I'll be 39 next month. Does that mean I'm middle-aged?

[NightTrain]

Just wondering....

[journalist3072]

1. I certainly hope not

I'll be 33. So if being 39 makes you middle aged, I'm not too awful far behind you! :)

[autorank]

2. "50 is the new 30" Lauren Hutton. Means you're 19. Congratulations!

[madrchsod]

19. lauren hutton is not real....

she`s better looking now than she was years ago-she can`t be real..

[SemiCharmedQuark]

20. I love her. She refuses to get plastic surgery

I think that kicks ass!

[Kat45]

24. Cool! That means I just turned 30!

I like it. :D

[radfringe]

42. well....

I'll be celebrating my 20th anniversary of my 30th birthday this year

does that put me in the "senior" category?

[Swede]

3. If you live to 78 it does.

nt

[Blue_In_AK]

4. NO! I'm 58, and I'm STILL not middle-aged. n/t

[progmom]

5. naw

the older i get, the older you have to be to qualify for middle age!

[shesemsmom]

6. I have always wondered how they figured that

I expect at 47 I am past that lol

[Lorien]

7. How old were your grandparents?

My grandparents and great grandparents died between 87-94, so 45 should be the beginning of middle age for me.

[Blue Diadem]

8. Nah..you're just a young-in

I'm 49, got 10 yrs on ya and I just now consider myself middle age..which means I'll live to be umm...98.

Actually I think 50 is considered middle age now..since they have discovered quarter life crisis now exists at 25.

[tuvor]

9. I just turned 40. Let me know what you find out.

I'm afraid to ask.

[AVID]

11. i just turned forty, also

five days after the election - blahhhhh

[tuvor]

16. You know what gets me through it all?

Turning 40 (or any other age) is better than the alternative.

Hope that helps you, you old fart! ;)

[Lorien]

34. 40 in two months

not sure if it's better than the alternative yet...

[tuvor]

45. It's not so bad.

At least so far. Trust me.

And let me be the first to wish you happy birthday!

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[VioletLake]

15. Me too!

And I don't feel middle-aged. :shrug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. How long do you plan on living?

Divide by 2 and you've got your middle age. :P

[NightTrain]

12. That's what scares me.

Here's my immediate family and the ages when they died:

Grandmother: 64
Grandfather: 73
Mother: 61
Father: 62
Uncle Frank: 59
Uncle Louie: 58
Uncle Bob: 62

I'm not exactly optimistic about living to a ripe old age! :(

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. That's not important...

If Uncle Louie planned on living til he was 600, he died in infancy, I'm sad to say.

So...How long do you plan on living?

[Phentex]

39. that's my theory....

when I can't double it anymore, I'm middle aged! :)

[sam sarrha]

13. if you are lucky... and really careful.

[seabeyond]

14. i would think. yup

and i am 43

look at all these people saying no no. but you hittin 40, you are thee. watch what happens to your body, and this is someone in pretty good shape. shit still happens. you reached the peak, and headin on down. enjoy the ride, be happy, play and live.

i love 43

[TOhioLiberal]

17. As the old joke goes...

You're not over the hill yet, but you're certainly high enough up to get nosebleeds...:D

I'm older than you BTW, and yep I get nosebleeds from the :ahem: Altitude. :)

[Longgrain]

18. Shit! I'm 32 and I think I'm old!

I work with too many 18-21ers I guess...

[msgadget]

21. NO, Man!

Middle age starts at 50 - 60 if you're fit. :bounce:

[seabeyond]

22. didnt realize it was you nighttrain.

i dont know you at all. getting to know you tonight. your friend with breat cancer, your mother, and now your own death.

look i smoke, i feel pain in chest...........i just dont feel i am going to live old. all women on moms side die in 50's 60's. but man am i living life now. happy, i am in joy. i love my family and friends and strangers on streets.

dont waste your time. could be tomorrow, could be 40 years. dont waste it on fear, it is illusion, not real. a past or a made up future. we create our world. it is ours to do. you life is all up to you adn what you make of it.

power of now. a good book. get rid of the past. let go of the guilt. live in the now. and each one that comes

or not, wink. yours to do

but how silly at a fun 39 to worry for the next how many years of what may or may not come

[ElsewheresDaughter]

23. jays'us NO....53 here and still young

[Historic NY]

25. Been there done it...49 is approaching rapidly....

I actually had my mid-life crisis at 28-29....wierd.

[mondo joe]

26. Yes, yes, you are middle aged.

I'm 40. I've been annnouncing I'm middle aged since I was 36.

But I'd always rather say it first before it's said about me.

[d_b]

27. I think its 45 these days

But what do I know? I'm only 23.

[ashling]

29. Not unless you are planning to check out at 60

I'm 52 and I think I've finally reached it: I am getting absent minded and I am also getting absent minded.

[BigBigBear]

30. I turn 47 in April

I feel like 119.

[tavalon]

31. A much more interesting question

is, what does middle-aged mean to you? Numbers are just numbers but the real interesting stuff is the emotions that get wrapped up in stuff like this.

[prairierose]

32. Nope, age is a state of mind.....

especially if you keep in shape. I'm substantially older than you & I don't think I'm there yet., Of course I don't want to be middle-aged, so I just am NOT.

I still have so many things I want to learn and do.

[hfojvt]

33. no, you are old, father William

but you may still be able to gyre and gimbel in the wabe

[rainbow4321]

35. 19 days til I turn 40......how the fuck did THAT happen???

If this year doesn't trigger a midlife crisis, nothing will... turning 40, oldest kid turns ***18****/goes off to college,
"youngest" starts high school...so am I allowed one crisis per event or do I just get one BIG meltdown?

[Rhiannon12866]

36. Nope. You've got a long way to go

I'm getting older and getting close, but I'm fighting it every minute of the way!:shrug:

[B Calm]

37. Hell no! I'm 54 and still a kid..

[Kahuna]

38. Absolutely!

:toast:

[NewJeffCT]

40. I'll be 39 in December

But, I think I skipped middle aged and went right on to old...

[Midlodemocrat]

41. No way.

You are old.

:hi:

[CO Liberal]

43. They Used to Say That 35 Was the Start of Middle Age

But with more people living into their 80s and 90s, that may no longer be the case.

BTW, I'm 52, so I guess that I AM middle-aged.

[ProfessorGAC]

44. Nope! It Means You're Really, Really Old!

Trust me on this. I know. I passed 39 years ago. It means you're old. Feel better now?
The Professor