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Originally Posted by kramus
Of course, I will be 48 next month, a grandfather of a sweet little girl, and prefer the tag middle-aged over old - but that's just me  |
When you are as cute as you are, gramps, no one would ever mistake you for old....
At 40, some days I feel very old... At TFP I feel very old, when I figure I am around the same age as some of y'alls parents. When I look at all I have not accomplished in my life becasue I've been too busy living my life, I don't feel old enough...
I'd go with 60 as being old... though my father, at 72, looks 20 years younger than he is (except for that whole hair loss thing, which he's not had since he was 30), survived three bouts of cancer, he walks every day, is an incorrigible flirt, still can't hold his liquor, tried retirement 10 years ago, and decided he was happier working and can and does run circles around the associates in his firm half his age... For him 72 is not old.
My mother at the same age, can barely walk from one end of the house to another without pain, has been living with artrithis for 20 years and a host of other medical problems... my mother -- 72 is ancient.