Turned 41

67% Normal

8 Comments

Im 40 this March and maybe i understand. I have had a long standing digestive disorder but never got round to sorting it out, but as ive got nearer 40 i thought im not getting any younger and thought id best get my existing probs sorted before new ones crop up, as im sure they will in time

It is a common thing in latin america. I'm married to a woman from Puerto Rico and when we lived there, that's what everyone did. From what I gathered it's because they don't want to back up the septic system. I found it strange. I found it really strange when after moving home, they came to visit and did it at my house.

Yep, normal. I am almost 42 and since I have turned 40 I am falling apart. Arthritis it seems in every joint, I need bifocals, my dentist loves me because those are going to hell, I think I am starting menopause....yep, my mom failed to tell me that you literally fall apart at 40...

After 40 years one would assume that you would be aware of what comes with age. This question is a waste of time. Everyone who took the time to read it is now dumber, for having read it. I award you no points for your stupidity and may god have mercy on your soul.

what you need to do is get out of your feeling old mentality and foucus on being healthy. pain is all in the mind literally. have you ever cut yourself and not noticed to you see blood and then all of a sudden it hurts? thats what i mean stop looking at the booboo and you'll be fine

Ha, wait until you are 50, it's even worse! I can feel rain coming in any bone that has been damaged. I can't sleep in any position any longer except on my back because of bad sinuses and allergies. I'm lactose intolerant and get migraines more than ever. I'm waking up at 5:30 every morning and can't go back to sleep. Ah, aging is so much fun! But don't let it bother you, we're all going through it, join the club and just laugh at it.

Right on. You are not alone. Still, it would be nice to acknowledge the realities of aging without being treated like complainer or an invalid.

The forever young Pepsi generation is not going to do this aging thing well, I expect, and will be hard on the grumblers in its ranks as it denies another truth of life.

i just turned 50 and run and jump around better than many of my 20 and 30yo friends. i'll just state what works for me.

i have a kind of punk "f* aging" attitude toward the whole thing. i refuse to be mentally or physically sedentary. yoga and running!! climbing, mosh pits, KEEP AN OPEN MIND to new ideas, new *music* (not just music from your "glory days" dude), new attitudes, and new ways of looking at things. these things aren't reserved for the chronologically young. yes, its all bullshit.

lose your old-minded friends immediately. toss the "old person script" you carry around that says how middle-aged people should think and act.

better yet, turn on some really loud music --maybe Tool or Flogging effing Molly-- and BURN that POS script while you and a few young and young-minded friends dance around it.

get the picture? now go climb that tree .. you know you want to!