At what age did you actually start feeling old?

[seancbk]

I often wonder at what age people start feeling old, especially as I see some blokes who seem to act very old, or at least stop acting young and I wonder if they are acting old because they feel old.

I just turned 54 but there is nothing about me that feel like I'm 50 something, in fact when I look at some 40 year olds I think they look much older. 

I still feel like I'm in my mid to late 20's mentally, and I'm still physically the same as I was in my very early 30's.    

Yet I meet some guys who are physically younger than me and they act like they are old, almost as if they are actively trying to act old.  

I realise that time is marching on and I will eventually start looking older, but when will I start acting like a miserable old fart that hates clubbing, stops dressing stylishly, gets grumpy about things and starts going on about how it was better "in my day"?   

Life is great, I have tons of friends here in Bangkok and things just seem to be getting better all the time, better tech, better video games, crypto currencies... so much cool stuff happening.

[clivebaxter]

'Life is great, I have tons of friends here in Bangkok and things just seem to be getting better all the time, better tech, better video games, crypto currencies... so much cool stuff happening.'

 

Yeah if only they could get the registering for vaccines, and enough vaccines sorted out, that farce is not cool at all

[CharlieH]

You'll start feeling it, when you feel it literally.

When your eyesight start fading, when your joints start to complain, when you can no longer eat certain things, when you gotta get up in the n8ght to pee,when all you can raise is a smile !

And yes all those things will come to most, the only thing that varies is WHEN ! but bet your ar** it will !

[DaLa]

Never felt 'old' as such, but I have felt 'good' or 'not so good' as situations at a particular time have been the major influence.  I should feel old presently, however  not having to physically graft and having a regular income from pensions results in a certain calm leaving me feeling better than I did 30 years ago.

 

Other than when I'm driving, Thailand has another calming side effect too. 

[ColeBOzbourne]

My final year of working when I let my beard grow for a year and it came out grey instead of brown like before. I felt like I was just going to retire and grow old and die. Shaving it off was the instant cure and I've not had those feelings again since.

[worgeordie]

I am 75 ,and only started realising I was getting old in the last year,my body is getting old, but my mind and outlook are still young, I

could easily lift a bottle of gas or crate of water ,now not so easy,

I never in my wildest dreams thought I would ever reach 75, when

i was a young lad people over 65 years were looked on as ancient.

 

So wake up every morning ,wiggle my toes, Ah ! another day........ 

I still have things to do, places left on my to do list  Madagascar,Machu Picchu ,Easter Island, If I manage to do that I can rest in Peace.

I Have had a full life ,just about done everything I planned out for my life when I was 10 or 11 , I looked at maps , not comics , Wide World  was my favourite magazine,travel, treasures, strange peoples, 

 

Regards Worgeordie

 

[BritManToo]

42 minutes ago, seancbk said:

I often wonder at what age people start feeling old, especially as I see some blokes who seem to act very old, or at least stop acting young and I wonder if they are acting old because they feel old.

I just turned 54 but there is nothing about me that feel like I'm 50 something, in fact when I look at some 40 year olds I think they look much older. 

 

I became old at age 63 (65 now) when I suddenly couldn't wee after a returning (BPH) flight from a beer and party holiday to Saigon and Phnom Penh. Until that time it was all beer/party/hookers combined with trail running and mountain biking.

 

Age 52-62 were the wildest and most adventurous party years of my life.

 

Like Charlie says, at some age you will hit chronic illness and the party is over.

Edited June 10, 2021 by BritManToo

[toofarnorth]

My brother in England said around the begining of the year he wished he was my age.

He didn't say why but I am 74 and he is 76 .  Compared to my father I think I am doing ok.

At 74 he was knackered but maybe because he worked in the city of London and started there as office boy when he was 15.  And during WW2 he still had to go to London every day.

My knees crack when I stand and I am sure with a lot of folk I get up to go for something then forget what I got up for.   But at what age did I start feeling old...........I can't remember.

