[Closed] How old do you think of yourself as?

Have been phoning around for some accommodation for a weekend in the hills for myself and a couple of mates, had to correct myself by asking for digs for "3 young lads" but I still feel like a young lad... My knees, back and beer belly disagree.

About 20 years younger than I am. Photos come as a shock.

+1 and demo days when I forget that the young turks are probably 30 years younger than me - no wonder they are faster.

Work is balance between a few grey hairs = gravitas and Life wanting no grey hairs and no reading glasses. Currently at the tipping point!

I've got a job on tomorrow in some achingly trendy design agency in the Northern Quarter. I've had a look at their website. Its going to be all skinny jeans and waxed beards. I expect I'll feel about 106 😥

18 in my head, 37 according to the birth certificate. My back sometimes appears to be about 90
Hairline is not 18 anymore either 😈

I'm 45, kind of grew up a bit and got all serious about life when the kids were born but now they aren't babies any more (11&8) I have quickly reverted back to the same attitude to life I had in my twenties. Still training hard and pushing myself on both the road and off it and living life to the full. No intention to change just yet!

It was only recently I worked out that people don't really grow up, they just get older.

I agree with this. I know I'm 47 and don't imagine I'm any younger but what surprises me is I don't feel or think any differently to how I always have. When I was 16 I thought a 47 year old was some old crock. Of course that is how today's 16 year olds must see me but who gives a shit what they think, they will never afford a house 🙂

22 in my head, I left uni last year right...... Actually 38 next month! I'm getting bike parts for my birthday from my Mum though so that must make me younger!

hanchurch, I read that as "bike pants", which sounds like something for those of advancing years

Yeah, bike pants are for old farts. Me, I have my lucky rocket pants 🙂

Not swearfilteravoidance 50!
I have the body of a 25 year old ( I keep it in the freezer)

I certainly don't think if myself as 50 and thanks to some exercise and no smoking I am not often believed to be 50 chronic immaturity helps. I have spent my entire life worrying that proper grown ups will see through me and take away my front door keys etc. I think life's big secret is most decent people feel this way and those who think of themselves as proper grown ups are at best dull and at worst psychopathic.

I feel as old as I am, which is better than I felt a decade ago when I felt a lot older than I actually was.

The guys I've been out riding with recently are around 40 and I sometimes have to remind myself that I'm old enough to be their father. They tend to leave me gasping on the hills but I don't struggle to badly on longer rides.

I'm regularly told I look at least ten years younger than I am but I seem to have a wishlist of things to do/places to go that's getting longer, not shorter.

Mind of an 18 year old
Body of a 50+ year old
Birth certificate of a 31 year old

73 here, going on 30 (or so mrs busydog says). Still MTB a couple times a week, but for some reason, trails I have ridden for 25+ years seem to take longer with each passing year. I have gotten past the point where I really "need" a new bike every other year. All things considered, I can't complain.

In one of my first jobs a fubar by another member of staff (he went to the bank to cash a company cheque and cocked it up in such a way that resulted in the staff locking him in a back room and calling the cops) was excused by the boss as down to the fact he was 'only a youngster'. When I pointed out that I was quite a bit younger he said 'yes, but you were born 40'.

Not sure, but i was lying in bed with a 54 year old woman this morning, that can't be right, can it!

30 year old, body feels like a 70 year old especially my knees.
Act like an 18 year old on the bike.
Miserable grumpy old man the rest of the time.

When I was late teens all I wanted to do was ride bikes and get p*ssed.

Now 50, and have picked up a decent job, mortgage, wife, and kids along the way, but really all I want to do is ride bikes and get p*ssed. (Albeit these days that means a good bottle of wine or 4 or 5 pints of decent beer).

Can't see that ever changing until I'm physically no longer able to do either.

I think I was [i]born[/i] old.

Since I sprouted the zz-lite style white beard I now actually look as old as I feel: ancient.

The Loon keeps telling it makes me look 30 years older. Yup, he's a charmer.

(Started to work on the second half of the century in reality)

BillMC - Member
I still enjoy the stuff I did in my 20s only now can indulge in it a bit/lot more. Early retirement is key to doing loads of what you like while you can

Actually, I find it quite liberating because really I don't give a stuff what other people think and also because young sprogs don't expect you to be able to do anything and it's nice making them have it sometimes.

a) we're all middle-aged if UrbanDictionary [s]is[/s] was to be believed.

b) I'm in my early- to mid-40s and I'm surprised at how many people are way older than I am.

