I used to run in my 30s. I don't have any body aches and still full of energy (I do a lot of yoga and get weekly massages to prevent body aches). I don't get any illnesses, still never had flu or Covid. I think old is after 65. 45 is not young, but still full of energy and full of life.

Having an easy job or being a SAHM to teenagers helps keep you youthful (which has to be the case if you have time for weekly massages and long runs)

False assumption. I've never being SAHM, work on average 60 h/week, and still find time to run/gym/yoga/massage. I wake up at 5:30am for my workouts my entire life.

PP here. Hats off to you. Love to hear your schedule to get kids off to school, commute to work, work a 10 hr day, and dinner with family! I haven’t been able to make it work without sacrificing sleep, which thwarts the benefit of exercise!!

My kids are adults, 18 and 22, I don't cook for the in the last 5 years. My office is 0.8 miles from my house, I walk occasionally to and from work.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 41 and told everyday I look younger. No wrinkles have smooth skin perfect vision never had any back pain. I am fit and lean when I used to be fat all my 20s and early 30s. When I was 25 or so I could pass for 15. I'm 41 now and pass for 21. Booya

Don't kid yourself.

I'm the same weight I was when I was 21, I work out regularly and keep myself healthy and trim, people flatter me by saying I look great (mainly because I never put on weight) but there's no denying I've still aged.

When you were 21 you never confused a 40 y/o with a 20-something. Why would you think differently now?

45 isn't old. But it is approaching middle age. For most people you are now over halfway through your life. And people in their 40s are often starting to reach senior levels/career peaks with the demands that come with it and alongside that have to deal with growing children and aging parents. I deal with all these and no amount of astute anticipation ever prepared me for the reality.

45 is middle aged, not approaching it. And I say that as a 45 year old. Nothing wrong with that.

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Anonymous wrote:Age is just a number. I'm 40, look young, feel young, act young, I don't hurt, I have energy. But I know people the same age who are none of those things and it's like we're at least a decade apart. It shows how self-care, attitude, discipline, privilege play a big role in aging.

Yes, it’s definitely your discipline. Nope. There is a cliff at 45. You don’t see it. You simply fall off of it. You can think you’re the same but it’s not true, not true at all. I’m 49 and the difference between 40-49 is crazy and sad, especially when compared to the difference between 30-39.

Explain? What happened at 45? Did you suddenly get fat or what?

Nope, not fat. Just plainer. Make up looked silly and clothes looked silly. Granted, I don’t pay for Botox or laser treatments so, naturally, starting at 45, I just started looking older. Eyelids a little droopier, etc…

Chub is starting to happen now, at 49, and menopausal. I still work out 4-5 times a week and watch what I eat but it’s another cliff.

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Anonymous wrote:Age is just a number. I'm 40, look young, feel young, act young, I don't hurt, I have energy. But I know people the same age who are none of those things and it's like we're at least a decade apart. It shows how self-care, attitude, discipline, privilege play a big role in aging.

Yes, it’s definitely your discipline. Nope. There is a cliff at 45. You don’t see it. You simply fall off of it. You can think you’re the same but it’s not true, not true at all. I’m 49 and the difference between 40-49 is crazy and sad, especially when compared to the difference between 30-39.

Explain? What happened at 45? Did you suddenly get fat or what?

Your body gets older. It's that simple. You're not as spry. Aches appear and last longer. You get more tired more easily. Illnesses start to crop up. It's called mortality.

It depends. I am 47, will be 48 in a few month. I am still running the same distances I used to run in my 30s. I don't have any body aches and still full of energy (I do a lot of yoga and get weekly massages to prevent body aches). I don't get any illnesses, still never had flu or Covid. I think old is after 65. 45 is not young, but still full of energy and full of life.

Having an easy job or being a SAHM to teenagers helps keep you youthful (which has to be the case if you have time for weekly massages and long runs)

False assumption. I've never being SAHM, work on average 60 h/week, and still find time to run/gym/yoga/massage. I wake up at 5:30am for my workouts my entire life.

PP here. Hats off to you. Love to hear your schedule to get kids off to school, commute to work, work a 10 hr day, and dinner with family! I haven’t been able to make it work without sacrificing sleep, which thwarts the benefit of exercise!!

My kids are adults, 18 and 22, I don't cook for the in the last 5 years. My office is 0.8 miles from my house, I walk occasionally to and from work.

But what did you do when they were younger? Not every one got married pregnant in our 20s!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 45 with a kid in kindergarten so it does not feel old but maybe?

Same here!

Why would that be old? Sounds young to me I was 45 when my youngest was born. My buddy his youngest just started kindergarten when he was 60. And a lot of Dads older than him.

