I just realized something...and it's NOT good!

[always quiet]

With my birthday approaching next week...and it being the last one I'm going to acknowledge (39), I just realized something...I'm standing in the doorway to MIDDLE AGE! Could someone please tell me when the heck this happened?!!!!

 

[lisajl]

Well...speaking as a just turned 41 year old....it just sneaks up on you!

My DD is 17, almost 18 and I look at her and think, "Wait a minute, I was just 17!"

Good luck with the birthday...let me tell you 40 was a killer for me.
This year, I am loving every minute of being 41. We are in our prime!

Lisajl

 

[Mskanga]

I will be 40 next thursday , and I have no problem with it at all, age is just a number!

 

[Poohbear123]

I am the oldest on this thread at 45! HOLY CRAP! I am 45!!! Oh, OK I am alright now........

 

[DopeyRN]

Every now and then the realization hits that you have gotten older, and don't know how you got there. 40 did not bother me at all...now 30 killed me...there was something about leaving the 20s behind that said you are old!!!

 

[Dan Murphy]

Seeing as how the crap was holy on this Sunday morn, Faith, I thought I would relieve you and make me the oldest here, at 59 a few weeks back, and looking at 60 in 11 months. Even doing Atkins now, starting 4th week, have to keep up with all you 'DIS kids' at the parks.

 

[always quiet]

Hey Dan, you're young enough to be my brother!! My sister turns 61 later this month!!

 

[jamsmom]

I think "Middle Age" really starts around 70

Actually, I will be happy if I am financially independent, happy and healthy, and my son is happy when I hit that age I am 34 and thought for sure my life was heading in the right direction........ love life's little surprises

 

[Grog]

I just turned 40 about a month ago. I did feel kind of strange (just to say the word "forty") for a bit, but as DopeyRN said, 30 felt even stranger. I think that once you reach thirty that "responsible adult" gene tries to kick in. My Step-Dad is 76. I remember asking him how it felt when he turned 70 and he replied that it didn't really feel any different from 60 or 50.

 

[snoopy]

My favorite middle age slap in the face occurs when I walk by a mirrored building, look at the reflection, wonder who that old woman is, and then realize its ME!

 

[Kitty 34]

Turning 50 my next birthday has been really freaking me out. It seems like ANY and EVERYthing that I go to the doctor's about has to do with old age and the aging process!!! I wonder what they'll be saying when I'm 75!!!!

 

[Tiggerkeeper]

I find that I don't mind MY getting older as much as I mind my kids getting older!! DS turns 20 in January and I think I am going to feel very old - never mind the fact that I am "only 41"! LOL!

 

[aunties]

Always Quiet -

First Happy Birthday!

I am slghtly older than you and I have not approached middle age yet (except for my eyes - I think (I know) I might possibly need bifocals)! My grandmother was 94 whe she passed away and she had just barely reached middle age. My mother skipped middle age completely and went right on to very old. My father was always stuck at 29! So, you decide what time of life you want to be in. The numbers are irrelevant!

 

[Liz]

Wishing you an early HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! (From an almost 45 yr. old so I know where you're coming from!)

 

[off2disney]

Always quiet - Hoppy Birthday. I can remember at 18 thinking 30 was OLD. At 30, anyone 50 was over the hill. At 50, 70 looked like the end.

Turning 60 in June was a shock -- even at 59 it didn't bother me, but there's something about 60! I can draw social security in 5 years! (IF there's any SS left!)

It bothered me for about ten minutes. Then I started looking for senior citizen discounts, etc., joined AARP so I can get their discounts...might as well enjoy my "golden" years (the alternative is grim!) Just heard that Gregory Hines died at age 57..... so I've got him beat. I'm going to hold out for Bob Hope's age of 100.

I guess you're only as old as you feel (after a 14 hour shift at work, I feel about 70 the next morning, but a little movement, a cold diet coke, and I'm ready to face the world).

In fact, I'll be ready to face the world (Walt Disney World) in December and be a kid again. Come on, Tower of Terror!

 

[Disney Dee]

Last yr at the eye drs my dr said I had the starting of a cataract in one of my eyes. I looked at him funny, and said I thought only old people get those.He said yes, thats right and then i realized....... I am OLD! . Turned 53 last month.

 

[Dream]

I'm standing in the doorway to MIDDLE AGE! Could someone please tell me when the heck this happened?!!!!

Always Quiet.....NO....you are standing in the doorway to the rest of your life!!!! Make it AWESOME!!!!! Treasure each and every moment!!!! Somebody said earlier....age is just a number...how TRUE!!!! Your heart carries your true age!!! Happy Birthday!!! As a gift to yourself, do something you have always wanted to do....but couldn't when you were 19!!! Think about it!! And DO it!!!

 

[mhopset]

Can I call you "old lady" now?


You are really old!!!!!!

 

[dianeschlicht]

LOL, turning 40 was a tough one for me, but now that I have a daughter who is on the downhill side between 30 and 40, It seems young!

 

[always quiet]

I have 2 nieces who are very close to my age (7 and 8 months older than me). The oldest of the 3 of us ALWAYS used to brag how she was the "oldest" especially when she was allowed to drink legally at 18 (she was born in Dec), then PA changed the laws to 21 in Jan and my niece and I weren't "legal" (I never was a drinker and didn't care). When she used to brag about being older, I shut her up one day and told her that she would turn 40 before we would! She turns 40 in Dec...think I should remind her of that?!!

Ah...Tony....seeing how you are only months older than me....I would think twice before calling ME old!!