I've read and heard a few assumptions made about people of 60 and over recently. Not just here in the general media too.
What were/are your assumptions about being that age? For those of you in your 60s were you surprised or does it pretty much live up to your expectations or fears? For those under, what are your assumptis, expectations and fears? |
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over a year ago
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I used to think 60 was ancient. I also used to think 30 was old.  (When I was a teenager!)
Depends on the person really. Some act older and some act younger.
I know a few sprightly 80 year olds so 60 seems pretty young really.  |
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"I used to think 60 was ancient. I also used to think 30 was old. (When I was a teenager!)
Depends on the person really. Some act older and some act younger.
I know a few sprightly 80 year olds so 60 seems pretty young really. "
Yeah, I used to think 60 marked transition in to old age.  |
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It seems to me (Mr) that the moment a zero appears on an age that it becomes another era, a new behaviour or attitude. It really should be seen it the round. The day you transfer from one decade to the next, in truth nothing changes, zero, the number that supposed change. There generally is nothing you cant do one day and not the next.
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Except here on fab when you dip out of some peoples age range  |
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I'll be 60 in a few years, i'm not bothered about my age to be honest. Although being married to a man ten years younger maybe should mean i'd be bothered about my age ! |
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"I'll be 60 in a few years, i'm not bothered about my age to be honest. Although being married to a man ten years younger maybe should mean i'd be bothered about my age !"
Save your concerns for things you can do something about  |
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By *ammyDodgaMan
over a year ago
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I remember being 16 and chap I was apprenticed too turning 37 ( my age now ) and thinking you old fart your almost dead. How dare you act like you do.. 
Now I’m the same age, I don’t feel mentally any different and still act and like what I like just as he did an I’m sure a 16 yr old thinks you old fart about me.... It’s just life, same as it’s a number
An I’m pretty sure at 60 that mindset will still be the same bar the body may sometimes say “are you kidding me “ |
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"I'll be 60 in a few years, i'm not bothered about my age to be honest. Although being married to a man ten years younger maybe should mean i'd be bothered about my age !
Save your concerns for things you can do something about "
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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago
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There OLD then there old
As soon as I start looking like a Mad Professor I QUIT and I'm old.
But as Long as it still goes up and I can still move without ointment rub into my Joints it P-A-R-T-Y because I gotta |
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I'm slightly concerned about the pain aspect of getting older.
Although, I might have new knees by then.
My LTP reckons he'll still be fucking me when I'm 80 so my sex will be sorted |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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As you know, OP, I'm planning to shuffle off at 60. I can change my mind when I get there (it's not that far off) but I don't want to deal with dementia. I'll go earlier if I am diagnosed.
On another thread I mentioned that my old yoga teacher is in her 70s and she's as flexible and on the ball as when I met her when she as my age. It depends on the person.
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"As you know, OP, I'm planning to shuffle off at 60. I can change my mind when I get there (it's not that far off) but I don't want to deal with dementia. I'll go earlier if I am diagnosed.
On another thread I mentioned that my old yoga teacher is in her 70s and she's as flexible and on the ball as when I met her when she as my age. It depends on the person.
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There are, supposedly, ways of staving off dementia. I'm going to research them myself. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"As you know, OP, I'm planning to shuffle off at 60. I can change my mind when I get there (it's not that far off) but I don't want to deal with dementia. I'll go earlier if I am diagnosed.
On another thread I mentioned that my old yoga teacher is in her 70s and she's as flexible and on the ball as when I met her when she as my age. It depends on the person.
There are, supposedly, ways of staving off dementia. I'm going to research them myself."
I'm doing some of them and I'm part of a dementia prevention trial but I don't think I can out-run genetics.
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From 20 to 40 you’re young .
From 40 to 60 you’re middle aged .
From 60 onward you’re old .
Simple .
And I’ll be 57 in a week or so , so I’m almost old , and after a heart attack 3 months ago lucky to still be here .
I’ve spoken to many octogenarians who ask why they are still here , some have had enough , some still have dreams .
So with more and more people living way past 80 maybe the perceptions of what’s old should change . I dunno , but I feel a whole lot older this year than I did last year . |
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"I’ll be eligible for the oap special at harry ramsdens 
I’ve got this far so can go further. It doesn’t worry me. "
That's about it! You also qualify for "senior" membership of the National Trust at a discount.  |
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"It seems to me (Mr) that the moment a zero appears on an age that it becomes another era, a new behaviour or attitude. It really should be seen it the round. The day you transfer from one decade to the next, in truth nothing changes, zero, the number that supposed change. There generally is nothing you cant do one day and not the next.
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Except here on fab when you dip out of some peoples age range "
Exactly but I notice that assumptions and attitudes change when the number changes to 60. I wondered why and what people think. |
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"I'll be 60 in a few years, i'm not bothered about my age to be honest. Although being married to a man ten years younger maybe should mean i'd be bothered about my age !"
Not a thing you can do to change it |
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"I remember being 16 and chap I was apprenticed too turning 37 ( my age now ) and thinking you old fart your almost dead. How dare you act like you do..
Now I’m the same age, I don’t feel mentally any different and still act and like what I like just as he did an I’m sure a 16 yr old thinks you old fart about me.... It’s just life, same as it’s a number
An I’m pretty sure at 60 that mindset will still be the same bar the body may sometimes say “are you kidding me “ "
Hangovers take a little longer to recover from, it's true. |
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"There OLD then there old
As soon as I start looking like a Mad Professor I QUIT and I'm old.
