How do people feel about getting older?

Mrs Garth Brooks · 21-01-2011 10:21PM #1

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 · 21-01-2011 10:23PM

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 · 21-01-2011 10:24PM

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 · 21-01-2011 10:24PM

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 · 21-01-2011 10:25PM

Listen to the country song backwards. Happy ending.

SouthTippBass · 21-01-2011 10:25PM

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 · 21-01-2011 10:28PM

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

stevejr · 21-01-2011 10:28PM

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

Pauleta · 21-01-2011 10:28PM

Im gonna keep on rocking forever

KeithM89_old · 21-01-2011 10:28PM

Id rather be old then dead!

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

21-01-2011 10:29PM

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 · 21-01-2011 10:30PM

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! · 21-01-2011 10:31PM

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 · 21-01-2011 10:33PM

Sure when I hit 55 Il hit the aul steroids

foxinsox · 21-01-2011 10:36PM

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 · 21-01-2011 10:38PM

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 · 21-01-2011 10:39PM

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 · 21-01-2011 10:42PM

foxinsox wrote: »

no I don't smell of piss ..

Maybe you've just gotten used to it

Metallergy · 21-01-2011 10:42PM

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.

21-01-2011 10:43PM

I plan on being an outrageous aul wan

Going to shock and awe my grandkids with my coolness.

:P

bobblepuzzle · 21-01-2011 10:44PM

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 · 21-01-2011 10:55PM

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 · 21-01-2011 10:59PM

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

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

Turtyturd · 21-01-2011 11:02PM

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 · 21-01-2011 11:03PM

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 · 21-01-2011 11:12PM

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 · 21-01-2011 11:18PM

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 · 21-01-2011 11:25PM

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 · 21-01-2011 11:30PM

Blondini wrote: »

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

What if she is older than you?

It happens.

foxinsox · 21-01-2011 11:38PM

irish-stew wrote: »

What if she is older than you?

It happens.

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

Saaron · 21-01-2011 11:44PM

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)

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