Women feel old at 29, men at 58
I am an avid Daily Mail reader but don't recall the survey. I could write spiels on this subject but prefer not to.
Will only say that I am approaching my 42nd birthday and have considered myself old for a long time...
Remember: there are lies, there are damned lies...and then there are statistics...
That is funny!
I think it may be true... I feel old (but it happened after my second child was born...although I am trying to convince myself and the world that 30 is the new 20)...
I think that men don’t really feel old until they lose their stamina in the bedroom because other than that...I haven’t met one that has actually grown up? Maybe if they did... they would feel older and relieve some of our stress...so in return allowing us to feel younger? Maybe?
"I am old enough not to take survey results seriously"
fair enough
LOL yes that's just one of the mad mental expressions from my neck of the woods and you're right, it is a bit daft to put it mildly
I am dying to get back out on my bike again - it was wonderful on the downhill slopes today - the wind in my hair and the sun on my back - just struggled on the flats and actually had to get off and push to go uphill.
I only fell off when my leg muscles seized up and wouldn't do anything - couldn't even put my feet out to prevent a fall! Quite possibly tomorrow I'll be even stiffer.
I should have added that the shop is 20 kms away (about 15 miles) and I attempted to cycle home uphill most of the way. I managed about 1 mile before collapsing with exhaustion and sending for the cavalry.
I couldn't agree more.I'll be sixty in September and I felt old at the age of twenty.It is a state of mind cause when I get senile[coming soon
]I'll feel Young again!It's all in your head unless your out of your head,in which case you won't know it anyway.
Can ya see that Alzheimer's creeping up on me...or am I just paranoid...Hmmmno you didn't.
your attitude makes me feel your young 
Sounds like the New York Times!
I joke that I'm old, but I really don't think of myself as that old. At 34 I look at least 10 years younger and can keep up with the teens in my hip hop class.
I've always thought music was too loud in bars, and my husband agrees on that one
. That said, my husband is 51 and has been complaining that he's old since he was 49 -- and much more since he found out I was pregnant with our now 4-month-old daughter.
Me -- I'll be 25 in three weeks, and I have a feeling it's going to be a LONG time before I feel old. If the feeling ever starts creeping up on me, I'll just look at my husband and feel very young again
.Crap no wonder I feel half dead then
Something sweet makes me feel 21 again- ....ya but i always thought you are 21 ...
Beauty is in the mind of the beholder
I prefer to say Im 21 with years of experience!
- BRIAN SLATERposted 14 years ago
0I have the Daily Mail delivered every day and didn't see this survey, but I can vouch that this newspaper if you can call it that is only good for one thing, wrapping fish and chips in.
I miss the old fish suppers wrapped in newspaper! It's all polystyrene containers and white paper nowadays. Boring. Fish and chips taste great out of a newspaper.
Showing my age now but I don't careIzzy, when your ready to trade in your comfy bike seat for a nice pointy one, that doesn't let you sit down for more than 10 seconds I will point you to my hub on them.
LOL, that'll be never then!
I did come across your hub earlier and I'm sure it'll be great for the professionals.
The Spanish version of the 'Tour De France' goes by my door every year with the accompanying police and helicopters and I can usually give a wave to the TV cameras (it goes out live)
I've seen my 50th birthday, and I still feel the same ("young-wise") now as I did when I was 20/25 (or even, in ways, when I was 6 or 14). I don't feel the same "care-free-wise" as then, because in those years there have been the usual sadnesses, like loss of parents (and others); but there's a difference between feeling young and feeling care-free. In ways, though, I'm happier, surer, and a lot of burdened (in other ways) than I was when I was a lot younger.
There's a lot of baloney out there (by people selling stuff) about aging, and a lot of people believe it. Most of the women I know showed very few (if any) signs of aging on their faces until at least late 40's (even without the magic, melon, extract, from France
). I had none until my 50th birthday (and then 3 weeks later a bunch of fine lines set in 
). Some stuff people associate with aging is really associated with something else, like not being fit enough or like getting so much sun they've weathered up their complexion and made aging that wouldn't have otherwise taken place. Like WriteAngled, I have a feeling not enough people took that survey.
