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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is a bit specific to individual people, but the period between having little kids and retiring is a good proxy.

My sister and I are two years apart in age.  But, she had her last kid at 29 and I had my last kid at 43.  She is now an empty nester and I have a 3 year old.  We are both middle aged, but our middle age looks very different.  She spent a few hours babysitting for me a couple of months ago and she needed a nap afterwards.  She is probably in better shape than me because she has more time to work out, but mentally she is no longer able to tolerate the tedium of little kids that I deal with every day.  In that sense, I am not yet middle aged because I can’t move on to that mental stage yet while my sister can embrace it. [/quote]

That's not how it works. At 46, you are middle-aged. It's not dependant on how old your kids are. Having your kids late simply means you had your kids late. It has nothing to do with the stage of life you are in.[/quote]

I disagree, but maybe it’s about how you use the word and what you are trying to describe. If you are describing a state of being, sure it’s the middle years of your life, so roughly 35-55. If you are describing a mindset, it’s when you settle in and are no longer making big life decisions like who to marry or how many children to have - that is a little more flexible. If you are describing a style - when you no longer follow the trends or go to the places considered hip and cool by the young- people hit that phase at all different ages.  I feel like I became “middle aged” about 10 years before my same age best friend.

Language is rarely so uninteresting or inflexible that a concept only has one meaning or valence.  [/quote]

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