What age do you act like or really feel you are?

Olivia

Olivia

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For myself, I often feel like 70 going on seventeen. I still have the heart of a teenager and I guess it's somewhat because I never had children or grandchildren, and if I did I suppose having lived through having teenagers I might feel differently. LOL But the way it is now, I'll just stay the way I feel.
 
I’m almost 59 but feel child like and think I always will.
Like yourself Olivia, I’ve never had children so never really needed to grow up so I didn’t.
I also say things how I see them and it sometimes gets me in trouble but I don’t know how to be any different
 
I kinda feel I've worked my way backwards...

I had to grow up quickly as a child, then even more so as a young mum at 20, then even more again as a single parent after my divorce... but since my daughter left home at 23 (she's now 42), I feel I've reverted back in many ways to the child I was never allowed to be..

My daughter is always telling me off..telling me how I should act how I shouldn't.. I finally asked her when exactly she became the mother!!
 
Similar to Olivia and Keesha here, no kids, feel like 65 going on 20.....definitely younger in my mind and that's a good thing! :topsy_turvy: I guess I 'act' like I'm 50. :p
 
My son turns 55 this month, so I am about the same age as the fossils, and some days feel every inch of it. This is one of those days
 
hollydolly said:
I kinda feel I've worked my way backwards...

I had to grow up quickly as a child, then even more so as a young mum at 20, then even more again as a single parent after my divorce... but since my daughter left home at 23 (she's now 42), I feel I've reverted back in many ways to the child I was never allowed to be..


My daughter is always telling me off..telling me how I should act how I shouldn't.. I finally asked her when exactly she became the mother!!
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Solution! Next time she pops up with that comment just tell her "when I was your age I too thought I knew it all, you'll outgrow it too!!
 
I still try to act like I'm in my 30's or 40's, but the old body quickly proves me wrong if/when I try to overdo it. Mentally, I refuse to dwell on my age, and try to think of ways to keep fairly fit and healthy.
 
When I say something hilarious, with some sarcasm in it also, my wife loves it and we both laugh our butts of like we are in our 20's.
When we go to the Range and do some target shooting, we definitely don't feel 69 and 70.........that is, until that night when we have to take Motrin for some pain.
When we take our boat out and have some Classic Rock playing fairly loud on a cd. Wife loves hearing "I Love Rock & Roll" by Joan Jett.
 
AZ Jim said:
Solution! Next time she pops up with that comment just tell her "when I was your age I too thought I knew it all, you'll outgrow it too!!
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LOL..she's 42 Jim...but yes ..I'd taken it for a long time, and when I did eventually say it to her about being the mother ..the look on her face was a picture, she was furious!!
 
I used to feel young, thought I'd always feel that way. My mother and her envy of youth was an excellent example of what not to be. I can remember her sitting there shoulder sobbing and raging over and over "I was young once, I had hopes, I had dreams." Keep in mind, she's doing this in front of a 7+ year old child and she's over 40.

With that example, I'll never act that way but I really feel old and that it's all caught up to me.
 
Will be 83 in a few more days, other than not jumping up from a kneeling position this body of mine serves me pretty well. Minor aches & pains happen when I try to do more than I used to. Mentally that varies [between 18 & present age] but physically best guess is late 30's to early 40's.
 
I will be 73 at the end of April. In my mind, I feel like I'm around 30ish. Normally, that's ok except when I let that 30 year old, take over my body and try to do things physically that a 73 year old should not due. When I do allow it to happen, I truly feel it the next day.
 
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