O.K., This really made me feel OLD...

[Up2Late]

"Larry King Live" (muted) has a big graphic up that says Sylvester Stalone turns 59 in July, The 62 year old Mick Jagger(with the Rolling Stones) is starting a new tour in a few months, and Check out this picture of Kevin Bacon:


(Photo is from http://photos.reuters.com/Pictures/default.aspx)

Here the thing, aren't they REALLY going to need to move the Social Security Retirement AGE to at the MINIMUM of 70, but more realistically, 75 years old.

I mean, think about your current age and then, think of your Parents or Grand- parents at that same age. Don't you feel about 15-20 years yonger that they seemed when they were your current age?

[baby_bear]

1. Yes.

How do you account for it? I often wonder. But you are correct. Are we just delusional? Do we deny our age?

When my mother was 45, my dad walked out on her. She was sure no man would ever be interested in her because of her age. Of course she was wrong (and she is happily married these many years later), but the point was that she believed it. She thought she was old and washed up and age 45.

I'm very glad she was wrong, but it does provide a distinction to the following generation, which I think is what you are getting at. Are we younger than our parents or are we just in denial of getting old?

b_b

[Valerie5555]

2. Holy moly I am not sure how old Elton John is now and considering how I am

a cat lover, the fact that 9 Lives had been through at least 4 Morrises also made me feel old.

[Up2Late]

22. In answer to you Elton John age question, he just turned 58 in March,

March 25,1947.

Sylvester Stallone is almost 9 months older than he is.B-)

[Mythsaje]

3. Uh-huh

I'm looking down the barrel of 40 (I'm 38). My father is 62, but no one would ever guess it. I've just recently gotten to the point where it's normal not to be IDed...I'd definitely gotten past the point it was flattering--it got annoying, to be honest.

People are living longer, and healthier. No doubt about it.

Gawd, Kevin Bacon looks OLD. He's what--in his mid-forties? Forty-six. Huh. Yeah, I feel old now.

[Valerie5555]

4. OMG I can't believe I was the same age as 1 of the OLDER SERVICEMEN

who died trying to save the American hostages from Iran was when he was killed in that chopper mishap or Air Force Tecnical Sgt Joel Mayo.

[Elwood P Dowd]

5. I'm still 39

I remember laughing at Jack Benny and saying 39 was one old fart. Why would he want to be 39? My dad looked around to make sure mom was not in the room and said, "Son, one day you will give your left nut to be 39 again".

[bookman]

7. Once someone turned 39...

..and we said "gee, now you're the same age as Jack Benny!"

They replied "Who's Jack Benny?"

The I felt really old!

[Valerie5555]

9. And once they turned 40 I wonder what would happen if anyne reminded them

that they were the same age as a certain ex Beatle when he was gunned down in New York in 1980, or JOHN LENNON. OMG It would be 25 years THIS DECEMBER since he was shot.

[misanthrope]

6. I wrote an article about this...

...a couple of years ago.

Basically, concepts of age have changed greatly in our culture. We don't have the same experience as our ancestors.

Our style of dress has changed. Used to be, folks started dressing "older" at a younger age. Now, adult fashions shift more and have a more contemporary tint.

Our attention to superficial appearance has altered a bit, too. Plastic surgery makes an impact there, as well as the fact that we experience the harshness of the elements less than previous folks.

And people are getting married later and bearing fewer kids at later ages than in the past. This is a large factor as those two endeavors seem to add the years like no other.

And attitudes in general seem to have changed. People don't place the same parameters of expectation around ages that they once did.

It's not your imagination. I have a ton of friends who are constantly mistaken for being about 10-15 years younger than we are.

[Up2Late]

13. I've been wondering if WW2 aged those that lived through it by...

about 15 to 20 years. I think the reduction in Smoking has kept us from aging as fast too.

I'm also starting to wonder if all the "quit so and so, because it's bad fore you" is a factor too.:hippie:

[lolly]

8. Well, I'm 44 . . .

About a year ago, a salesman came to my door.

I was wearing jeans and a tee, my hair up on top of my head in one of those "sloppy cheerleader" ponytails that keeps it off your neck when it's hot.