But as Long as it still goes up and I can still move without ointment rub into my Joints it P-A-R-T-Y because I gotta "
Good! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"With the help of a few Peter pan pills I've held back time
But tbh honest I feel the same today as the day I turned 50
I feel pretty much the same as I did when I was 30. "
Didn't know you at thirty...but what I've seen of you now I can easily believe it  |
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"I'm slightly concerned about the pain aspect of getting older.
Although, I might have new knees by then.
My LTP reckons he'll still be fucking me when I'm 80 so my sex will be sorted "
Extreme old age isn't something I relish to be honest. I'm talking about late 80s on. From what I see unless you've maintained fitness and have escaped illness it's not a comfortable life. I'm doing what I can now to ensure as far as possible that I'm fit into very old age.
Sex is one of the things that lots of people assume stops when you get to 60, let alone 80. |
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"As you know, OP, I'm planning to shuffle off at 60. I can change my mind when I get there (it's not that far off) but I don't want to deal with dementia. I'll go earlier if I am diagnosed.
On another thread I mentioned that my old yoga teacher is in her 70s and she's as flexible and on the ball as when I met her when she as my age. It depends on the person.
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It does depend on the person and to a certain extent luck. I hope you decide positively |
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"I have no problem being over 60 and think us folk are capable of being sexy active and so much fun
. And we have experience "
No, I have no problem with it either. I'm interested in people's assumptions. |
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"From 20 to 40 you’re young .
From 40 to 60 you’re middle aged .
From 60 onward you’re old .
Simple .
And I’ll be 57 in a week or so , so I’m almost old , and after a heart attack 3 months ago lucky to still be here .
I’ve spoken to many octogenarians who ask why they are still here , some have had enough , some still have dreams .
So with more and more people living way past 80 maybe the perceptions of what’s old should change . I dunno , but I feel a whole lot older this year than I did last year ."
A heart attack is a bit of a wake up call. Hope you're soon back to full fitness. |
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"With the help of a few Peter pan pills I've held back time
But tbh honest I feel the same today as the day I turned 50
I feel pretty much the same as I did when I was 30.
Didn't know you at thirty...but what I've seen of you now I can easily believe it "
Charmer 
I hardly knew myself at 30 to be honest. |
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"With the help of a few Peter pan pills I've held back time
But tbh honest I feel the same today as the day I turned 50
I feel pretty much the same as I did when I was 30.
Didn't know you at thirty...but what I've seen of you now I can easily believe it
Charmer
I hardly knew myself at 30 to be honest."
There you go..we didn't know ourselves when we were younger. But now we just don't know why we've gone in the kitchen |
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So what are the things that people do in the hope of preventing dementia ?
My mum was obsessed with preventing it and had various obsessions that she took to extremes to try to prevent her getting it such as a healthy diet, exercise, watching (stupid) quizz programes etc to keep her brain active .... non of it worked as she has early onset alzheimers and to be honest her many obsessions she had to prevent dementia actually led us to realise she already had a form of dementia ! |
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"I'm slightly concerned about the pain aspect of getting older.
Although, I might have new knees by then.
My LTP reckons he'll still be fucking me when I'm 80 so my sex will be sorted
Extreme old age isn't something I relish to be honest. I'm talking about late 80s on. From what I see unless you've maintained fitness and have escaped illness it's not a comfortable life. I'm doing what I can now to ensure as far as possible that I'm fit into very old age.
Sex is one of the things that lots of people assume stops when you get to 60, let alone 80. "
No,no,no There are plenty here who are up for a bit of hanky panky with 99 yr olds  |
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"With the help of a few Peter pan pills I've held back time
But tbh honest I feel the same today as the day I turned 50
I feel pretty much the same as I did when I was 30.
Didn't know you at thirty...but what I've seen of you now I can easily believe it
Charmer
I hardly knew myself at 30 to be honest.
There you go..we didn't know ourselves when we were younger. But now we just don't know why we've gone in the kitchen "
Lol. |
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"Well if you're an example of what my 60s may hold, I've no fears at all.
I'll be 50 soon but I certainly don't feel old at all. "
My assumptions about being 60 were very different to the reality. I was just wondering about other people and how they thought. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I definitely think with an increasingly ageing population that we are only limited by our physicality not our age.
There's plenty of older people capable of doing what lots of younger unfit people can't do. |
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I will be 60 in a few years, I don't think I will have many friends to do stuff with as friends younger than me are already in "I can't do that I,m too old" mode. I,m looking forward to getting a bus pass and going on more trips and further afield for meets. X |
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"I will be 60 in a few years, I don't think I will have many friends to do stuff with as friends younger than me are already in "I can't do that I,m too old" mode. I,m looking forward to getting a bus pass and going on more trips and further afield for meets. X"
Don't hope too much on that bus pass at 60...currently it is issued at 64 year olds here and I believe that is going up each year that will settle at around 67.
It may differ in your area. |
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I am doing more now than I did 10 years ago, more sport, gardening hobbies, bigger circle of friends both inside and outside the swinging world, and fully enjoying life. Plus semi retirement means the ability to meet during the day So the 60's are definitely not a worry to me. |
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