How Old Are You?

What's your age group?

  • 80+

    Votes: 9 3.8%

  • 70-79

    Votes: 34 14.5%

  • 60-69

    Votes: 62 26.4%

  • 50-59

    Votes: 57 24.3%

  • 40-49

    Votes: 34 14.5%

  • 30-39

    Votes: 35 14.9%

  • 20-29

    Votes: 3 1.3%

  • Under 20

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • Total voters
    235
jackknife said:
It doesn't get any better. As you age, at least for me, you become much more aware of your increasing mortality. When you've outlived most of your friends, and a great deal of family, and you realize that you've passed the national average age for mortality a few years ago, you treat every morning like a minor miracle. You wake up, see the light coming in past the shutters, and think, "Wow, I've made it to another day!" with a sense of wonder. You think of the big guy in black with the big sickle, and think "Not today, pal."

On the other hand, theres a definite sense of a new freedom from being this old. Everything you buy has a potential life time warrantee. You don't worry about who's gonna get what when you go, you've already given away your stuff to the kids, grandkids, and friends. Being aware of having a limited number of wake ups coming to you is very liberating in a weird way. My wife of more than a half a century and I have a fairly carefree existence now. No worries about the small 'stuff' and the big 'stuff' will take care of itself. Just live each day to have fun, until you can't.
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Exactly. :thumbsup:

Over the last seven years since first losing Dad, and then Mom and my sister, my mantra has become "One day at a time". I remind myself of that frequently.

I've realized all the stress generated by worrying about things beyond my immediate control just isn't worth it. I notice its direct effect on my health these days, when I fall into that mode. So now, whatever might be bothering me today, I just focus on persevering through until tomorrow, and I can start fresh again from there. 😌
 
jackknife said:
It doesn't get any better. As you age, at least for me, you become much more aware of your increasing mortality. When you've outlived most of your friends, and a great deal of family, and you realize that you've passed the national average age for mortality a few years ago, you treat every morning like a minor miracle. You wake up, see the light coming in past the shutters, and think, "Wow, I've made it to another day!" with a sense of wonder. You think of the big guy in black with the big sickle, and think "Not today, pal."

On the other hand, theres a definite sense of a new freedom from being this old. Everything you buy has a potential life time warrantee. You don't worry about who's gonna get what when you go, you've already given away your stuff to the kids, grandkids, and friends. Being aware of having a limited number of wake ups coming to you is very liberating in a weird way. My wife of more than a half a century and I have a fairly carefree existence now. No worries about the small 'stuff' and the big 'stuff' will take care of itself. Just live each day to have fun, until you can't.
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One of the part time fellows that I work with, an elderly gentleman, says he won’t buy green bananas.
 
Obsessed with Edges said:
Exactly. :thumbsup:

Over the last seven years since first losing Dad, and then Mom and my sister, my mantra has become "One day at a time". I remind myself of that frequently.

I've realized all the stress generated by worrying about things beyond my immediate control just isn't worth it. I notice its direct effect on my health these days, when I fall into that mode. So now, whatever might be bothering me today, I just focus on persevering through until tomorrow, and I can start fresh again from there. 😌
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YES!!!!!!!!!

Both my wife and I have studied some zen kind of philosophy, and taken on the view that, if it's beyond our control, we're not gonna worry about it. Live each day like it's a stand alone thing, and each new dawn is a whole new set of possibilities. Don't stress out, stress causes way more health problems than is known. Tomorrow will come all by itself, so don't worry about it.
 
jackknife said:
👍👍👍

YES!!!!!!!!!

Both my wife and I have studied some zen kind of philosophy, and taken on the view that, if it's beyond our control, we're not gonna worry about it. Live each day like it's a stand alone thing, and each new dawn is a whole new set of possibilities. Don't stress out, stress causes way more health problems than is known. Tomorrow will come all by itself, so don't worry about it.
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Idk where we heard it, but my sister and I whenever we have a bad time we have to plow through.... We say out loud... "We might survive this.". It's our silly way of laughing off the uncertainty....
 
Rsmith_77 said:
Heh I try not to think about mortality
I lost my father in January 2023 (age 70) and then my mother in October 2023 (age 72)

My wife is 13 1/2 years older than I am and we have no children

So I know I'll be alone
And it will probably suck :/
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I know what you are saying, at least part of it. My wife is 13 years older than me and has been in poor health for years. But we have five kids and eleven grandkids with another on the way.

64 here.
 
Mrs rickhuf is about a decade older than me and she had two kids when I met her. They were 3 and 4.

They are now 20 and 21.

I see people my age just starting to have kids and couldn't imagine that again! Hopefully in a few years they will make me some little ones that I can pick up, spoil rotten, fill their heads with my madness, and then drop them back off! Hahaha
 
2025 was a turning point year for me; my Dad (my mentor in life) passed at 88 in early January. I retired from work and I turned 70 in November. My Mom is 89 and still going strong, my wife and I have only minor health issues, we've got three kids (two close by) and one grandson (also close by). Life has been good for us, and I've enjoyed my first two months of retirement.
 
I turned 60 this past fall. Hard to believe! That puts me in the most populated age range of the poll, at least when I typed this.

I was expecting to see a higher percentage of folks in their 40’s. Maybe they’ll catch up with us 50-70 year olds as more votes are cast.
 
I tell people that I'm 12 with 50 years experience. I'll be 63 in June. Garth Brooks said "I'm much too young to be this old." My mom passed away 11 years ago; my dad is 93, almost 94. I tell people that I might be around another 30 years if I'm lucky. I do think about my mortality a lot more than I used to.
 
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