When do you think middle age begins?

[raymondouppernorwood]

Hi all I'm new here from up the hill, for some middle age never starts but I must admit I don't need as many cold showers as i used to.

[flapjackdavey]

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[raymondouppernorwood]

What are you sayin bruv

[katie1997]

Narnia Wrote:

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> I'm thinking size Daizie.

...and I'm thinking when said trousers are pulled up as far as the armpits and have an elasticated waist. Usually teamed with a cardigan. That's when it truly begins (or endz)...

[daizie]

But come on, how many people do you know like that ?

[firstchoicegary]

im 30 this year and not looking forward to it one bit, never bothered me before! middle age i would say is 35-40 most people now live to mid/late 70's i think so threfore half of that is 35- 40

[SimonM]

Prince Charles was middle-aged from around the age of 16....

[Cassius]

Middle age is when you start thinking that the music you bought in your teens was sh!te.

[Moos]

Middle age starts tomorrow, and has done for years.

I'm enjoying Simon admitting to being effete, though.

[katie1997]

daizie Wrote:

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> But come on, how many people do you know like that

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Thought I'd try to leave my ex out of this :)

Oh and happy birthday to wjfox, 31 is really nothing to worry about!

[KidKruger]

all in the mind, just like 'what does 30 mean ?', 'what does 40 mean ?' etc etc...

fluff, which if we all obliged it would dictate the way we live and interact.

[Sue]

It's when you start to get middle age spread.

Parts of your body appear to migrate to other parts and if you're a woman your waist disappears.

Or is that old age rather than middle age?

AARRRGGGHHHH

:-S

[TheArtfulDogger]

Half past three ?

[Cassius]

I guess my aunt with her 26 inch waist at the age of 73 is still relatively young then! Lets hope I can follow in her footsteps.

[SteveT]

Maybe she has no teeth left and cannot absorb the nutrients.

[Sue]

Cassius Wrote:

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> I guess my aunt with her 26 inch waist at the age

> of 73 is still relatively young then! Lets hope I

> can follow in her footsteps.

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I think middle age spread refers to the relative measurements rather than absolute measurements, ie your waist gets bigger than it used to be in relation to the rest of your, er, vital statistics so you come to resemble an apple rather than an hourglass :))

[citizenED]

Young man = trousers worn on hips

Middle age man = trousers worn on waist

Old man = trousers above belly button

[The Minkey]

"Young man = trousers worn on hips" - the full nappy look ;-)

[SimonM]

I'm enjoying Simon admitting to being effete, though.

Dear Ms Bovine Utterances

If you really cannot distinguish between 'effete' and 'foetus', then you are in for a lifetime of confusion :)): well until middle age anyway B)

[Cassius]

"vital statistics so you come to resemble an apple rather than an hourglass"

Thats not middle age that's fate worse than death.

[Acid Casual]

Logically it's peak should be 39 years, 6 months, given that the average UK life expectancy is 79, so basically 35 to 45ish?

However, averages prove sod all. The average human being has one breast, one testicle, half a penis and half a vagina.

I am fast approaching that middle mark and I certainly don't feel middle aged, albeit I certainly DO feel older and would no longer be considered "young"

I'd say that logically you would have to subtract the first 12 years of life from the final figure, as you are undeniably pre-adolescent. Therefore the mid point between 13 and 79 is 46. Take that as the peak of middle age and add 5 years either side, I'd say that middle age should commence at 41 and conclude at 51.

But like any methodology is just musing and opinion.

[brum]

Oh crikey. That means I'm going to be old aged in less than 2 years time. Thanks, Acid.

[Brendan]

A man far older and wiser than me once told me, ?Son, when a man reaches a certain age his hips start to spread and there?s nothing he can do about it.?

To which I replied, ?Yeah dad, same can be said for some of the girls I know and their legs.?

In reply to which he smacked me in the head and said, ?That?s the last time I try to pass on fatherly advice to you yah wee gobshite. Learn some respect for ladies.?

? And to think I paid for these pints.?

I think he was just pissed off because he had reached middle age.

[firstchoicegary]

im ok for a while then . . lucky me

[ruffers]

When you're younger you can eat what you like, drink what you like and still climb into your 26 inch waist trousers and zip them closed. Then you reach that age, 24 / 25, your muscles give up they wave a little white flag and then without any warning at all, you're suddenly a fat bastard.