I’m going to be 55 on 23 April but thanks to being up there amongst probably the fittest 1% of my age group I feel about 30.
This is what you can expect:
You hair and beard go grey. You have to work harder not to get fat. Your testosterone levels diminish dramatically so erections only happen once a day and you develop man boobs as the female hormones naturally present begin to predominate.Your eurethra loses its flexibility so you dribble for ages after passing urine. Your gums recede. Your physical strength diminishes so that easy DIY job becomes harder and you ache afterwards. You fart a lot after eating carbs. Sudden noises startle and irritate you. You are less tolerant of idiots.
On the plus side? Your self-assurance increases and you really don’t care a **** what people say or think about you. You seem better at avoiding trouble because you know the warning signs, you’ve been there before. Generally from a mental perspective getting older is pretty good; I wouldn’t want to be teenaged any more, those were terrible times. Your social confidence blossoms, shyness disappears and now I can waltz up to anybody who looks interesting, look them in the eye, greet them and chat about just about anything. Pity I’m married really as I’d be doing a lot of er, horizontal PT…..
Sorry if some of that depresses you.