I always kind of default to "we're all the same age," I'm mentoring teenagers at the moment and still fall into the same trap.

I think of myself as 25. I'm 40.

Stopped growing up mentally ages ago. 46 the other day, and I felt like 46 if not older 🙁

25/40

Head says 20-odd, birth certificate (and body) says 41... It's true that while ageing is unavoidable, growing up is entirely optional 😀

When people say 'act your age' you can reply with 'I've never been this age before so don't know how to act!'

I'm 50 mostly ride bikes with my 11 yo, my daughter is 14 tmw and frowns at my childishness often.

Being grown up or old will be a shock.

My daughter often tells me to grow up. I tell her that growing up is for older people.
I turned 60 two weeks ago and am retiring early at the end of April 😀

Went to a gig, recently and thought the place was full of old gits. Mentioned it to my 26 year old daughter, who was also in attendance. She immediately took a picture of me on her phone, showed it to me and suggested that I reconsider my remarks.

I did a two week physical course with twenty-somethings recently. I wasn't slacking or tired at any point. In fact I was the first to volunteer and I miss it 🙁

People have said 'grow up' before. My reply is 'don't you mean lose your zest and become tired and weary of life'?

You can have fun etc and still have a mortgage ffs.

Can't tell how old I am, I still feel quite young despite my responsibilities.

Every time I try and guess from my reflection in the mirror some old looking bloke keeps sticking his head in the way. 😉

Op,

You young man! 😛

I'm 40 in a couple of weeks yet I did associate myself with 20 years ago when I was at uni. I think it's because I grew up Norfolk and had never really experienced anything else to I went to uni. Nothing since has been such a major change, not even marriage and a baby.

50 and i look and feel every single second of it.
a life of hard sport, too much beer and a pretty bad diet for the first 40yrs has not been kind.

3 bouts of surgery in the last 10 year may not have helped. and 1 more session looming could hopefully not be too wearing.

45 but still feel early 20ish , even tho I'm a lot fitter now than I was back then and now with no added chemicals (it was the 90's! 🙄 😯 )

Hmm. I found stw in my 20s and I'm now in my 40s and still here.

The last few years has seen a growing realisation that I may be accumulating years. I think this started in my late 30s, when I remember double-taking a policeman and wondering if his parents knew he wasn't at school, and being consulted increasingly so at work in a 'knowledgeable elder' capacity.

Recently, I feel every one of my 42 years, with a trapped nerve in my neck, a remote control hand and muscle wastage in my arm.

🙁

51 today!

I guess I feel mid twenties...or maybe I don't feel any particular age.

Probably fitter now than in my twenties as I was very beer and dope fuelled in those days!

Only started cycling in my forties, started triathlon at 45 and was at my best two years ago before a big house move.

Now most of the big DIY is done I can get back to training and try to hit a 20 minute 5k run again

In feel and sometimes act like mid twenties. I'm 44 next week and feel that - hard - just about mid-race every time.

@Mary Hinge: Happy birthday!

Cheers Saxon Rider 🙂

I'm 37. That seems to be about right, but I'm a fit, active and mentally alert 37 with no kids. I don't know what being 37 means to others.

🙂

i was asked for ID in the village shop a few weeks back (i was buying Viz, beer and wine)

"seriously? I'm 42!"

made my day...

Mentally and out look has not changed much from mid 20's though I have the added responsibility of kids and mortgages so I am more dependable /sensible- wont be just giing to south america next week for 6 months on a whim.

The body is clearly aging and showing signs of wear and tear but, as i always say, aging is better than the alternative

My best mate from school died in a car crash aged 21. Every day is a blessing and he, and his parents, have missed out on so much

Always be grateful, even when stuck in a traffic jam.

Agree with pretty much everything Junky said there.
Plus got to add my favourite Springsteen lyric -

Some guys they just give up living
And start dying little by little, piece by piece
Some guys come home from work and wash up
And go racing in the street

I'm constantly amazed at the apparent acceptance of what I say as fact.

I know I'm an engineer, but $1,000,000's riding on a calculation I did on a sheet of A4 scares the bejesus out of me!

I've only been in the job a couple of months.

(Late 40's, still get confused by my birthdate being in the 60's when most people i deal with/work with/socialise with are late 70's early 80's.......)

I'm 44 and feel it, I would love to say that I feel 20 and have the mental attitude to match but I would be lying, life has ground me down to the husk of a human being I am now.