Does anyone look forward to this...

[CAM]

I will be 40 in a few years and I am actually looking forward to it. Most people I come across dread turning 40 or 50 but, at the same time, don't wish to repeat being a teenager or even return to their 20s. How do you feel about getting older? My husband actually turned the big 50 yesterday so I guess I will always feel young next to him (I planned it that way

). He doesn't feel 50 or dread getting older and neither do I. There is a satisfaction to having lived and learned and hopefully, gotten wiser along the way.

 

[susanne]

Growing older sure as he11 beats the alternative...

 

[Bess Kelly]

Age isn't a factor....so long as we are talking chronological! I have to admit that I sometimes pass a mirror and say "who's THAT?!"

It's the person I am and not the one I "feel".

Fortunately, I have good health. For those who are not able to say that I think that age is in some way "related" to how they feel.

Anyway, I'll be 60 in January and I CANNOT WAIT to be 62 --

-- I just want to start getting my government check sent to me each month

Most days, I look at my kids and wonder how that got so old!

 

[AppyLover2]

I'm 63 and it sure does seem to slip up on ya. Guess one of my biggest things is seeing my mother look back at me from the mirror.

I loved Mom, but sure wish she would stop that!!

Edited to add: My sister is 8 years older than I am and she keeps telling me it's not bad to see Mom....she said she sees Grandma in her mirror.

 

[chandab]

I'm only in my mid-30s, but age doesn't really matter to me. When I turned 30, my sister (from Phoenix) talked my mom into planning a huge party for me, she had a real rough time turning 30; to me it was just another day, but the party was sure fun, my sister and her husband surprised me by driving up for the party (yes they drove from Phoenix).

Anyway, the main reason I responded. Before I got married at worked at the local bank and got to know quite a few towns people. There was one particular older gentelman that always was in a pretty good mood and came of the cutest things to say. For the most part, his patent answer to "how are you today" was "I got out of bed this morning, so it's a great day". I'll never forget his humor and out-look on life.

 

[Cronewolf]

Just remember old age isn't for sissies.

 

[wcr]

I think the body gets old but the mind is ageless. It's what you do with your mind that matters most. The year I turned 40 my body fell apart and had a lot of health issues. Once that was resolved the older I got the better life is. I walk daily with my neighbor and agree this is now about "me". Throwing out the programed junk of our early years, being more insightful of ourselves and accepting others at face value and finding friends in unlikely places.

Wish I had a youthful body but my old wise mind.

 

[Pepipony]

Age doesnt faze me at all. Mom was more upset when I turned 30 than I ever was. Only thing that bugs me is my health problems from IGNORANT Drs and that is the one thing I would change if I could.

 

[Miniv]

Debra, I didn't know you were such a baby!

LOL!

I'm hitting the half century mark next year and as I look back at my 40's I realize they were probably the happiest 10 years of my life!

What's funny, was that as I turned 40, I looked back at my 30's as being the happiest....

so my 50's should be OUTSTANDING!!!

MA

 

[Relic]

l made it to 60 this year l thought this is not good but hey my body is slowly slowing down but has no aches or pains and it can still jump the fences like it did in it's 40's might not look the same but as long as it works thats what counts. l really would have liked to have the knowhow and insight l have today about life and whats important about 30 years ago.

 

[Valerie]

I want to be 29 permanently....... I turn 40 in Feb 2007....I am not a person who "loves" to celebrate, so my husband is planning a trip for us so I don't have to deal with the dreaded b-day..... we are supposed to be either heading off on a Caribbean cruise or we will head to a couple of different islands in the Caribbean & just hang out in the sun & surf... And to make it fun, I am inviting a few of my closest friends (they have to pay their own way, I know, very cheap of me)... & I think we will invite both sets of parents, this way I get to have an enjoyable trip & celebrate 40 (but not be thrown into a stupid celebration at work or anything to humiliate me)..(I have to add that, because we just did a surprise b-day for one of my sisters...still not sure it was a "Good" surprise, or not? I am actually quite shy & introverted, so this is my big compromise.....yes we can celebrate, but we have to go somewhere.

Our biggest problem is that everytime we go to the Caribbean we want to move there...haha....

