Getting on a bit

17 Nov 2006

Now none of us are getting any younger and there is a huge range of ages amongst the SH fraternity so here's one for you to think about.
Think about your age now and the physical attributes you have. What do you like most about the age you're now at? What do you fear most about getting older? What do you miss most from your youth? Is there an age milestone which fills you with dread?
I was dreading reaching 40 but to be honest, it's bleeding great! :happy:
I've done more, sexually and otherwise but mostly sexually :twisted: , since I turned 40 and seem to be getting hornier the older I get. Since I'm fast approaching the menopause ( please Lord, make it soon and over with quickly rolleyes

) I'm like a rabbit on heat! :shock: especially just before 'that time of the month'. I like the fact that I know a lot more than I did when I was younger, practiced a lot so should be a lot better at it too :twisted: but I'm still young enough to bring it on.
The only thing I miss from being younger is the lack of wrinkles :shock: and I don't think I was anywhere near as cynical about certain subjects as I am today.
All I fear about getting older is the stop at the end :shock:

17 Nov 2006

definetly not looking forward to journey`s end, but hey its been a blast so far.
why when i get up from a chair or from the floor or from kneeling ..do I say ohh,ahh ohh when most of the time it`s not that much of an effort to get up?.....am I unconsciously just getting into practice?
why do younger women ( younger than me that is ) look more attractive than when I was that age?
it takes me all night to do what i did all night????

17 Nov 2006

Quote by Sassy-Seren
Now none of us are getting any younger and there is a huge range of ages amongst the SH fraternity so here's one for you to think about.
Think about your age now and the physical attributes you have. What do you like most about the age you're now at? What do you fear most about getting older? What do you miss most from your youth? Is there an age milestone which fills you with dread?
I like the fact that I'm more confident in all areas of my life. I don't exactly fear getting older but I'm not looking forward to "looking" older.
I was dreading reaching 40 but to be honest, Me too!! it's bleeding great! :happy:
I've done more, sexually and otherwise but mostly sexually :twisted: , since I turned 40 and seem to be getting hornier the older I get Me too!!. Since I'm fast approaching the menopause ( please Lord, make it soon and over with quickly ) I'm like a rabbit on heat! :shock: especially just before 'that time of the month'. I like the fact that I know a lot more than I did when I was younger, practiced a lot so should be a lot better at it too :twisted: but I'm still young enough to bring it on.
The only thing I miss from being younger is the lack of wrinkles :shock: and I don't think I was anywhere near as cynical about certain subjects as I am today.
All I fear about getting older is the stop at the end :shock:

I'm not scared of death but I'm scared of people I love dying and leaving me here sad

Love
FIRE xxx

17 Nov 2006

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17 Nov 2006

I'm 45 physically, but mentally I am still and will always be (I hope) 17 biggrin

I certainly don't feel any different physically to when I was younger. In fact, I think i have more energy and get-up-and-go than I did in my twenties. I certainly have far more confidence and self belief than I did then.
I don't even mind the few signs of age and childbirth that my body shows. I consider them battle scars honourably won :D
What do I dread most? Getting too old to throw my leg over the bike or a man wink

17 Nov 2006

Quote by Lissa
What do I dread most? Getting too old to throw my leg over the bike or a man

Amen to that sister :thumbup:

17 Nov 2006

Quote by Sassy-Seren
I was dreading reaching 40 but to be honest, it's bleeding great! :happy:
I've done more, sexually and otherwise but mostly sexually :twisted: , since I turned 40 and seem to be getting hornier the older I get. Since I'm fast approaching the menopause ( please Lord, make it soon and over with quickly ) I'm like a rabbit on heat! :shock: especially just before 'that time of the month'. I like the fact that I know a lot more than I did when I was younger, practiced a lot so should be a lot better at it too :twisted: but I'm still young enough to bring it on.
The only thing I miss from being younger is the lack of wrinkles :shock: and I don't think I was anywhere near as cynical about certain subjects as I am today.
All I fear about getting older is the stop at the end :shock:

The only difference with us 2 Sassy is that I didn't mind about reaching 40... Other than that it's spot on :lol2:
That's twice now :shock:

17 Nov 2006

Well i dont want to blow me own trumpet lol

But i've allways considered my ass my best bit both now and when younger and would hate that to go for a burton
As for getting older well my haire was on its way out a good 5 or more years ago and i aint looking forward to my chest and back hair going grey biggrin

Whats important tho is living evry day you have if you possibly can which is something i hadnt done till recently.