[MRToMRT]

Late 50s was for me, I started to just get general aches and pains that I never had before. I am now in my 70s and I have some ache or pain or odd thing happening to my body most days.

[mfd101]

I'm about to turn 72 and I mostly feel about 40-50. Particularly good on the days I do my 40 minutes in the gym before brunch.

 

I remember a large organization I worked for a couple of decades ago in Oz. One year they held a birthday celebration for everyone who was turning 50 that year. There were about 30 or 40 of them all lined up. From their looks you would have thought they ranged in age from 30 to 70.

[spidermike007]

40 minutes ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

My final year of working when I let my beard grow for a year and it came out grey instead of brown like before. I felt like I was just going to retire and grow old and die. Shaving it off was the instant cure and I've not had those feelings again since.

 

When I moved to NYC in the 1980's, a rather beautiful woman I had befriended looked at me and said "when are you going to remove that horrendous thing from your face?" I said huh? She said do you plan on dating? I said yes of course, I am divorced and single again. She said do you plan on sleeping with these women you date? I said of course. She said it is not going to happen with that terrible thing on your face. Not here, not now. I shaved the next morning! 

[bobandyson]

I started feeling old when I was in my late forties. I'd often find myself thinking 'huh, kids of today...' or 'when I was younger....' etc. 

 

[Pilotman]

It only really hit me when , as a pilot, I reached the age at which I could not longer fly airline  fare paying passengers   I could fly cargo, just not people.  Although I knew it was coming of course, the shock realisation was hard to take.  It probably took 2 years for me to accept the inevitable that I was, effectively, now an old man, although I didn't feel old ; still don't really.  The irony was that I could still operate as a line check pilot for younger crew, That was almost insulting.  

Edited June 10, 2021 by Pilotman

[ExpatOilWorker]

1 hour ago, CharlieH said:

when you can no longer eat certain things

Care to elaborate a little on this?

I assume you don't mean thewing on a rare steak, because of missing teeth, but more a digestive issue,  right?

 

My appetite is not what it use to be, but I can't pin it on anything.  Maybe I am just getting old.

[ballpoint]

You'll have to ask me at a later date.

[Lacessit]

I think the sign of getting old for me was when I was no longer interested in bonking a woman two or three times in the space of a couple of hours, and once was enough.

I know I'm old, no point to worrying about it.

[Berkshire]

When I was in my 20's, I thought hitting 30 would be old.  And in my 30's, I thought hitting 40 would be old.  And so on.  Now I'm nearing 60 and in the best shape of my life (or so I think).  When will I feel old?  I suppose when junior down between my legs refuses to cooperate.  So maybe when I'm 80 I'll feel old...555

[RafPinto]

5 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

When I was in my 20's, I thought hitting 30 would be old.  And in my 30's, I thought hitting 40 would be old.  And so on.  Now I'm nearing 60 and in the best shape of my life (or so I think).  When will I feel old?  I suppose when junior down between my legs refuses to cooperate.  So maybe when I'm 80 I'll feel old...555

When junior down refuses service, call BritMantoo, he can give your gf a helping hand.

[OneMoreFarang]

It's wonderful if we feel young but it's even better if other people see in us what we (want to) see.

Most people think I am younger than I am. I guess one reason is that I don't have any grey hair until now and enough hair on my head.

I don't feel "old" but realistically I have to admit:

- There was a time when I could drink a lot until 2am, wake up at 7am and work productive the whole day. Not anymore.

- There was a time when I had sex for hours, and then some more. That's was some time ago...

- When I was in school my mother lay down on the sofa for an hour after lunch. It seems that was something for old people. Now I like to lay down for an hour after lunch.

- The list goes on and on.

 

I still like sexy cute (legal) girls who could by now be my grand daughters. And they are nice enough to make me feel young. But I guess it's better that I don't ask them if they think I am old...

[bert bloggs]

My mind isnt old,but after my heart attack my body can no longer do what it used to do, still i can walk,drive,laugh with the wife.why should i complain,i never thought i would reach my age anyway.

