When does middle age start

[john75]

Just to settle an argument I hold the view that middle age does not start till you are 50 and old age when you are 80.

[Mrs Fish]

i would agree with that

[c c]

john75 said:

Just to settle an argument I hold the view that middle age does not start till you are 50 and old age when you are 80.

30

[einion yrth]

I think it starts just before you post something with loads of spoiler space.....
































































..... and no punchline.

[jimothy]

john75 said:

Just to settle an argument I hold the view that middle age does not start till you are 50

It starts when you buy a cardigan and zip up slippers.

[wedge girl]

Well, if life begins at 40 and ends at 100 then I guess middle age is 70.

However, I have met some people in their 20s who are "old" thinks it's much more a state of mind than a number.

[Piccy mate]

Oh Goody ! In that case I'll never reach middle age!
Piccy mate

[mrmaggit]

I had a mate who referred to herself as a teenage forty year old. Meaning she was old beyond her years. And she was.

[coco h]

middle age begins at 30

[Davel]

51!






says me 50....

[srebbe64]

When my 7 year old was about 5 I asked her that very same question. She looked at and said "middle-age, is that between being young and being old?" "Yes", I said. She then paused and said "about 20 I think".

Well, I used to say 40 - but I now say 50. Read into that what you will.

[rude-boy]

Hmm, 45 - 50 ish I'd guess.

Don't give a sh1t myself, I'm 28 and Mrs is knocking 40. My brother and sister are 12 and 10 years older than I and I (usually)act about 10 years older than I am. And some used to say I looked it, the cheeky young scamps (no I've had a hard life!)

as said before you are as young/old as you feel.

[hedders]

coco h said:

middle age begins at 30

I would go along with that.

Young: 0-30
middle age 30-60
positively antique: 60+

[cotty]

srebbe64 said:

When my 7 year old was about 5 I asked her that very same question. She looked at and said "middle-age, is that between being young and being old?" "Yes", I said. She then paused and said "about 20 I think". Well, I used to say 40 - but I now say 50. Read into that what you will.

that your 49

[Size Nine Elm]

Middle age begins at now+5 where now is a moving point.

i.e. you never get there. Other people do.

It is much more a state of mind. You can see middle aged twenty-somethings, and extremely childish 50-somethings. That's where I aim to be, followed by getting old disgracefully.

Maybe I should move to Holmfirth, and buy some old bathtubs

[nel]

In my opinion it's not the years that count! Middle age begins when you start having sprogs because they fundamentally change the way you live your life (unless you were a boring git before having them of course!).

[deeen]

Middle age is when doughnuts aren't fun any more.

[Bat21]

No one can tell me when I was middle aged until such time as I die. As I will be 50 on Thursday, I am a firm believer that 50 is the new 30 and I aint done my first half yet!!

[srebbe64]

The worrying question is not when middle-age starts, it's when middle-age ends.

[_DeeJay_]

deeen said:

Middle age is when doughnuts aren't fun any more.

mmmmmmmmmmm, Doughnuts....