How do people feel about getting older?

Mrs Garth Brooks

I dont think men have much of a problem as they just get sexier. But women, stuff starts to sag and grey hair isn't very nice. Do they go grey all over? Grey hairy legs? A grey garden?

Im only 28 and worried about this stuff already. I have just realised that i havn't downloaded any new music from the charts in 2010. Whereas i used to years ago. Im listening to alot of country music and not embarrassed to say so either. I used to hide the fact that i secretly loved country music. Well the american country anyway. I also cant stand the radio turned up high, it deafens me with the amount of crap thats on it nowadays.

How do other people feel about it? Am i the only one who is worried?

fabbydabby

I was worried about my friends all getting married and having kids and not wanting to hang around with me any more.

Then I realised that I didn't actually have any friends.

Kiera

I'm not worried about it at all. I'm 31 and alll my bits are still in the right places due to swimming 5 days a week Its all about having a young and fun mind and never letting it get old

orourkeda

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

I dont think men have much of a problem as they just get sexier. But women, stuff starts to sag and grey hair isn't very nice. Do they go grey all over? Grey hairy legs? A grey garden?

Im only 28 and worried about this stuff already. I have just realised that i havn't downloaded any new music from the charts in 2010. Whereas i used to years ago. Im listening to alot of country music and not embarrassed to say so either. I used to hide the fact that i secretly loved country music. Well the american country anyway. I also cant stand the radio turned up high, it deafens me with the amount of crap thats on it nowadays.

How do other people feel about it? Am i the only one who is worried?

Old People. Jaysus

J K

Listen to the country song backwards. Happy ending.

SouthTippBass

Wow, are you reading my mind? Im 28 also and thinking about everything you just said. Your right about the whole men/women thing, I was very unattractive in school, now quite passable ha ha! :pac:

starlit

I'm happy to grow old gracefully!:cool:

stevejr

I hope I don't smell like piss and soup like most old people i know.

Pauleta

Im gonna keep on rocking forever

KeithM89_old

Id rather be old then dead!


...or maybe the other way around...

Theres a lot of good about getting older. You do get wiser.
Not everyones body goes south If you look after yourself well enough it will show when you are older. I have a good body and Im 42. A lot of women i know who are my age, complain about their body. Cant understand it. Embrace what you have.
I do get grey, but 10 mins in the bathroom and a bottle of colour takes care of that .:)

One great thing about getting older is you give less of a ****e about certain things.


one other thing, dont put anything on your face that you cant pronounce.

Deus Ex Machina

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

I have just realised that i havn't downloaded any new music from the charts in 2010.

That is not a bad thing.

raah!

Plato says the best age to start studying philosophy is after you are thirty, and have studied enough maths and the like to prepare you.

Wolfe Tone

Sure when I hit 55 Il hit the aul steroids

foxinsox

My garden is lovely thanks..



and as far as I know I don't smell of piss (checks)

no I don't smell of piss ..

iPlop

Im 32 and I have 2 kids and a wife and the grey hair has set in.Im not happy about growing old but my focus is on my kids.When I was young I was a techno /trance DJ ,in between shift work at the time and college.I went to my last festival which was creamfields 2002,I have experienced everything I wanted to do before I settled down.I have to say I think Im turning into my father.Don't do this and don't do that.

edit: I just got adjunabeats vol 7 for the car which is rockin' I now have to convince the 6 year old

ThOnda

From the Straight Story movie:
Q: What is the worst thing about being old?
A: Remembering being young.

Or something like that. Scares the sh;te out of me, but I am old already so, who cares?

J K

foxinsox wrote: »

no I don't smell of piss ..

Maybe you've just gotten used to it

Metallergy

don't worry about it kid :eek: as for greying i will be hitting the bottle personally.. not an issue n don't feel under pressure about not being up with the charts :cool: no this is not eire circa 1974 anymore but i'm sure that country stuff still charts in the deepest darkest recesses of hicksville.. indeed didn't i spot you n the yunfella at one of the many matallica family day outs in marley park with an unnatural orange glow and your prada shades on.

girl.. you'll be a woman soon.

I plan on being an outrageous aul wan Going to shock and awe my grandkids with my coolness.
:P

bobblepuzzle

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

I dont think men have much of a problem as they just get sexier. But women, stuff starts to sag and grey hair isn't very nice. Do they go grey all over? Grey hairy legs? A grey garden?

Im only 28 and worried about this stuff already. I have just realised that i havn't downloaded any new music from the charts in 2010. Whereas i used to years ago. Im listening to alot of country music and not embarrassed to say so either. I used to hide the fact that i secretly loved country music. Well the american country anyway. I also cant stand the radio turned up high, it deafens me with the amount of crap thats on it nowadays.

