Win a luxury cabin break for four

My parents say that I was born middle-aged so I'm comfortable in my skin now, more than ever before.

Damn, & damn again .
I will just have to stop going away won"t I ?
Although on second thoughts ???
Perhaps I should ???

You missed a whole thread about that very subject while you were away, Nonu!

What I find most fascinating about this thread is all the names I have never seen before !
Quite remarkable !!

I love getting older in some ways - I've got a bus pass! In other ways, not so much, like when I just can't be anything like as active as I used to be.

Getting older means that I have discovered who I am, and at sixty years old I am who I want to be. I am content with my life and the person I have become.

I'm happy in my own skin

Advantages of getting older is you can share life experiences and advice on them with your children and Grandchildren alike. Disadvantages are the muscle and bone stiffness in the morning that make you slow to get moving and the inability to get a good nights sleep.

I knew that if I didn't grow up by the age of 50 then I wouldn't. And I didn't!!!

Getting older for me is missing my parents and loved ones. My body may be aging, but inside I am eternally young with a great desire to experience more, dream and remember the world as I did when a child.

I'm happier older, I feel more content with my life enjoy my grown up daughters company more and love and adore being a Nanna

All the people I used to view as 'old' seem to be getting younger, shop assistants, teachers, doctors and even cloakroom attendants!

So glad to have the pleasure of watching three granddaughters grow into young women and all whilst I am still fit enought to enjoy them. I stil miss the young girls they once were but Granddaughters have children of their own and I am stil young enough to enjoy Great-grandsons and and Great-granddaughters before I settle down to old age.

I find as I grow older I don't care what people think about me, and actually that's very liberating.
I've always been a bit 'dippy' and distracted/forgetful, now people think it's just my age and are more tolerant.

(+) On a dreich day, spending all of it in bed if I feel like it, with a really good book.

(-) Since my partner died, feeling like a fish without a bicycle.

I do my check list every week to make sure I catch up with family and see if they need help with anything. Especially my gramps so they all know I care about them and if they are poorly I can pop round with a hot toddy to keep them going

My children and family are well aware that I will grow older disgracefully and not gracefully!

I've worked, lived, thought, befriended, given birth, decided and concluded that I'm now old enough to trust my judgements and follow my instincts. They've not let me down.

Being 64 for me is feeling as I did at 34, but with more confidence and not afraid to speak my mind. I am aware of turning into my mother though - although thinking about it that's not a bad thing - she was lovely!

I love the calmness and confidence that comes with age. Or maybe it's that we care less what others think of us?

I am a bit concerned about getting older, but I tend not to worry about it too much.

Getting older means lose no time - whizz down the zipwire of life before all your saggy bits drag on the ground!

Wish people wouldn't keep saying age is just a number....

grandchildren are the best thing about getting older

As a child, I always admired older people and I am glad to be one of them now, especially as I had a difficult time in my teens and twenties. I feel much more confident in myself and my abilities and am actually much more fit than I was when I was younger