I haven't been "young" for a long time. I've considered myself somewhere in between for quite a while. I'll be 49 in May.
My dad died at 57 and his dad died at 52.
I'm hoping that I inherit longevity from my mom's side of the family, and that my healthier (than my dad and granddad I never met) lifestyle will be to my benefit, but who really knows.
Good news is that you inherit most of your genes from your mom's side
at least that's my understanding
of course everyone on my mom's side was bald by 30...so that didn't help me out
I think in my case it's probably more behavioral than genetic.
All women that i can think of from both sides lived long lives.
In my grandfather's case, it was probably the alcoholism and maybe smoking and for my dad the smoking.
Anyway, I like the new Lucinda album.
well.. you're doing everything right- as you continually tell us- so hopefully you will live a long life...
I still don't see 49 as old.. .old is like 65.. old is my parents.. .49 is middle age.. one of my pet peeves is when i hear people say "I'm too old to.....".. really drives me bonkers...
You have to understand, I started calling myself "middle aged" in my early 30s. It's more a humor thing than anything else. I'm betting some of the people who drive you bonkers are just amusing themselves.
Though the fact is, I ran 17 marathons by the time I was 46, but haven't done any more since. And don't know if I physically can any more. I do feel myself slowing the fuck down physically in the last few years, whereas I felt hardly any older at 45 than i did at 25. I feel like I've physically aged more between 45 and 49 than I did between 18 and 45.