I work with 45 year olds. They seem like children. Born 1978.

I consider 80 still young. Martha Stewart, Harrison Ford are in their 80s. William Shatner and Clint Eastwood in their 90s. Normal Lear still working at almost 101.

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Anonymous wrote:Age is just a number. I'm 40, look young, feel young, act young, I don't hurt, I have energy. But I know people the same age who are none of those things and it's like we're at least a decade apart. It shows how self-care, attitude, discipline, privilege play a big role in aging.

Yes, it’s definitely your discipline. Nope. There is a cliff at 45. You don’t see it. You simply fall off of it. You can think you’re the same but it’s not true, not true at all. I’m 49 and the difference between 40-49 is crazy and sad, especially when compared to the difference between 30-39.

Explain? What happened at 45? Did you suddenly get fat or what?

Your body gets older. It's that simple. You're not as spry. Aches appear and last longer. You get more tired more easily. Illnesses start to crop up. It's called mortality.

It depends. I am 47, will be 48 in a few month. I am still running the same distances I used to run in my 30s. I don't have any body aches and still full of energy (I do a lot of yoga and get weekly massages to prevent body aches). I don't get any illnesses, still never had flu or Covid. I think old is after 65. 45 is not young, but still full of energy and full of life.

Having an easy job or being a SAHM to teenagers helps keep you youthful (which has to be the case if you have time for weekly massages and long runs)

those who didn't have their children in their 20s now feeling old. We, who have adult kids in our mid 40s feeling young and free to do whatever we want. There is a downside and benefit with each choice.

False assumption. I've never being SAHM, work on average 60 h/week, and still find time to run/gym/yoga/massage. I wake up at 5:30am for my workouts my entire life.

PP here. Hats off to you. Love to hear your schedule to get kids off to school, commute to work, work a 10 hr day, and dinner with family! I haven’t been able to make it work without sacrificing sleep, which thwarts the benefit of exercise!!

My kids are adults, 18 and 22, I don't cook for the in the last 5 years. My office is 0.8 miles from my house, I walk occasionally to and from work.

But what did you do when they were younger? Not every one got married pregnant in our 20s!

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Anonymous wrote:Average life expectancy is 77, so anything after 38 is old and in fact dying

This. Whether anyone wants to admit it or not.

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Anonymous wrote:Average life expectancy is 77, so anything after 38 is old and in fact dying

This. Whether anyone wants to admit it or not.

We're all dying from the day we're born--so what?

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Anonymous wrote:Per posters on a health and medicine thread - 45 is old. I did not realize it was considered such (am nyc where maybe age perception skewed?)
Curious if this is generally considered such

Nope, since I am 51.

That said, I certainly started seeing a lot more doctors at 45 than I did when was 25.

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Anything over 25 is pretty much old. I mean look at who the hot guys go for at the gym!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 41 and told everyday I look younger. No wrinkles have smooth skin perfect vision never had any back pain. I am fit and lean when I used to be fat all my 20s and early 30s. When I was 25 or so I could pass for 15. I'm 41 now and pass for 21. Booya

Don't kid yourself.

I'm the same weight I was when I was 21, I work out regularly and keep myself healthy and trim, people flatter me by saying I look great (mainly because I never put on weight) but there's no denying I've still aged.

When you were 21 you never confused a 40 y/o with a 20-something. Why would you think differently now?

45 isn't old. But it is approaching middle age. For most people you are now over halfway through your life. And people in their 40s are often starting to reach senior levels/career peaks with the demands that come with it and alongside that have to deal with growing children and aging parents. I deal with all these and no amount of astute anticipation ever prepared me for the reality.

Uhh 45 is for sure middle age. Like, the definition of it. You're on the downswing for sure.

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Yes, old. I’m 50 now and feel ancient. I had cancer four years ago and that’s when I started to feel old.

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Anonymous wrote:Average life expectancy is 77, so anything after 38 is old and in fact dying

This. Whether anyone wants to admit it or not.

We're all dying from the day we're born--so what?

No you are living until reaching the halfway the you're dying

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It’s father fatigue not Father Time that’s trapping you clowns

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 45 with a kid in kindergarten so it does not feel old but maybe?

Same here!

Why would that be old? Sounds young to me I was 45 when my youngest was born. My buddy his youngest just started kindergarten when he was 60. And a lot of Dads older than him.

I work with 45 year olds. They seem like children. Born 1978.

I consider 80 still young. Martha Stewart, Harrison Ford are in their 80s. William Shatner and Clint Eastwood in their 90s. Normal Lear still working at almost 101.

Whatever you need to tell yourself pops.