He asked me if my parents were home!

I started to tell him what was what, then I realized if I did I'd have to listen to a sales pitch.

So I told him no, they were at work. He did give me a 2nd look, then said he'd come back later.

So, is it a good thing or a bad thing?

[Up2Late]

11. Wow, you must really be in good shape to be mistaken for 17-18

That had to feel good. :wow:

By the way, I'm 41, but still feel about 30, and Stallone still looked about 45 on Larry King.

[lolly]

17. Mixed Feelings

Yeah, sometimes it really gives me a kick to be mistaken for someone much younger.

But sometimes it's really weird.

I'm a college teacher, and it takes a while sometimes before the students accept me as a "real" college teacher. And if you act too "hard" and dress too severely the first few weeks, you kind of come off as a bitch, which is totally (I think!) not me!

It's also annoying when people my age or even 10 years younger talk down to me, as if I were a 22 year old grad student.

But here's an "OMIGOD I'm so old" story:

I was walking to my class a few weeks ago when a 30-ish something man stopped me and asked if I was "Mrs. Lolly."

I didn't recognize him, but it turned out he had been my student when I was a TA at another college--in 1985! We chatted for a while, then as I headed back towards the classroom, I realized that the students I was teaching this semester WEREN'T EVEN BORN YET when this guy was in my class! YIKES.

[Up2Late]

23. So, what's your secret? Did you stay out the sun and away from...

the beach, or do you have Mediterranean or darker skin, that just looks young longer.

That one of my inherited gifts, I got my Dad coloring, most think I look Italian), but he's French.

You've got me curious now, you have any recent pictures on-line? Feel free to respond in a private message.

[lolly]

25. Mainly genes, I think

And being blond, which somehow looks "young" to most people.

I don't look like a swimsuit model teenager, unfortunately.

And when people get up close and see my smile, they can see the crow's feet and laugh lines.

But I'm blond (definitely NOT Mediterranean--some of the kids in my high school P.E. class used to call me "Ghost" because I was so pale!)

I can PM you my family website address.

[VOX]

10. Look at the "old" faces in HS/college yearbooks from the 30s, 40s, 50s...

The 18-to-22 year-olds back then looked old already!

In today's world, 40 is still young. 60 used to conjure up visions of old codgers tottering feebly about with canes, wearing dark, heavy, woolen clothing, adorned with pince-nez spectacles, etc. Nowadays, picture Mick and the Stones touring again.

However, the prospect of working a "regular" job until age 75 isn't too appealing -- I'd rather take those extra years and spend them doing some good on this planet!

[oldtime dfl_er]

12. Hey, kids, just remember that 50 is the new 30

or so they say! I dunno what that makes those of you who are still in your 20s ......


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[Reverend_Smitty]

18. oh crap!

I guess that makes me still a toddler :P You just blew my mind man! lol

[CBHagman]

24. And 60 is the new 40.

:-)

I guess we're all preparing for it.

[unhappycamper]

14. My daughter-in-law is turning 21 this month

for the 16th time. It's a blond thing..... :)

[LizW]

15. YES, absolutely

I went to the Dr. Thursday and he wanted to do all these tests, and I was sort of pissed off. He wants me to have the full body cavity search for cancer (colonoscopy) and did a chest x-ray, cholesterol test, blood sugar test, blah, blah, blah. And worst of all, I have to go back and do the treadmill! Ick.

I'm not that freaking old. Sure, menopause is kicking my butt, but who cares? It happens, and it will pass. I still feel young!

[RebelOne]

16. You want to feel really old??

What if you had a grandson who will be 18 this month? Don't talk to me about feeling old.

[Up2Late]

21. I know what you mean, every so often I realize that...

...when my Dad was my age, he already was the father of 4 kids, and I still haven't even found a wife.:evilfrown:

[lonestarnot]

19. They NEED that money for plastic surgery....keep that youthful appearance!

Eating babies isn't doing it for them!

[Up2Late]

20. Well see, right there is your problem.

You don't have to actually EAT the babies, you just have to drink their blood, babies are very high cholesterol.