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Age we stop feeling young: 40 years, eight months, two weeks

The poll, for the Department for Work and Pensions, spoke to 2,171 people aged 16 or over and uncovered stark variations in the views of men and women and different age groups.

Men say being young stops at 38 and a half. For women the cut-off is delayed until 42 years, nine months and three months.

Old age, according to women, begins at 60 years, four months and two weeks.
But for men, it is much earlier – at 58.

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Phooey!

I want to be like Moses, who got a steady job when he was 80, walked for 40 years, then, on the day he died, he preached an epic sermon that took half the day, and then climbed a mountain.

That was pretty kewl.

Scribbler on January 1, 2013 at 10:43 PM

No way. I turn 40 this year, and I refuse to grow up!

Sekhmet on January 1, 2013 at 10:46 PM

Phooey!

I want to be like Moses, who got a steady job when he was 80, walked for 40 years, then, on the day he died, he preached an epic sermon that took half the day, and then climbed a mountain.

That was pretty kewl.

Scribbler on January 1, 2013 at 10:43 PM

Moses is always an inspiration for us late bloomers; didn’t find his true calling until 80 years of age.

Good Solid B-Plus on January 1, 2013 at 10:50 PM

I started feeling old the moment I realized I’d been attending summer camp, first as a camper and then as a counselor, longer than my campers had been alive.

Rip Ford on January 1, 2013 at 11:28 PM

i don’t get why everyone makes a big deal about getting “old.”

everyone is always going to get older. there’s nothing you can do about it.

old people were young once.

i’m young now and eventually i will be old.

everyone has their time to be old and young, (unless they die young) but you might as well make the best of your life at any age.

Sachiko on January 2, 2013 at 3:29 AM

i don’t get why everyone makes a big deal about getting “old.”

everyone is always going to get older. there’s nothing you can do about it.

old people were young once.

i’m young now and eventually i will be old.

everyone has their time to be old and young, (unless they die young) but you might as well make the best of your life at any age.

Sachiko on January 2, 2013 at 3:29 AM

See, you can say that because you’re young now. I’m betting your knees don’t ache for no reason, your body responds fairly quickly to diet and exercise, you can eat Mexican food without a second thought, and you don’t have to hold books more than two feet from your face to read.

Quisp on January 2, 2013 at 7:11 AM

See, you can say that because you’re young now. I’m betting your knees don’t ache for no reason, your body responds fairly quickly to diet and exercise, you can eat Mexican food without a second thought, and you don’t have to hold books more than two feet from your face to read.

This ^

theblackcommenter on January 2, 2013 at 7:39 AM

I started feeling a little old when I realized the incoming classes of freshmen had been born *after* Armstrong set foot on the moon. Then I felt a little older when a batch came along who didn’t even know what Skylab was. And a little older still when I started realizing some of the “older” pretty actresses had been born after I graduated high school.

Nowadays I just feel old because I keep hearing myself say “I said this would happen” whenever discussions about the current state of affairs in our beloved USA come up.