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[ella]

Good grief... if you guys feel old in your 20s and 30s, you're in for a rude awakening.

[VirginIslander]

My dad's twin brother is 57 and he runs 12 miles every other day, and runs several marathons a year. He does not drink beer, just wine on the weekends. He only eats fruits, vegetables and white meats. Several of my other uncles are also marathon runners.

My dad, on the other hand, drinks both beer, wine and gin, and eats whatever he likes, whenever he likes. Plus, he smokes cigars He weighs 25 pounds more than is twin brother, and probably can only run 4-5 miles at a time.

Age is a factor--but not as much as your life style.

My uncle is not an exception; you are just fat and lazy.

[VanIslander]

[Howard Roark]

[tzechuk]

I am turning 30 this year, too.

I think that if I hadn't had a daughter (I would never NOT have her, though), I would have a lot more energy than I do now.. but as it is now, I have a lot of energy for my daughter but I feel tired at the same time (and boy, some days I look it).

All in all though, I feel great, don't feel one bit that I am turing 30 at the end of the year at all - I also don't look like I am about to turn 30 either, which is bonus.

[The Bobster]

I have been 28 and I have been 48, and I know which one I like better. Those who have only been 28, of course, have no basis for comparison ...

Sounds like a cliche and you won't believe it until it happens, but getting older usually means getting better. Don't be so afraid, and look forward to it. It really IS a good place to be. You'll find out.

[mole]

Bobster:
Have you re-claimed your position as the board's LIFER?
If so, good.
I can tell these kids it's all great. 20's, 30's, all progressively better every hour of the way.
They won't believe it, as I never did. But they will get it eventually.

No one talks about the 40's. Semi-annual colonoscopies? What do I have to look forward to?

[The Bobster]

[WorldWide]

My biggest fear about getting older is that I won't be able to find a good looking woman when I'm 35+. As it is now, I'm not attracted to real life women over 30. When I'm old, and if I don't get rich, I doubt I'll be able to meet the kind of women I like. I'd rather die than settle for some chunky over the hill type. It is depressing when I go out and see all these working class guys stuck with plain women. I don't want to end up that way!

[Qinella]

WorldWide, you sound like a superficial, shallow American! blech!!

As for Bobster, I can understand what you're saying. I'm 25. Aside from the necessary teenage years where your brain experiences significant growth and you think you therefore have all the answers, I've always considered older people to be considerably more wise. Sure, this must be tempered with the fact that they grew up in a different era and possibly esteem different values, but certain things in life remain true. There have been so many time in my life where I've talked my crazy young person talk to my sagacious grandmother, and she'd just smile and nod, with a gleam in her eye.

I don't fear getting old. I don't fear death. We have one life, and each moment is something to savor. Okay, that's hyperbole. I don't savor the times that I'm scrubbing my ass in the shower. But you know what I mean, I'm sure.

Now, that doesn't mean you can say anything you want to me. For example, if you tell me I'm naive and simplistic, I'll punch you in the gut and run away. That'll show you.

[mole]