How do other people feel about it? Am i the only one who is worried?

I'm 27 and can never say I felt old

RussellTuring

KeithM89 wrote: »

Id rather be old then dead!


...or maybe the other way around...

That's usually the order in which it goes.

I'm only in my early twenties but I'm already a bit worried about getting old. Hopefully, I'll only regret the things that I did and not those I didn't. That's the plan anyway.

Blondini

Ah sure your'e only as old as the woman you feel ....

(ps: how old is your ma again???)

Turtyturd

A few years ago I dreaded the thought of turning 30, I am 28 now and while I am not completely comfortable with it I just want to get it over and done with.

I think part of the reason I am more open to it now than I was a few years ago is I am comfortable with my life now. Since my son was born I feel like I have grown up a lot and adjusted my priorities more in line with other people my age.

I am also happy that I got out of my dead end job and returned to college...where I try fit in with the younger students

The only time I really feel old is going to a gig of a band I liked for years and it being full of kids.

foxinsox

foxinsox wrote: »

My garden is lovely thanks..


and as far as I know I don't smell of piss (checks)

no I don't smell of piss ..

Ok so the above was my AH answer!

Serious answer:

I honestly find it wierd the amount of young people..25 -35 that worry about getting old, it's mad Ted, mad!

I'm fairly getting on now and to be honest with you my brain is just fuller with lessons learnt, ok some were crap, but all part of life, some were great.

My body hasn't changed much at all, I guess I'm lucky, I've got bigger boobs and around 35yrs+ hips appeared.. yeah hips..

I still feel the same as I did when I was about 25.. stuff changes slightly but of all the things that happen as you age... the best thing, I couldn't care less what anyone else thinks of me. I guess you just realise that life is here to be lived.. and enjoy it..

in the grand scheme of things the little things don't matter at all..

jackie1974

I'll be 37 in March and never felt better you do go through a stage of freaking out over growing older as your leaving your twenties but thirties are better, IMO. Your more grounded and sure of yourself. What other people think of you isn't an issue, you learn to not give a sh!t. I will say the one thing that did surprise me is that when I was 20 I used to think I would have a totally different mind when I was this age but I don't I still think the same just a bit more rationally. This thread reminded me of this song in the 90s I loved it


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwVVpwBKUp0

iPlop

jackie1974 wrote: »

I'll be 37 in March and never felt better you do go through a stage of freaking out over growing older as your leaving your twenties but thirties are better, IMO. Your more grounded and sure of yourself. What other people think of you isn't an issue, you learn to not give a sh!t. I will say the one thing that did surprise me is that when I was 20 I used to think I would have a totally different mind when I was this age but I don't I still think the same just a bit more rationally. This thread reminded me of this song in the 90s I loved it


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwVVpwBKUp0

I know what you mean CJ Bolland the prophet

Mint Sauce

I thought about it a little in my late 20's, 32 now and doesn't really bother me, plus I think the gray bits around the temples do make me look more mature.

Mint Sauce

Blondini wrote: »

Ah sure your'e only as old as the woman you feel ....

What if she is older than you?

It happens.

foxinsox

irish-stew wrote: »

What if she is older than you?

It happens.

Why yes young man, I have heard it can happen!

Saaron

I'm 20 and I already hate how my face looks. I think I have less confidence about myself than a few years ago when I looked worse. Definitely not looking forward to getting older BLAH!

(I'm a girl btw)

Mint Sauce

foxinsox wrote: »

Why yes young man, I have heard it can happen!

Only heard?

epgc3fyqirnbsx

I'm a crank bastard at the best of times which really pisses people off bu it's kind of expected off you when you're older and people just say you're a character so I'm looking forward to that

gcgirl

Saaron wrote: »

I'm 20 and I already hate how my face looks. I think I have less confidence about myself than a few years ago when I looked worse. Definitely not looking forward to getting older BLAH!

(I'm a girl btw)

I think every woman feels like that at that age

Saaron

gcgirl wrote: »

I think every woman feels like that at that age

I sure hope so.

merengueca

I totally and utterly freaked out about turning 30. There was no dignity in the events of that day!

Too make matters worse I have a twin who f££king embraced it, to the extent of throwing a party! I didn't attend.
Slight social nastiness for anyone who attended - a twins 30th with only one of them bothering to show up.

With the exception of that day I am normally a sane, rational, emotionally stabe, level headed person.

Beware of 30 - it can totally F%$k you over!

Senna

Easy to see who all the female posters are;

Female: OH GOD I'M NEARLY 30
Male; Meh

Calibos

Senna wrote: »

Easy to see who all the female posters are;

Female: OH GOD I'M NEARLY 30
Male; Meh

Theres a reason for that you know.

