Introducing Olivia!

Livvie said:
I’m 51, too young to be a senior? Weird because younger people think I’m too old.

Convince you how? Are you management? 🙂
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It was a joke because you look so young on the photo. Nope, 51 is fine for here. It was a compliment that you look so young. (Which is why I added the smiley, of course.)
 
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Livvie said:
Hello, I’m Olivia. And boy am I glad to be here lol. I hope to make plenty of friends here. I am very friendly so feel free to reach out.

Thanks. 🙂
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As soon as you settle in and feel comfy I’m hoping you’ll fill out your back story for us. Adds interest. But welcome anyway in the mean time.

Fifty one is fine. No matter how far out of it you start to feel with the younger crowd elsewhere you should be able feel like “the young one” here for a long time. My wife provides me that opportunity every single day. She turned 80 a couple months ago and I am 70 today .. so young. Wait, you’re spoiling it. 😉

Seriously though I know people of many ages and always have. Age doesn’t scare me. As I used to retell my young teen students when they’d ask my age on my birthday, it beats the alternative.
 
MarkD said:
As soon as you settle in and feel comfy I’m hoping you’ll fill out your back story for us. Adds interest. But welcome anyway in the mean time.

Fifty one is fine. No matter how far out of it you start to feel with the younger crowd elsewhere you should be able feel like “the young one” here for a long time. My wife provides me that opportunity every single day. She turned 80 a couple months ago and I am 70 today .. so young. Wait, you’re spoiling it. 😉

Seriously though I know people of many ages and always have. Age doesn’t scare me. As I used to retell my young teen students when they’d ask my age on my birthday, it beats the alternative.
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Thank you Mark. I’m still figuring out my way around here but I will as soon as I can. Thanks again.
 
Hi Olivia, welcome to Senior Forums. All people are very valuable members of this forum, independent of their age. You'll feel at home here immediately.
 
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Hi, Livvie, welcome! :) It's nice to have you here. Make yourself at home!

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Bella✌️
 
Livvie said:
I’m 51, too young to be a senior? Weird because younger people think I’m too old.

Convince you how? Are you management? 🙂
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I think regarless of age, we are all too young to be 'seniors'. As for younger people thinking I’m too old:

I think back to when I had just turned 30. I was walking past the town hall near where I live. And there was some very young school children there with what I presumed was their teacher. One of the young girls in the group ran past me & stopped to speak to the teacher. The young girl whispered something about, “that old man…”. I turned my head around to see who she might be talking about, but to my horror there was no one there. She had been referring to me. It took me several weeks to recover from that! :)
 
Livvie said:
I’m 51, too young to be a senior? Weird because younger people think I’m too old.
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It's paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to most, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone. Welcome to our forum Livvie, enjoy the buzz, enjoy yourself. I do understand what you say about younger people thinking that fifty plus is old, truth be told, when President Kennedy was assassinated he was just 46, at the time, I was 17, I couldn't understand why the newspapers described him as young. We've all been there.
 
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It's paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to most, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone. Welcome to our forum Livvie, enjoy the buzz, enjoy yourself. I do understand what you say about younger people thinking that fifty plus is old, truth be told, when President Kennedy was assassinated he was just 46, at the time, I was 17, I couldn't understand why the newspapers described him as young. We've all been there.
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Agreed. I always think it is interesting when historical buildings are incorporated - built around really - with more current styles.
 
Very happy to have you here. My partner is 57, so I get a daily dose of the GenX perspective! I'm sure we can learn a lot from you. Please feel free to share, and welcome!

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Hi Livvie,welcome glad you took the 'leap of faith' to join us, the more the merrier
As you learn your way around the site, you'll meet great group of members from around the world which makes SF in my opnion a cool place to hang out every day
Enjoy yourself
Sue in Buffalo,NY
 

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