 

[CAM]

Debra,  I didn't know you were such a baby! 

  LOL!
I'm hitting the half century mark next year and as I look back at my 40's I realize they were probably the happiest 10 years of my life!

What's funny, was that as I turned 40, I looked back at my 30's as being the happiest....

so my 50's should be OUTSTANDING!!! 

MA

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I'm glad someone else thinks I'm still a baby!

I guess I look forward to still getting carded for my alcohol purchases and flipping out the ID that says I'm 40!

Of course it only happens when I have no makeup on and NO kids with me. The kids are a dead giveaway.

 

[luvmycritters]

You couldnt PAY me to go back to my teen or early twentys - no way. I do miss the money I made and youthfulness of my late twenties and early thirties...But hey - money comes and money goes - and as far as appearances go - we will never be as young as we ARE RIGHT NOW. Talk about a wake up call!

Lori

 

[Jenn]

I can't wait to get older - in your 20's, few people take you or your accomplishments/life goals seriously. I really get sick of hearing "But you're too young to have ..." - I'm ambitious, intelligent and have done more in 25 years than many do in a lifetime, deal with it already!

 

[CAM]

I can't wait to get older - in your 20's, few people take you or your accomplishments/life goals seriously. I really get sick of hearing "But you're too young to have ..." - I'm ambitious, intelligent and have done more in 25 years than many do in a lifetime, deal with it already!

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I think that is part of what makes me look forward to my 40s. On a number of occasions I feel as though people have looked at me like I am too young to have a worthwhile opinion.

I actually had a lady come once this year to help clean paddocks for me when I was really sick. She came a few days in a row to get me caught back up and complained about having to push the wheelbarrow up our slight incline to the manure pile (not a big incline at all). When I mentioned something about how I do it all the time (many loads & I can't stand complainers), she commented on how she was decades older than me so it was certainly easier for me to do. Well, I told her she sure looked young for her age. She proceded to tell me she was 41! Ok, so 5 years (I'm 36) just became decades!

I actually look forward to the wrinkles that come with age. Yes, I do have some already but it must be the teenage ponytail I wear regularly with no makeup and the grey I cover up with highlights that make folks think I am younger.

 

[Ashley]

I am another one thats just in my 20's but I cant wait to get out of them. However me being the person that has a big issue with death.........well the thought of getting older doesnt grab me either.

 

[jdomep]

I turned 40 in September and I didn't dread it at all! It was the best birthday ever

Our Jenny gave birth to Vernon on my big day and that was an awesome gift

I still run and play with my boys and they think I am a "funnest mom ever" and these little men of mine really do keep me young

As we get older we realize how much we really don't know at all. When I was in my 20's I thought I knew it all - nope...not even close

Guess one of my biggest things is seeing my mother look back at me from the mirror. 

  I loved Mom, but sure wish she would stop that!! 

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I know - that freaks me out a bit too LOL

 

[minisaremighty]

[SIZE=14pt]Growing older is something that people should be proud of. Every wrinkle on our face is one we have earned. There is a reason why those people older than you have that smile in their eye when you seem to think you are "mature". That "smile" in their eye is reflective of the lessons they have learned as they've grown older, that they realize they will NEVER be completely "mature", it's a work in progress with no end.

So for younger people, just bear with it. One day you'll come to the same realization (even though you don't like hearing it now!

). That's what the smile is for, they have all been in your shoes at one time and now know better.

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I'm 37 (just turned 37 last month) and every year I look forward to getting just a little older. In my 20's I felt like I was pretty smart, made wise decisions. In my 30's I figured out that I wasn't as smart as I thought I was in my 20's and I really didn't make wise decisions all the time. I have a very strong feeling that each and every decade will be like that when I look back at the last.

P.S. Great topic Debra!!

I sooooo look forward to growing older

 

[justjinx]

i turned 50 in september---and my life started at 45! long story, but i love life and do not mind the age (except the aches and pains). would never go back and i KNOW i appreciate life so much more now! jennifer

 

[Hosscrazy]

I'm 44 and I must say that I LOVE my 40's !!! You've got just enough wisdom to know how to make wise choices, you're old enough to not think that you know everything, and life really becomes an amazing opportunity!

Liz R.