Female: OMG I'm nearly 30, my ovaries are dying!! I've a little over 10 years of reproductive life left!! :eek:

Male: 50 or 60 more years of ejaculatory potential left. Meh. :D

Son Of A Vidic

OP - What's the point worrying about something you've got no control over. We've all been getting older since the day we were born, so why worry?
Some people roll over and die, or conform to a stereotype. Of course this need not happen. I hate the way women off a certain age seem to adopt a short hairstyle like a uniform. As if to say goodbye to their femininity or womanhood. That's the only thing I've ever said to my wife - not to crop her beautiful hair into some shorter style when she gets older.

TheZohanS

I'm 54. I think it's all about attitude to be honest, my second wife reckons I'm very young at heart.

jos28

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

I hate the way women off a certain age seem to adopt a short hairstyle like a uniform. As if to say goodbye to their femininity or womanhood.

Its nothing to do with saying goodbye to your womanhood, its more to do with facing enormous hairdressing bills. Cutting and colouring grey hair is VERY expensive.

boobar

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

I dont think men have much of a problem as they just get sexier. But women, stuff starts to sag and grey hair isn't very nice. Do they go grey all over? Grey hairy legs? A grey garden?

Im only 28 and worried about this stuff already. I have just realised that i havn't downloaded any new music from the charts in 2010. Whereas i used to years ago. Im listening to alot of country music and not embarrassed to say so either. I used to hide the fact that i secretly loved country music. Well the american country anyway. I also cant stand the radio turned up high, it deafens me with the amount of crap thats on it nowadays.

How do other people feel about it? Am i the only one who is worried?

Hey I know where you're coming from....I started getting into Easy Listening stuff where as a few years ago I would have been listening to Nirvana and the Manics Holy Bible album. One day I noticed that I'd tuned in to talk radio (The Last Word) and then started watching Vincent Browne....Oh God, I got old and I didn't even see it coming.

I'm a guy, in answer to your question I don't worry about getting old....

Sky King

jackie1974 wrote: »

.....when I was 20 I used to think I would have a totally different mind when I was this age but I don't I still think the same just a bit more rationally.....

God yeah, I spent my 20's worrying about leaving my 20's behind and losing all my cool hobbies and interests and becoming my dad watching horse racing all day on TV without putting any bets on, listening to Ronan Collins and the highlight of the day going to bed at 8.30 to watch golf.

Ten years on, I still fkin hate horse racing. AND golf, thankfully. I still like cars and music.

I feel pretty much the exact same as I did ten years ago otherwise...I think. I probably don't like packed pubs or getting smashed every weekend as much but yeah, otherwise the same. No danger of turing into the old man yet.

I hope I'll still be saying all this when I am 40...

rainbowdrop

TheZohan wrote: »

I'm 54. I think it's all about attitude to be honest, my second wife reckons I'm very young at heart.

Your 54?

:eek::eek::eek:

TheZohanS

rainbowdrop wrote: »

Your 54?

:eek::eek::eek:

Nah...I just tell people that so they'll tell me how well I'm looking...

entropi

Doesnt bother me in the slightest...I turned 30 there two days ago and feel no different. Maybe the fact I can still pass for a 21 year old helps :pac:

Thomas828

For me getting older is just an inescapable fact of life. And that's always been my view. When I was 20 I thought I was at the height of my physical prowess and that it was all downhill from there. Now I'll be 40 this year. My interests have changed and I'm starting to go grey, but I don't think I'm any less healthy than I was 20 years ago. The only real difference is I've got more experience behind me.

jackie1974

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Doesnt bother me in the slightest...I turned 30 there two days ago and feel no different. Maybe the fact I can still pass for a 21 year old helps :pac:

LOL I got asked for my I.D. going into a nightclub in Cork when I was 31, I was delighted with myself, the Oil of Ulay is working

strokemyclover

A bag for me, a bag for you, let's get wrecked on bags of glue!

Awful_Bliss

Really bothered me when I turned 30. I'm 31 now. Since I turned 30, the recession got worse, then there was the 2010 year, I lost my job etc.

TeddyTedson

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

I dont think men have much of a problem as they just get sexier. But women, stuff starts to sag and grey hair isn't very nice. Do they go grey all over? Grey hairy legs? A grey garden?

Im only 28 and worried about this stuff already. I have just realised that i havn't downloaded any new music from the charts in 2010. Whereas i used to years ago. Im listening to alot of country music and not embarrassed to say so either. I used to hide the fact that i secretly loved country music. Well the american country anyway. I also cant stand the radio turned up high, it deafens me with the amount of crap thats on it nowadays.

How do other people feel about it? Am i the only one who is worried?

Ah come on now.