How do you feel about your age?

[Bullit]

Bad.

Me too.

Mainly cuz I want to wheel the 22-27 yr olds.

Once in a while I can, but mostly I keep to the 27-34 range.

 

[biteme]

God, I am so glad I view aging differently than most of you.

When I was a kid, about 16, I was hitchhiking across the country. One of my favorite rides was with an 82 year old woman. She was still healthy, active driving... and hillarious to talk to. Through the course of our marathon converstaion, I asked her what the best age of her life was. She said, "Something magic happens when you hit your 40s. In your 20s you don't have experience yet. In your 30s you are just starting to make sense of things, but in your 40s God has finally given you enough time to see the world clearly. You understand things better."

I grew up looking forward to getting older. I had a vision that the accumulated experience of my life would be something valuable.

Truthfully, it is.

Great attitude! But that 82 year old woman is not the norm. I've been to nursing homes to visit the ill. You will not like what you see there. Life is a game of chance often. My dad worked his ass off and had such a positive attitude that it got on my nerves. Now at the age of 65, he is a shell of the man he was, crippled with Parkinson's disease. Life is not fair. But you do have a great attitude and what you posted was true for a lot of people.

I was fortunate to hit the top of my respective career fields very young. The knowledge base I attained grew with each passing year. By the time I was 35 I retired for the first time. Now, at the not overly old age of 44 I have the ability to pick and choose which projects I would actually enjoy developing. I could not do at 20 what I can do today. I wouldn't have known how... and you can't get this knowledge base easily or fast.

The world is filled with men and women who affect history. Diplomats, scientists, doctors, writers. If you look at the scope and breadth of great lives and great careers... they aren't held by children. They aren't held by people in their 20s... and rarely people in their 30s. Their is an intense and costly amount of wisdom and knowledge that needs to be accrued to truely take part in the great game... and that can only come if you spend years and years on this planet... interacting... learning... meeting people... working... reading... thinking... and learning more.

How do I feel about being 44? Very fortunate. I feel like I'm stepping through a new door every day.

 

[SofaGeorge]

Me too.

Mainly cuz I want to wheel the 22-27 yr olds.

Once in a while I can, but mostly I keep to the 27-34 range.

The thing that has always surprised me is that my age range that I'm attracted to changes as I get older. When I was 17... the 17 year old girls were cute... and their moms were "moms. Now that I'm 44 it's the moms that are cute.

 

[biteme]

The thing that has always surprised me is that my age range that I'm attracted to changes as I get older. When I was 17... the 17 year old girls were cute... and their moms were "moms. Now that I'm 44 it's the moms that are cute.

Where do you live man? Most of the women near my age look terrible, due to their lack of health and fitness lifestyle.

 

[Testosterone boy]

Age is irrelevant. You are the master of your life and your destiny.

Unless the government gets involved.

 

[Perserverance]

Age sucks! SofaGoerge tried a decent explanation. But when you wake up in your 30's still live like your in your early 20's and realize alot of shit ain't happened. All your friends are divorced, perhaps a couple times over, and paying child support. Then again, my life's not that bad. What if you have chosen a different path than the norm. But then the fear of bieng 50 and trying to hook up with the young honeys starts to rest in the back of your mind. Damn I hope I get rich quick.