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When I was 15, I remember very clearly that my 40 year old mum was hot enough looking to draw comment from male classmates and the odd teacher...I also remember that my 70 year old Nan was in the latter stages of Alzheimers and that she had suddenly gone from seeming not so old to seeming very old....I recall my class being asked by our English teacher to discuess what we meant by "old age" ....I clearly recall that I thought middle aged meant about 50. When I read a description of someone in the newspaper being "middle aged" what always sprang to mind for me was someone of about that age. 40's didnt seem ld enough for middle age, because middle age was something quite staid, and dull and I knew lots of 40 year olds who didnt seem that way at all.....
Was quite a shock really to get into my middle twenties and discover I was only half a decade or so from being what many consider middle aged :P Now I have the additonal curveball that so many of the women in my life are vibrant, kickass, goodlookin women in their 50's and 60s......So now I am having to rewrite what I imagined being 50 to mean:P
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