What do you consider to be

Posted By: middle-age? sm on 2007-03-13
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I have this doc that dictates every patient over the age of 30--I guess--as being middle-age

! I am 37 and don't think of myself as middle-age...I think more along the lines of 50ish-60ish...what are your thoughts on this?

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What do you consider to be - middle-age? sm
- Dictionary says.................................... - sm
- Today, 55 is the new 35; and @ 55 I still live like a 25-yr-old. - Jurassic MT
  - YOU_GO! Great post, today's 50 is yesterdays 30! - people living longer and this is what I read..sm
- I read this was changed 10 years ago what with - people living longer and this is what I read
  - I don't know about that...middle age 60-80? - sm
    - well then I think we should change the name - Middle Ages in history too.....it was centuries ag
      - oops - *ago* got cut off...*l* - Middle Ages in history too, it was centuries ago
    - then what would be 80-100 be called? - many people working into their 80s...SM
      - Just old, I guess :( - nm,
        don't know where U live but where I live the 80+ y/o. - many people working into their 80s...SM
        I never said they were inactive, just said that was old. - sm
        age is just a number; one is only as old as - they think/feel...........n/m
- I guess I'm middle aged at 55 but - susan
  - I totally agree with you... - middle-age? sm
- The older I get, the higher *middle age* becomes. lol. nm - nn
- I would think 40+ - clhmt
- I would say 39 is middle age - sm
  - ohhh - middle-age? sm
- Tend to agree with you - ER MT
- This may be the wrong to thing about it, but sm - PAMT~MDM
  - if one lives to be even 80 though... - middle-age? sm
    - my father died at 96 and worked til 86 - people living longer and this is what I read

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