When does "Middle Age" Begin?

[Jack_Dawson]

According to this article...it's 30! I'm horrified.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6952383/

:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

[JVS]

1. 35

[Jack_Dawson]

4. Noooooooooooooo! 40 at LEAST

n/t

[JVS]

6. Why not35, 35-65 both 15 years from 50

middle

[LibertyLover]

29. When

A couple of years past whatever age I am at the moment.

[TyeDye75]

2. I would have said 45

[Butterflies]

9. I agree with 45

though when I reach that age I might move it back a few years. :-)

[JVS]

3. circa 500AD

[jswordy]

8. ...or thereabouts!

:yourock:

[Allenberg]

33. Damn.

Beaten.

[Skittles]

5. whatever half the life expectancy is

what is it for men - 78? That would make middle-age 39

[Jack_Dawson]

11. So for ME it will be 55...

Thanks! I feel better now. :-)

[JVS]

13. The middle portion must have some width

Middle age is not the mid point, it is the area around the mid point

[thecai]

39. That's What I've Always Thought

So I'm not middle aged yet. WHEW!

[tjwash]

7. 30? You're still a wet behind the ears pup at 30.

...It's more like 45 or 50.

[yvr girl]

10. Several years older than I am

It's a moving target.

[Jack_Dawson]

12. LOL - great answer n/t

[flama]

44. And it's one target I don't want to hit.

Oh, I know what middle age is supposed to be for me if we cut my mortality date in half. I think I'll die at 86, which would have put middle age back when I was 43. I don't think so!

Took an Internet test to check my life expectancy (those visions on the road in front of the Cornerstone Baptist Church might not be trustworthy) and it said that if I don't lose 20 pounds, I'll die at 93.

If I don't lose 20 pounds and die seven years later, who cares? It still puts middle age at 46.5 years.

I certainly hope it's a moving target! I'm thinking I hit middle age about 50-something. Certainly a year or two younger than I am now, but today seems a good day - at my age - to be middle aged.

If you understood any of that, you're either exceptionally intelligent or have passed the age of Senior Discount at Denny's.

:hug:

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

14. I would say 45 to 50 too...

30 is far too young for middle aged. I'm insulted... I'm only 4 years off from 30. My husband is only 2 years off from it. We're still young. Why are they trying to rush the middle age thing?

[BOSSHOG]

15. Next year

[davidinalameda]

16. it's whenever you start feeling it

with me it was 13 so technically I'm dead

[Bridget Burke]

17. Generally, 500 CE is considered the beginning....

And they lasted about a thousand years.

[welshTerrier2]

18. bob dylan said it best

he not busy being born is busy dying ...

[ET Awful]

19. He also said (and just as wisely IMHO)

I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. :)

[Jack_Dawson]

20. Cute Kitties

Specially the left one. Sleepy.

[ET Awful]

24. Thanks :)

They're my buddies. Quinn is the big furball, but he's not as cuddly as Althea. Althea isn't as photogenic, but she's the big lover of the two :).

[shawcomm]

21. Depends on when you're going to die...

O8)

:evilgrin:

[DelawareValleyDem]

22. Who cares?

You're never too old to enjoy the Lounge

[kcwayne]

23. At 13, according to my 13 year old daughter

who thinks she is smarter than her 50 year old parents.

[Sporadicus]

25. Regardless of When One Enters Middle Age...

it sure beats the alternative!

[liontamer]

26. 40

earlier if you have kids at a young age

[ikojo]

31. Um....NO....not at 40..

I'll give you mid 40s but not 40.

[SarahB]

37. I'll go with that.

I disagree with the kids at a young age part. I am a week away from having a teenager (was a mom at 20) and I still have lots of energy and am usually mistaken for someone ten years younger. There's plenty of fuddy duddies out there who have never spawned.

[Babel_17]

27. When you look in the mirror ......

and see your father. :)

[SemiCharmedQuark]

28. How old was this writer? I doubt any 30 year old will tell you they are

middle aged. Hell, people don't get done with school until they are 30-32 now!

[Jack_Dawson]

30. I'm guessing the writer was 22 tops

:beer:

[NC_Nurse]

32. ullshit!

30 is still a young adult, IMO. I am middle age I guess...I'll be 44 next month. But I don't give a shit about those labels anymore. maybe that's why.:o

I'm as old as I wanna be, babycakes! :D

[4_Legs_Good]

34. I'm 34 and the crisis is definitely setting in...

though I'm trying to head it off at the pass, I guess.

david

[arwalden]

35. If I Live To Be 90... Then Middle Age Starts In 4 Months.

[Blue-Jay]

36. Middle Age begins when you fart every time you pee.

"Elderly" begins when you pee every time you fart.

[baldguy]

38. It is 30. If you're over 30, then take your age and add 5.

[fortyfeetunder]

40. You won't know until you are dying

Then as you are dying you can remember what the halfway point in your life is!!! :bounce:

[Wapsie B]

41. I always thought it was

when you started to ballroom dance to rock and roll tunes. But with us baby boomers I think the definition of middle age will be pushed back beyond late 40's. At least that's what I keep telling myself.

[DemoTex]

42. For men: When you first ask Doc for Viagra.

For women: When you first tell your man to ask his Doc for Viagra.

Know what I mean, Vern?

[Xithras]

43. 30 my ass! I'm 30 and still YOUNG!

I'll bet the article was written by a damned 23 year old.

Middle age starts at 40.

Until I'm 40, then it'll be 50 ;)

[PittPoliSci]

45. usually around 1100 ad...