[OneMoreFarang]

11 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

When will I feel old?  I suppose when junior down between my legs refuses to cooperate.

I think it's not only when junior does not perform as much anymore.

Part is also that when we get older we are just not as horny anymore.

Like: Could I do it with 2 or 3 girls in one night? Probably yes. But do i want to? Normally I am tired after the first one.

[4MyEgo]

There is truth in that old saying, "your only as old as those you feel" wife is 40 this year, so I feel 40, when I can manage to grab a young filly 21-23, I feel 21-23, why not, life wasn't meant to feel your age by not doing the things you want to do.

 

It does also help to eat right, exercise a little and take vitamins B12, D, C, Magnesium and Zink along with a multi-vitamin.

 

Have to say, for a 61 year old I feel blessed to feel younger, besides sex as often as possible is better than the cardio machine or lifting some light weights, less pain, and more enjoyable.

 

Giddy up ????

 

[The Cipher]

30. Starting to notice small changes in my body for the first time.

[thaibeachlovers]

2 hours ago, clivebaxter said:

'Life is great, I have tons of friends here in Bangkok and things just seem to be getting better all the time, better tech, better video games, crypto currencies... so much cool stuff happening.'

 

Yeah if only they could get the registering for vaccines, and enough vaccines sorted out, that farce is not cool at all

That's great, but what does it have to do with the OP?

[Pilotman]

52 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

This will now be my excuse as to why no grannies on loy kroh will kiss me! ????  Blame the beard ladies! The ole flavor saver!

I love my beard and wouldnt want to remove it form any reason, although Mrs P is not a fan, she just has to put up with an older mans prerogative. . 

[RafPinto]

15 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

It's wonderful if we feel young but it's even better if other people see in us what we (want to) see.

Most people think I am younger than I am. I guess one reason is that I don't have any grey hair until now and enough hair on my head.

I don't feel "old" but realistically I have to admit:

- There was a time when I could drink a lot until 2am, wake up at 7am and work productive the whole day. Not anymore.

- There was a time when I had sex for hours, and then some more. That's was some time ago...

- When I was in school my mother lay down on the sofa for an hour after lunch. It seems that was something for old people. Now I like to lay down for an hour after lunch.

- The list goes on and on.

 

I still like sexy cute (legal) girls who could by now be my grand daughters. And they are nice enough to make me feel young. But I guess it's better that I don't ask them if they think I am old...

There was a time when I had sex for hours, and then some more.

 

Send a pic of the Misses, you can watch us for hours????. Always happy to help out.

[thaibeachlovers]

I started feeling old when I got divorced and no longer had a vision for the future. Just living day to day isn't enough for a happy life, and having too much time to think about my many ailments isn't helping to overcome them.

[RafPinto]

13 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I think it's not only when junior does not perform as much anymore.

Part is also that when we get older we are just not as horny anymore.

Like: Could I do it with 2 or 3 girls in one night? Probably yes. But do i want to? Normally I am tired after the first one.

????

Please give me a call. Get the 3 hotties in and let's go for it.

I don't mind if you sit on the sofa and watch us all night.

[RafPinto]

9 minutes ago, The Cipher said:

30. Starting to notice small changes in my body for the first time.

What? Losing your wisdom tooth?

[The Cipher]

6 minutes ago, RafPinto said:

What? Losing your wisdom tooth?

 

Nah I had those pulled years ago.

 

I realize this probably sounds dumb, but it's small things that weren't issues before. I'm noticing quality differences in food and drink a lot more than before. It's getting harder to roll out of bed in the morning and go from 0-100, especially after a late night. Muscles feel slightly tight or slightly more sore slightly more often. Etcetera.

 

It's not affecting performance in a big way yet, but then you look at the runway ahead and realize that it could just be downhill from here, it does make you feel kind of old, yeah. The weight of time is there in a way that it wasn't before.