At this point, I don't have to use a magnifying glass to see the fine lines under my eyes, so I see the aging there (although I still don't have crow's feet)/ So, unlike when I was in my 40's and didn't look or feel the least bit middle-aged/old, I now have the fine lines that changed my face looks (and I'm none-too-pleased, to see them there and none-too-adjusted-to-it, either ). Still, I do the same fitness videos everyone else can do, and I can walk miles effortlessly. Being fortunate enough to keep good (or reasonably good) health makes the difference, I think. (It sure appears to me that being dragged through the emotional ringer over an adult lifetime doesn't do much to age a person any earlier. ) Of course, in all seriousness, today's young girls start living some pretty grown-up lives far, far, sooner than kids of my generation did. Maybe a lot of them do have "higher mileage" (of one sort or another) on them at 29.I felt old at 15!
I constantly moan about aches and pains.
Spend weekends in slippers and PJs talking about the good old days
...29?...wonder how large the sample was and where it was taken
- Sophia Angeliqueposted 14 years ago0
- reeltaulkposted 14 years ago0
society makes a big issue of age..I think most of it comes from the beauty companies and the media carries it out there..
women may feel old due to the attitudes of men and other women.
40 used to be old and now it's 29.
next it will be 14..I think there is more to that syaing than what is considerd here. At 61 I can say if you feel inside like you can not go anymore, if you feel out paced, then yes the feelings of I'm Old hit and that can be at any age not just 29 or 58.
But, if you believe in putting zen in your life, approach it with a curiosity and facination and enjoyment for it, and not let others steel your energy, then...you are young. The Mind leads, the body follows
Keep yourself as well as possible, keep good mental health and you have it. At least thats what I have found so far.
Stress and devious mind games destroy. Keep it simple and be decisive about who surrounds you. Stress and depression kills, and depression hits in many subtile forms. Stay wellUsually they have 3 children under 5.
Most men would crack under that strain
But feelings change -like the wind and women merge stronger and youthful in their 30's,40's 50's (IMO)Oh C'mon...
Let's be Honest here EK 
I've been out there shopping by myself... I've seen those endless supermarket shelves with rows and rows of 29 year old prunes, all pleading "Pick Me.. Pick Me!"
I've had them follow me home and tell me to soak them before they work again!
Tell the Truth EK!
PLEASE... Before I get to 58 and give up on prunes!! -
Ill have you know those prunes are the new Cougars ,petal!
And unlike the fluff n frills of unsatisfied kitty kats,Cougars know exactly what they want,how often,and swinging from a real chandilier(sp) ,not a fake one ,thankyou very much
PD Havent you seen that T.V Programme "Housewives in Tuatapere" yetEK... You MUST Stop Telling Porkies on the Net!!
You KNOW that both those two housewives left in Tuatapere must actually be men in drag
I mean... I have NEVER met a woman who so badly needs to raise her bikini line above her knees as much as those two! And the size of their feet whooooooa size 16 Freezing Works Gumboots? C'mon EK.. Surely you don't want unsuspecting tourists to be conned into thinking that our Fluff looks like them?
Natural Beauty NEEDS to be promoted by more than a Saggy pair of Speedos, with a snorkel attached!I forgot about this thread and only now saw your reply:
PD You are so damn naughty
Oh the visuals,like a jolt back in time,shakes head and wakes up.
As graphic as those ahem ladies were in the buzzy,titalating South,trust me much more down to earth (oh yes earthy) than the new modern line-up at the local check-out via USA.
Ohhhh lawdy,it could be like a reality show missing cousins..hehe
Hi Welcome to Walmart
Yep... See what I mean about Snorkels?
That is sooooo gross EK!...ha ha....someone emailed me new 'walmart pics'...the one above was included....ouch!....must be really hot outside where ever the pic was taken
I think it's true but you can regain your youth by exercising and being healthy, being a like a hippie having fun, dying your hair pink is what i mean, stuff like that. You can be young all over again f*** who cares!
you ARE as young as you feel, so ladies over 29+ paint those nails green/blue, get a piercing, tatoo, jump from a plane, whatever.that's a sad pic, Eaglekiwi.
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