Welcome to middle age:

[terrya]

Lower back problems

Gray hair (I'm finding more and more)

Propensity to put on weight and finding it harder to keep it off

Definitely not as much energy as I used to have

When I was a kid, I couldn't even begin to imagine what it would be like to get to middle age. And now I know.

[jedicord]

1. My new middle-age syndrome:

Really old guys flirting with me, really young guys calling me "ma'am".

Ack!

[Webster Green]

2. Arms not long enough to read without glasses....

you forgot that one!:P

[woofless]

3. I always thought I was tough as nails.

Then at age 43 I had a monster motorcycle wreck and at age 51 I broke my back. Whoever said aging wasn't for sissies was SO right.

Woof

[Magrittes Pipe]

4. Jesus, Terry.

You're describing me. :scared:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. and me

[tigereye]

8. c'mon you whippersnappers!

am I supposed to feel better now?


(or would you like my supportive response, 'well, the 20s and early 30s are a transitional age...)

;)

[terrya]

9. Hedges should know that turning 30 is no big deal.

Abd CStT is still in his 20's!! :-)

[tigereye]

10. that's what I mean

although turning 30 for me was worse than turning 40.

[terrya]

11. I honestly didn't have a problem turning 30.

I CAN understand the apprehension. It is a milestone, so to speak, in your life. But it also can be a change for the better...an impetus for a better career, a time to settle down with someone special and build a family.

[tigereye]

15. well that made sense

in my 30s I got married, went back to grad school, got my prof. license, bought a house and had a kid. I even started my own business. So the 30s are very cool that way. But when I turned 30 initially, it was with some trepidation. And I agree that the 40s are when you discover that you can still follow your bliss, so to speak, despite family and other commitments. :)

[jedicord]

12. Me too!

When I turned 30 I felt that I was now a dreaded grown up.

When I turned 40 I realized I didn't have to grow up!

:woohoo:

[tigereye]

17. that's a good way to look at it!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

14. I don't know - it just seems to describe me.

You look spry enough to me from the photos I've seen. Maybe that's cause you're sitting next to Hedges though. :)

[jonnyblitz]

19. and me. nt

[RebelOne]

7. No. that's me to a T. But the only thing I don't have

(at least not that anyone can see) is gray hair. Miss Clariol takes care of that.

[Butterflies]

5. not so much partying into the early morning hours anymore . . .

hangovers last a lot longer now too. Drinking isn't really worth it anymore. :-(

[Freebird12004]

13. returning to 3 wheels

As a kid I rode a trike and then a bicycle which I put aside for a motorcycle by the time I was 18. :woohoo: Now my trike has a big motor and I don't have to keep it in the driveway.

[mcscajun]

16. Turning 30 : piece of cake; Turning 40 : Absolutely Beautiful

Turning 50 :wtf:

Damn. I'm 53 and 'becoming vertical' in the morning, what I used to call 'gettin up', is verrrrrrrrrry interrrrrrrresting.

[KitchenWitch]

18. I have had back problems and gray hair since I was in my 20s

I guess I have been in middle age for some 15 years!

[Bouncy Ball]

20. I'm 34.

Things hurt more easily and for longer. I have so much gray hair it's unbelievable but I get my hair colored every six weeks so I haven't seen it in a while.

The metabolism has slowed down and things have sort of....shifted.

My energy level does still seem to be good, though.

Didja ever hear that joke about the old lady who was in her 90s who had lost her husband? She was so distraught and lonely, she considered suicide. She asked her doctor where her heart was located and he said "Underneath your left breast."

She was admitted to the ER the next day with a gunshot wound to her knee.

[bigwillq]

21. But you're looking as sexy as ever!

And that's what really counts!:loveya: :hug:

[Skittles]

22. I turned 48 and am experiencing none of these

I exercise an hour almost every day - try it, terrya.