17 Nov 2006

Getting on a bit???
Speak for yourself!
:giggle:
When I'm looking in the mirror and putting myself down I try and remind myself that I should make the most of what I have as it won't last forever.

17 Nov 2006

Quote by goose35
As for getting older well my haire was on its way out a good 5 or more years ago and i aint looking forward to my chest and back hair going grey

Been Grey (or on the way to it atleast) since I was 16....it's not really a hassle to me any more.....

17 Nov 2006

When i turned 30, i loved it. Then when i turned 31 this year i cried my eyes out. :cry: The thought of getting nearer to 40 scared the hell out of me. Now ive sat back and thought about it, 40 cant be that bad. The kids will be self sufficent and i will be wiser ( i hope). The worst thing about getting older is the thought of all them wrinkles ( i can feel them appearing as we speak) and the thought of eventually dying and leaving my beautiful children and their families behind. sad

Louise xx

17 Nov 2006

when i turned 30, i realised i wasnt the man i thought i was when i was 25
im now 35, and so much more settled within myself than i ever have been
my career is growing, my friendships are stronger
i joined this scene a little over a year ago, and have seen what tiny amount of confidence i have grow, i still have insecurities, i always will, but i feel a better person than i was a year ago
since joining this scene, i have done things, and experienced things i would never have considered before i was here, and that has a lot to do with rising confidence
so if that has happened in the past year, what changes will i feel in the future?
i have no idea, but i do know that if there is such a marked change now, its something i can look forward to, and if its true that life begins at 40, then i really am looking forward to it

17 Nov 2006

Quote by essex34m
and if its true that life begins at 40, then i really am looking forward to it

I wouldn't say life begins at 40 but it sure gets better wink

Quote by Dlep
Been Grey (or on the way to it atleast) since I was 16....it's not really a hassle to me any more.....

I think grey haired younger men look very distinguished :twisted:

17 Nov 2006

I don't know, you young whipper-snappers! When I was young like you I was a boring old fart lol

I'll be 58 in a few days and all it means to me is I can't "pull" anyone on SH cos they think I'm past it! (OK, there are a couple of exceptions, I haven't been stuck as a "Swinging Virgin" - I just wish I had more time to socialise hump

)
Age is just a state of mind.
(and forgetting what you were going to do ne

17 Nov 2006

Quote by Sassy-Seren
Now none of us are getting any younger and there is a huge range of ages amongst the SH fraternity so here's one for you to think about.
Think about your age now and the physical attributes you have. What do you like most about the age you're now at? What do you fear most about getting older? What do you miss most from your youth? Is there an age milestone which fills you with dread?

I miss my pre-pregancy figure the most sad

I used to be a svelte size 10 now I am a blubbery size 14 confused

At the mo I have no fears about getting older (but that's cos incontinence and dementia seem a faraway place ) Actually I refuse to admit to getting older ( I have been 28 for 4 years now :smug: )

Quote by Sassy-Seren
I was dreading reaching 40 but to be honest, it's bleeding great! :happy:
I've done more, sexually and otherwise but mostly sexually :twisted: , since I turned 40 and seem to be getting hornier the older I get. Since I'm fast approaching the menopause ( please Lord, make it soon and over with quickly ) I'm like a rabbit on heat! :shock: especially just before 'that time of the month'. I like the fact that I know a lot more than I did when I was younger, practiced a lot so should be a lot better at it too :twisted: but I'm still young enough to bring it on.
The only thing I miss from being younger is the lack of wrinkles :shock: and I don't think I was anywhere near as cynical about certain subjects as I am today.
All I fear about getting older is the stop at the end :shock:

18 Nov 2006

Quote by adamreidless
I don't know, you young whipper-snappers! When I was young like you I was a boring old fart
I'll be 58 in a few days and all it means to me is I can't "pull" anyone on SH cos they think I'm past it!

