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How old are you in your head?

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H1954 Fri 21-Feb-20 11:53:46

I have been listening to Radio 2 and Lulu has been the featured/interviewed artist this week.

She said that "in her head" she was still 16 and I was wondering how old the rest of us feel.

Incidentally, I'm around the same age as Lulu!

Harris27 Sat 22-Feb-20 10:09:03

Definitely 30!

Susan55 Sat 22-Feb-20 10:10:18

I don't really feel any particular age; I just feel like me with quite a bit of life experience behind me! It's only other people looking at me who see an older person but from my own eyes, looking out into the world, it still looks just as fresh and new as it did when I was a child.

b1zzle Sat 22-Feb-20 10:11:06

Half my age: 35.

Jojo19 Sat 22-Feb-20 10:15:03

I definitely reckon I’m about 40 .... then somebody tells me we are organising my daughter’s 40th and I stop and shrug ... ohhh

grannytotwins Sat 22-Feb-20 10:15:26

I’m mentally about 37. I can’t be 70! Recently encountered ageism and bullying because of my age it has devastated me and I have cried every day for the past two weeks. I’ve never felt so low.

Lynb1954 Sat 22-Feb-20 10:20:22

Sometimes I feel I shouldn't be as old as I am but then a hard day at work..arthritis.. and life reminds me!

Curlywhirly Sat 22-Feb-20 10:22:15

grannytotwins sorry that you have been bullied and subject ageism, the cheeky beggars. Don't people realise they too will be pensioners one day and that it comes around all too quickly?

Stella14 Sat 22-Feb-20 10:23:18

Yeah, about 32!

NannyG123 Sat 22-Feb-20 10:25:41

I'm 64, and sometimes feel 24, until someone offers me a seat on bus, or train , and then feel very grateful to them. ?

Joyfulnanna Sat 22-Feb-20 10:26:27

Haha Baggs I know what you mean! The only way I would feel young is if I'm doing something I did when I was young. Otherwise the memories keep me old. I saw a programme where a woman was counseled for her eating disorder, she was told to see herself as a young girl, what she was before she was comfort eating. To think of the little girl when she was happy. It really touched me. She was told to get rid of anything giving her memories that were painful and wipe the slate clean. If that's the way forward, I would have to dispose of alot of my stuff.

Grannytwoshoes Sat 22-Feb-20 10:28:04

I’m 72 but keep on being told I sound much younger! If you don’t peer too closely think I look younger! I have several friends quite a bit older and when in their company I feel as if I’m in the company of “the adults”!! I’m only ten years younger!

Purplepoppies Sat 22-Feb-20 10:29:46

My not 50 yet. Some days I feel much older. My disability wears on me.
Some days I feel in my 20s.
I don't look/dress/act middle aged, it helps I think.
I don't think any of my friends look our age either. It is not because we've had easy, privileged lives either.
I think it is a state of mind ?

Aepgirl Sat 22-Feb-20 10:38:13

I am always surprised when I find myself as old as some celebrities who have been around since my childhood - many of them, however, have had so much facial surgery that they look barely out of nappies.

Going back to the beginning - why does Lulu wear that silly hat all the time?

Davida1968 Sat 22-Feb-20 10:41:43

In my head I'm sometimes 18 and at others times I'm 80. (I'm really in my 60s.)

Happysexagenarian Sat 22-Feb-20 10:43:08

Seventeen. A happy and carefree time in my life. Then health issues make themselves felt and I feel 90! I'm a similar age to Lulu. Many years ago someone told me "you will always be young" and I hope I will, at least mentally.

farview Sat 22-Feb-20 10:44:00

In my head I sort of feel ageless...but my bones argue with me...

Dillyduck Sat 22-Feb-20 10:50:15

I'll go for 24! By then I'd learned to drive a car, a steam roller, and a road racing motor bike, which I rode in Australia wearing hot pants and a midriff top. The very first time I took my 'bike out, I was stopped for speeding by the cops. That has to be a world record. I'd shipped steam engines from Australia to the UK (subsequently the Australian government made a law against this). We came back to the UK when I was 24 and bought a car with cash, and a house mortgage free. Life was good. On a sunny day I still wish I had my bike, sadly with 2 knee replacements it would be unwise, and my husband has died so no one to ride with. It's so important to take advantage of any opportunities that present themselves, so we don't live life with regrets.

Moggycuddler Sat 22-Feb-20 10:50:29

I'm 63. In my head maybe around 30 or 40? Hard to say exactly, but way younger than I actually am. I still feel daft and still like to have fun and mess about like I did when I was younger. When I WAS young I never imagined that when I was this age I would still want to act silly sometimes and giggle, and still enjoy "young" things. When I do things with my 35 year old daughter we often seem to act like daft teenagers. But my body betrays me a lot - I have a bad back and I get tired, and there are some times when I DO feel quite old, but it's physical stuff, not a mental state. In my head I remember very well how it felt to be 30, and even 16. And I still feel like that in my head, much of the time. People often tell me I look much younger than my years, so I try to live up to it in my attitudes.

Margs Sat 22-Feb-20 10:52:25

Still 15 mentally. And still making the same bloody mistakes I made way back then.

Gosh!

Kalu Sat 22-Feb-20 10:53:28

I do feel a lot younger in my head until I am faced with realising I am now 70 but I don’t think of myself as old. It’s just a number kind of thing until I face certain experiences.

Stripping and remaking the bed, I need a break before I tackle the next job.
Chatting with GDs, 10 & 14, sometimes haven’t a clue what they are talking about ?. So different since I was a teenager.

I had a nasty accident a few years ago. Fractured spine and nerve damage which gives me trouble now but I am just so happy that fortunately, I can still walk.

Angeleyes58xx Sat 22-Feb-20 10:58:23

I feel in my thirties, I’m 62 in reality lol ? oh to be young again, even my husband says he feels thirty too, we don’t want to grow old gracefully.
No matter how old you are, if it’s your birthday ? today have a great birthday ? and for the rest of us have a great day today.❤️?xx

Corkie91 Sat 22-Feb-20 11:00:26

In my head always 30 then I look at my 30 year old daughter and know it cannot be true

Juicylucy Sat 22-Feb-20 11:00:59

Definitely in my 30s, I’m 63 and haven’t and won’t give in to old age even with the arthritis. Life is for living and that’s what I do as long as I don’t get anyone in the process.

Ferida Sat 22-Feb-20 11:11:58

I’m 42 going on 42 with a 16 year old daughter but I feel like 25 still ...

Taichinan Sat 22-Feb-20 11:17:55

I don't think I feel any particular age in my head, but I certainly don't feel nearly 79! I get a real shock when I realise that next year I'll be 80, though, so I certainly don't see myself as old!! I think poor health is the aging agent and I'm still fit enough to instruct four tai chi classes a week so I'm very very lucky.