Why can't I accept I am get to getting old?????

[Skatergirl1]

I try my best to keep fit ish. . ok I jump in the car most days to get me from a to be..try to keep to a reasonable weight. 7st 1lb, 5foot 0 tall, wrinkles coming my way and hate it, it is making me feel like s**t!! How do I accept i am no longer young anymore...in my mind I am, but my body tells me no....x

[pianoplayer90]

It's always our mental age that shows through. Young at heart, young forever.

[Skatergirl1 in reply to pianoplayer90]

Hi Pianoplayer, yes I am very young at heart and love to do daft things, its just that my face and body don't match how I feel lol x

[hypercat54]

Join the club. We all go through that when reaching a certain age and I get incredibly frustrated from going from a busy active life to one that's more sedentary. I have certain health issues now which prevent me from living my life fully when I always lived it at a run.

I can't believe I used to work full time, then be out most evenings til late as well as doing all the boring domestic chores. I used to bomb around having a dig at friends who were too slow. Now I am the one who is slow and limited. It's awful. Still I think it is better than pushing up daisies and even if I am slow I still get there coz I won't give up.

I find what helps me a lot is having 3 sisters around my own age, and friends too and we bemoan it and end up laughing instead. We make jokes about not remembering anything and feeling tired. I still feel 18 in my head but my body feels 90! It is part of life though and there's not much we can do about it. We are still us and there are some benefits to it such as not feeling guilty when using the disabled seats on a bus, or flirting with young good looking fellas who give me hugs coz I am no threat to them any more. I am also more comfortable in my skin and don't give a flying ^%^&% what others think about me anymore. I can be myself more and work on being eccentric x

[Skatergirl1 in reply to hypercat54]

Hi Hypa, I can relate to what you say and I am lucky that I am still able to work full time and enjoy doing things at a reasonable pace but I just hate this getting old and saggy milarky !!!.....I feel great until I have to put my glasses on and then boom, where did that old lady come from staring back at me lol x I know we all go through this stage, but I just don't like it lol xx. Now where did I put that paper bag????

[hypercat54 in reply to Skatergirl1]

You are lucky! I make jokes with friends about that old person who is always appearing in my mirror. She comes in shop windows with me too. I don't know who she is but I wish she would go away and leave me alone x

[Skatergirl1 in reply to hypercat54]

Haha that made me chuckle!! now stop adding to my laughter lines.... X

[hypercat54 in reply to Skatergirl1]

Ha ha not laughter lines but war wounds xx

[kenster1]

hi I can accept getting older but its hard to accept that I wasted years for one reason or another.hope ive a few good years in me to balance it out.

[hypercat54 in reply to kenster1]

Oh I can relate to that Kenny. I didn't have any friends and rarely went out socially until my mid 20's. Since then I determined to go out at every opportunity which I did. I am happy now that I have managed to 'catch up'. I also spent my 21st birthday after being let down by 2 acquaintances I was going out with crying in my bedsit on my own. Since then I have always made sure I celebrated big birthdays as much as possible - and I have. x

[Skatergirl1 in reply to kenster1]

Hi Kenster, thank you for your reply x

[Skatergirl1]

Hi Elliott, I am happy generally, but just having a moan..I act like a teenager and want to look younger to match how I feel lol xx