I'm 62 and before I talk about me I want to talk about you, that's everbody who reads this. If I have learned ANYTHING at all in 62 years it would be not to think you're old. When I was 35 I felt I was getting on, but all I was doing actually was beginning to lose my youth. When I look at youngsters of 35 now I see women really in their prime, assured, beautiful, stylish! Forget the fat ankles of 16 - 19 years old, the lack of lines were also signs of a lack of maturity. For both sexes under 40 you can still wear the fashions of teens if you want to, and as generations start to handle the years better and to live longer expectations rightly last into old age too. Fifty year old Rock Chicks are great!
When I was a teenager I thought my parents having sex was a disgusting idea! After all my years of celibacy I discover to my amasement that sex is just as good, life just as full, the wonders of life just as magnificent as when I was in my 20's.
What has changed is that I'm seeing my parents die and get very infirm and see how life has become such a struggle for existence. I will get there if I'm lucky, it's inevitable, and when I do I expect I will be saying, 62, you don't know you're born! My advice, ignore age, stay fit, try hard, hope to sleep with people half your age, ignore all advice to slow down and act your age. Be yourself. Do anything.
What I dread is becoming a zimmer person losing my marbles. I hope I have the strength to reach for the shotgun or take a flight to Switzerland but I don't suppose I will. So long as I have legs money and intellect life is good.
To Adam, yes on SH you'll not be accepted much by younger women, BUT in the real world you will be. Charm, personality, dress sense and maturity are actually very attractive attributes to loads of younger women, the problem here is that really the fixation is about sex, (not complaining), but outside with a wider remit the sex just comes along with all the other stuff you just can't display here. Here I'm an old man who sexually doesn't exist, but only here! Here there's no point in my joining the "single man queue", there's a thousand younger, fitter, VWEer guys ahead of me, but give me the chance to chat over dinner in the real world and it just happens naturally.
Then about the jokes, about face lifts, about HRT, about viagra. If you can afford them and need them use them all. Work hard at keeping vigorous in life. There is absolutely nothing wrong in using viagra or HRT when you need them, and for the record I don't, when I do, as I'm sure one day I will, I won't hesitate. Life is for living, use everything God gave and if Man can help, use what he can offer too. Try not to smoke, don't become a piss artist, but enjoy the booze, do in moderation everything you want.
Act your age - fuck it - never acknowledge it makes a difference. Knock backs, just ignore them and move on. Refusals are part of life, you learn it at school.

18 Nov 2006

Quote by Sassy-Seren

Been Grey (or on the way to it atleast) since I was 16....it's not really a hassle to me any more.....

I think grey haired younger men look very distinguished :twisted:
redface

:giggle:

18 Nov 2006

Quote by BiWelshMinx
At the mo I have no fears about getting older (but that's cos incontinence and dementia seem a faraway place )

Are you certain about that? :dry:
bolt

18 Nov 2006

Quote by BiWelshMinx
... At the mo I have no fears about getting older (but that's cos incontinence and dementia seem a faraway place ) Actually I refuse to admit to getting older ( I have been 28 for 4 years now :smug: )

I'm currently a bit poorly with bronchitis & a cold & stuff but by far the thing that's getting me down now is that if I cough, I wee redface

I've also lost my voice so communication is difficult, i cant go anywhere without a tenalady, i'm paraniod that I smell and work is virtually impossible - if this is what old age feels like I want no part of it.
a few folk will remember me absolutely dreading hitting 30..... today I feel 70 and I dont like it one little bit. At least I know i'll get better once the anti-biotics kick in.... you dont recover from aging, do you
ohhhh i'm so negative today, someone pass me the JD and a lemsip and i'll be fine lol

18 Nov 2006

Darkfire
Sending the SH nurses round..........................
Ironing my uniform lol

Get better soon.
BTW I'm only 21 and young at heart with it.
:smug:

