How would you feel when you realize that you're going to be old?

Question

noticed that you have wrinkles, white hair, etc

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I try not to think about that and enjoy every seconds still in youth i have. When people say life is too short it rlly is- even now when i look back at when i was younger there's stuff i feel like i missed out or simply miss doing. Stuff i can’t do now, i’m graduating high school next year. I am freaking out, being on my own and nights of studying scare me. Bc i chose a career that is very demanding (which i love sooo much) but the process / journey is tough. And im already struggling mentally i just wonder how stressful when i get there. 1 more year 🙂😔.

Not me saying i don’t think about it and ending up overthinking it… anyways thats how i feel…

Kas19 · Accepted Answer

I think it would remind me how long I've lived. Wrinkles will remind me of all the smiles I had and such. Growing old is normal. We're all gonna do it (unless we die before). You can't reverse the clock. I think we should accept the way we change as we age. The beauty industry makes men and women feel insecure about the way we look at all points in our life, but the desire to look younger is especially prominent.

I think we should just be human and accept how we naturally change. Something about face lifts and Botox doesn't sit well with me. But I don't know that's just me.

NamerOfStars · Accepted Answer

It doesn't really bother me. My hair started going gray at sixteen, and started receding (very slowly) at seventeen; life has NOT been kind to my telomeres. But I have previous generations to look back on the genetic example of: my hair will follow the same pattern as theirs; it'll go gray bit by bit, and then one day, pretty much overnight, I'll seem to do it all at once- probably somewhere around 40. But it won't be gray for long- it'll turn white. And then I'll pretty much be Santa Claus, so how bad can it be?

JesseJayNeak · Accepted Answer

Yes because I feel good about myself

OlderAndWiser · Answer

I'm pissed because I have grey/white hair but thankful I still have a head full of hair!

exitseven · Answer

I had a total hip replacement a couple of months ago. I have to wear glasses and my cholesterol is a little high. My hair is getting grey and when I get injured it takes longer to heal.
I am 50 years old so it looks like I will get old sooner rather than later.

Tunasub · Answer

Everyone should be hoping to grow old. One thing that I know that doesn't stop is time. Live your life and hope that you live long enough to do all the things that you want to do and have the joy of seeing your children and their children and maybe their children grow and be happy in life.

coachTanthony · Answer

----------I have come to grips that we all get old and we need to make the most of each day we have on this planet.

"Never let anyone treat you like a yellow starburst. You are a pink starburst."
~Coach T Anthony @thedatecoach IG

Julielamar2 · Answer

Well, I am not yet ready for it psychologically 🤣 But we have no choice, therefore it is better to adopt a certain philosophy to be able to accept these changes which are inevitable.

But I know some young people who have an "old spirit" and some old people who have an amazing alertness, an incredible zest for life, and well I want to try to become that kind of old people lol

TheorionMage · Answer

Advanced age is a privilege not afforded to everyone.
NO ONE is 'guaranteed' their next moment, but FEW consider this
or they'd become incredibly paranoid.

"A coward dies a million deaths; ... the brave man ONLY ONCE"
be not SO afraid to die that when time comes you realize you never REALLY 'lived'. ~~

I read Hemmingway's life story adventures and then reflected upon MY OWN life's recollections.
None, who had not 'been there' WITH me would believe them.

ohshee · Answer

Well that's life and then you die but you have to die in order to live to me it doesn't really matter I'm in very good shape it is what it is I will take it on I will experience it and enjoy it it's a part of life it's a new stage and it's your choice on how you want to live it either thinking you're old are allowing yourself to be old or allowing yourself to be 11275 minutes alive not old

TommyMountainFigure · Answer

I take comfort in knowing there is always somebody older. Plus I keep fit and healthy as best i can.

wittymilf · Answer

Just start enjoying life without worrying about what others think of you. Start living for yourself

drexel420 · Answer

I've had white hair since I was kind 16 woo yeah idgaf

Static_In_The_Attic · Answer

Like wine some of us get better with age & when it comes to getting old each as well as every day it’s happening & all we can do is go with the flow & live our lives.

eatingyou247 · Answer

um that old isn't a fact. I get older. I am older, but i am not old. I can beat a young person and anything. age is just a number and a discount on breakfast at some point

jennifer_bloom · Answer

My goal is to have lots of loving connections with people and die peacefully and than go to Heaven. I’m not afraid of old age.

ArrowheadSW · Answer

I'm mostly OK with it. I don't have any wrinkles but my hair is changing. I'm in good shape but I do notice that it is a bit harder to keep trim.

