What's middle aged?

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What age is what you would typically associate with middle aged

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  • leggs91200
    5 years ago

    I would say 40's.

    Assuming one is going to die of old age, the average life expectancy is 74 for men and 78 for women.

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    • OlaftheGreat
      5 years ago

      It used to be 120.

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      • leggs91200
        5 years ago

        Yeah, some of the quacks pushing alternative medicine would have us believe that.

        What the hell kind of shape would the human body in in at age 120? I mean shit, that would make a 70 year old look like a young whipper snapper.

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  • Alvex
    5 years ago

    Middle age is, generally speaking, between 40-60. I was gonna check both the 45 box and the 55 box, but they'd only let you check one. After around 60, you're more often going to start being considered old, before about 40, some people will still tell you that you're still pretty young. I still got told that at age 37, 38, but now at 43, it's been awhile since anyone's told me that.

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    5 years ago

    i thought 25 was the new 40

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    • Alvex
      5 years ago

      You got it backwards, people are staying younger longer now.

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  • dirtybirdy
    5 years ago

    Find out when you die

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  • megadriver
    5 years ago

    I'd say anywhere between 45 and 50...
    It's when you are too young for the cane, slippers and prune juice, but too old to be a waiter, or play demanding sports and a night of heavy drinking is something you won't forget in a hurry.

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    • Alvex
      5 years ago

      Good way to put it. I'll put it like this, you're too young to check into the nursing home but too old to go clubbing and scoping the hotties.

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      • leggs91200
        5 years ago

        And he was too young, oh, oh, to rock and roll, oh, oh, But he was too young to die...

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  • CozmoWank
    5 years ago

    Somewhere between young and old.
    Although it could entirely depend on when you die. Like if you get run over by a bus at the age of 24 then 12 was middle age for you which would suck because you were too young to enjoy a midlife crisis and buy a hot car and fuck your bosses wife.

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    • Alvex
      5 years ago

      Dying before your time doesn't count. Middle aged starts at around halfway to your natural life expectancy, like around the age where you would actually be said that you'd die of old age, which is around 80 or older. When people die before 80, it's usually from "something", such as a heart attack, stroke, cancer, etc., but it's not usually "just of old age" or natural causes. Like I said, middle age starts at around the halfway mark to your natural life expectancy. I think middle aged is roughly between 40 and 60. You rarely anymore call someone 50-something old age.

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  • TerriAngel
    5 years ago

    How long do you think you'll live?
    Divide by 2.
    That's normal.

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  • LAgalaxy5
    5 years ago

    Middle aged to me implies more than just literally "half of your life expectancy" which is why I think it's your 50's and 60's.

    I feel like middle age is a time between being youthful and active and being so old you need assisted living or a nursing home. Someone who's in their 40's (and certainly 30's) can still hang with younger adults assuming their in halfway decent shape. Heck, there are even NFL and NHL players playing in their 40's!!

    If you're in you're 50's or 60's, on average you certainly don't need to live in a nursing home. However, that's when you will most likely feel the need to slow down a little. Brush up on your tennis and golf game maybe, rather than heavy weight training or running etc.

    Of course there are always exceptions to the rule on at every age but still... middle age is an average

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    5 years ago

    I'd say when a person hits 40.

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