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RickCorey said:Under 30, we would still be "kids". Over 40, "getting old". Gee, the age-range I want to be is very narrow! Kind of like temperature after I'd lived in coastal WA for a few years. Colder than 65 is "freezing" and over 80 is "a heat wave". How spoiled can I be?

Also, for me at least, "40" is long enough ago that I don't recall what (if anything) I was angst-ridden about at THAT age. So it sounds good to me now!

BTW, when I hit 50, I decided that 50 years of growing OLDER was enough; it was getting boring. So I decided to "grow younger" from that point on. By that rule, I'm down to 37 or so: almost perfect!

LOL -- I remember quite precisely what was going on when I was 40, as I was just recently divorced

Turning 50 was just kind of weird for me, for some reason

Now I just sort of embrace each year as it comes... although this year I turned 68, which is how old my dad was when he died, so not the best year for me.