XimenaV · Answer

at 16 my back starting cracking when I turn from side to side and since I was 13 I've been excited to go to bed early

Tiptoetamm · Answer

My first white hair was at 28 have a few now and it happens I die my hair anyway no wrinkles luckily 😊

blank_expression · Answer

Screw it. Take up more skydiving, climbing, stunts, or anything that will finish the job quickly.

menina · Answer

I think I'll be happy. I'll be able to tell myself that I made it. Getting old is a privilege that is denied to many people.

electromagnetic · Answer

I don’t have white hairs but a few lines here and there. Nothing a little fillers can’t fix. Getting old is a natural process.

MamaBearx4 · Answer

I’ve already noticed white hairs popping up and wrinkles on my face, and when I chose to have kids, I knew my body wouldn’t be the same. Personally, it doesn’t bother me. I can’t be young forever. Lol

Andres77 · Answer

I'm becoming a more distinguished gentleman. And I've cared for my body. I'm striving for being the old man that is more fit than most of the people in the building. That's how.

Silas_153 · Answer

I'm already half way there (at 53), and my life is actually better now than it was when I was in my 20's and 30's. I don't want to live past 70 though, that's too old.

jerdanro · Answer

I'm sorta there. I'm 50. But I still have an active sex life. I feel a little sad that I'm closer to the end thsn the behinning. All I really need is a woman to love me and to love. I want to make love again.

DarthMeow · Answer

I probably wouldn't give a fxxk because I had run out of fxxk to give to the world.

Goforit1010 · Answer

I don't know, but when I get to be old, I'll let y'all know what I think then.

Adam1978 · Answer

I know that since I was a toddler so I don't think about it, it just happens.

VanillaSalt · Answer

Wait ima be old? Oh well as long as I get enough money to live off of when I retire.

rosemilk · Answer

Oh well. My life is already set up for me, good job, partner, I don't have anyone to impress lol

NathanDavis · Answer

I already feel/am old for some things... lol, it's not a big deal.

FilmGuy93 · Answer

My hair started falling out when I was 21. That made me feel pretty friggin old. I didn't really care, but it was eye-opening.

Leavesbound · Answer

No one is guaranteed to be old. My Dad died at 44.

Nicegirldaqui · Answer

I'm pretty sure when that time come, I'll feel very down.

DaveToo · Answer

If you check my profile you'll notice that I AM OLD!! Physically I'm old. Emotionally I'm still in my 30's.

BobbyC65 · Answer

When it hurts when going upstairs.

Wiredone · Answer

I'm already old. I can still work circles around the younger generation though. Nothing can stop me when I get determined to do something.

DWornock · Answer

I learned that when young women ages 18 to 22 started rejecting me because because they prefer younger guys.

TheBigGuy9 · Answer

It’s not something you wake up one day feeling. It’s life. I do the most preventative care I can and have been since I was in my late teens.

es20490446e · Answer

The gap between how old I look and how old I really am gets getting bigger.

Anonymous · Answer

You are as young as you feel and young as you look.

pink_and_inlove · Answer

I’m not sure I might feel bad at first but then I’ll become accepting I think

dudeinohio · Answer

It comes on you gradually, so you get used to it. All I've got going on so far is Grey hair.

bamesjond0069 · Answer

I have some lines around my eyes and grey hair but tbh nothing changed. So idc at all.

eagle1951 · Answer

and yet you don't feel old or act old. it's just a part of life. and it's all what you make it. just like anything else.

Anonymous · Answer

It’s hard to worry about something that you really can’t do anything about but at least getting old beats dying early

GloUp11 · Answer

They say opposites attract. I hope you meet someone who is good-looking, intelligent, and cultured

ghostqueen · Answer

I'm not worried about it.

Alyssa11 · Answer

Depressed but that’s life.

chriscdi · Answer

I feel young when I think of it

Feelicks · Answer

Better than dying young.

ChiTown33 · Answer

It's cool. As long as I don't feel old.

collie22 · Answer

getting old seems to be the best option

gloreria18 · Answer

Nothing, as it is bound to happen

kitkills · Answer

I wanna die before I'm 30

anylolone · Answer

Technically I already am.

Dinosaursandanime65 · Answer

I think of the song, What a Wonderful World

OddBeMe · Answer

Like the hour hand, we don’t ever notice.

Luckycharms12 · Answer

So will everyone else so who cares part of life

najekim · Answer

Don't know, don't feel old yet.

WhiteWolf69 · Answer

I don't mind. It's apart of life

candleteabrunch · Answer

Shocked :O

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