18 Nov 2006

I love threads like this.
If I'm on the up (like now) they confirm my thoughts, ideas and beliefs. If I'm on a downer, they lift me by reminding me just how good life is - no matter what.
Like some others, I've been 25 for about 20 years. And I love it.
When I changed my name a few months ago to Arthur Rittick, and had to admit that I was actually 93, I went through a short period of being reminded of my own mortality. (Some of you were 'concerned' - in truth, I was scared shitless. On a number of levels) But the love of one person in particular, the help and support of many of you served to keep me on track, and my chin up. Thank you kiss

:inlove:

Think about your age now and the physical attributes you have. What do you like most about the age you're now at?

Experience. What's the line from the Rod Stewart track ? "If only I'd known what I know now, when I was younger" or something like that.
In truth ? The only thing I really miss to the point of wanting it back is the physical (and sexual) "at the time" stamina. It now takes me all night to do what I used to do all night redface

:grin:
Sure, I'd prefer to have the physical build/shape of my earlier age. The trim waist. V shaped back, girder thighs and strong upper arms. And I'd like to be as flexible and supple. But not to the point of it causing me any "issue"

Is there an age milestone which fills you with dread?

Not really. I've never really "counted time" - 30 came and went. 40 came and went, as did 45. The only real "issue" I had was when I turned 32 dunno

I suppose that was because at the time, it dawned on me that I was now (then) "in my 30s :shock: Without going into detail, given the life I lead in my late teens/early 20s I truly didn't expect to reach my 30s. But life was kind (and I had a great deal of luck - some of it good wink

)

All I fear about getting older is the stop at the end :shock:

If we truly accept that we all going to die, but enjoy the journey of life; embracing it's many twists, turns and foibles; death should hold no fear. I don't fear death. I don't want it, but I don't fear it. When he comes for me again, I'll be ready.
Ready to welcome him, or ready to fuck him off :thumbup:

18 Nov 2006

Quote by dambuster
If we truly accept that we all going to die, but enjoy the journey of life; embracing it's many twists, turns and foibles; death should hold no fear. I don't fear death. I don't want it, but I don't fear it. When he comes for me again, I'll be ready.
Ready to welcome him, or ready to fuck him off :thumbup:

:thumbup:
I wholeheartedly, and selfishly, do not fear death - its the couple of years beforehand and the inevitable need to be 'cared for' that I dont want . Sod that, i dont want looking after or to ever be 'incapable' - thats scary stuff :scared: I'm going to stay 30 forever now lol

18 Nov 2006

Quote by Darkfire
. . . I'm going to stay 30 forever now

:thumbup:
It's a good age wink

18 Nov 2006

:giggle: why's that then?

18 Nov 2006

Well at 61 I'm about to take a much younger lady friend (thank you again to SH) for our first club visit - are we mad? How will the 30 somethings react confused

But I'm so old and so keen to go, it doesn't matter :twisted:
The 'no older than your mum/dad and no younger than your youngest son/daughter' rule seems quite sensible - though I broke the second part recently and it seemed pretty good to me biggrin

keep on truckin'

18 Nov 2006

As the big 40 is looming I have been told I'm just about to enter my sexual peak..
bring it on I say lol

6 Jan 2007

age wise many would consider us past our sell by dates. But the spirit never grows old.
we have had no problems making friends on SH and have had sex with people half our age. we dont see age only people and thankfully there are those out there who are the same.

6 Jan 2007

I'm 47 but feel no diferent to what I did at 37..........can still run........and perform those husbandry(is that a word ) duties.
I love life and yes I have experienced more in my forties than in my previous years.
Nope this is where I should be............bring it on cool

6 Jan 2007

Quote by Scandal
I'm fitter than people 20 years younger than me

Yep............that's what I have found.........but with today's youth that aint hard.

6 Jan 2007

I'm 42 now and have been told that I'm middle-aged :shock:
Have to say, I've enjoyed myself more in my late thirties and early forties :twisted:
Sod the ageist labels, if you fancy someone, you fancy them :twisted: