When I was 10, I told myself that I would kill myself when I turned 40. I did not want to be old. The closer I got to 40, the less old it looked. Now I'm almost 60 and feel great.

I'm not sure what I would consider old now.

Yes, absolutely. I would have considered my age to be ancient. I still do because I think and act like I am that teenager again. I often say that I am re-visiting my teens.

The normal attitude about "old" is, it is 20 years older than your present age.

As a pre-teen and teen, I was into men who were in their 40s or older. I liked how mature they were. When I got older, in my 20s and 30s, I preferred men in their 50s or older. And now, I still like much older men. I guess in my teenage years I wouldn't see someone who's 47, like I am now, as old, just mature and desirable.

I had a teacher who was around my current age, and I thought she was smoking hot. On the other hand, no matter how old you get, your parents will always be too old.

Absolutely not. Growing up Fundamentalist, I always thought Jesus was going to come before I was even old enough to drink. When that didn't happen, I thought it would be soon enough that I didn't grow old. Bottom line, Jesus is lost, and won't stop and ask for directions, and I'm still waiting here for him to pick me up and introduce me to his dad.

In 1960, at 16, I could not imagine ever living to see the year 2000. It was so far away!

Now I am looking forward to 2100.

I am standing at the milestone in my life where I can see it's downhill from here.....things should be easy and I should start to pick up speed towards whatever is in store....

Yes, part of the human condition.

It even feels like the late 30’s are immature.

People seemed to act much older then at a younger age.

Women in their late forties and early fifties were wearing those snap-front house coats and ugly shoes.

Men were buttoning their pants at chest level and showing white socks with black shoes.

People are active and engaged with life and wearing jeans often to the end of a long life.

Steven Tyler is 70. If a 70 year old like that existed when I was in HS I did not know about it.

I didn't really give it any thought. I just remember not wanting to work in a factory ever but I did work there for a year. Long enough.

No, and I'm currently 32 years old. 50-60 year olds seemed old to me in my teenage years

I can remember my mamaw's 38th birthday, I was 8. When I was a teenager she seemed ancient, but she was only in her 40's. Now, here I am with a son that's the same age that I was when my grandmother was the age I am now and I realize age is what you make of it. She acted old, so she was. I don't, so I'm not.

Eh, not really. I'd say old is when someone reaches 70.

I don't think so. I think I always thought old was like 70s-90s when bodies start to most noticeably seem to atrophy.

Yes. Positively ancient!

I'm continually amazed at how "young" my parents actually were.

For sure. When I was a teenager anyone over 40 seemed old to me

Hell I see it as old now, but do I feel old...not really and yes I did see.my age as old when I was in my teens

I did not expected to reach 60 to tell you the truth. I remember wondering what we were going to do at 40 to get pussy? The answer was... prostitutes(according us 13-14 year olds). Well... so ignorant of me... I got more poontang on my 40's than any other decade. After that... does not mattered how old I was going to get. 40's were the bomb. 50's were glory days after the battle was over. On my 60's I am resting to charge again on my 70's.

Got worse on every birthday. Gawd, I'm 61 now!

I remember when I thought 24 was old ?

I never thought I'd make it to 18, let alone my age now. So absolutely!

Yes and no. My maternal grandparents were slightly older than than my current age and they were young at heart. Now when I see teens and anyone under twenty-five I have a tendency to think of them as a kid, not out of disrespect necessarily, just because of the age gap.