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When, exactly, does middle age happen?



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Perspective.

by canadafreeze in Six Words Questions on Aug 22, 2012 | add favorite | T-shirt

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treehugger says,

The day you look in the mirror and see your mother (or father) looking back at you.
If you're looking for a number, I always considered 40 to be middle age. It's creeping frightfully closer.

canadafreeze says,

I posed the question because a good friend calls herself middle aged and she is just this side of sixty. The ruler moves the older you get, I think ...
I haven't recognized the person in the mirror for sometime...

treehugger says,

Well, I've come to realize that everyone has a point when their internal clock stops ticking. You may get older, but in your mind you are always the same age, whatever that might be.
Hey, there's a 6-word question there somewhere...

canadafreeze says,

Thanks, TH - it's all about perspective ...

JAD says,

I would say half a hundred.

marymc says,

Well, I don't want to live to see 100. 80's fine. But the thought that I've been middle aged for almost 10 years now makes my skin crawl.

accidentaltourist says,

It creeps up on you....like spiders.

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