Ainu: to think old age doesn't come itself is just a stupid saying

[Doingfine]

Or are my aches, pains and leaky bits just the signs of an energetic lifestyle?

eh? what's the 'saying'

sounds like one of those catchphrase contestant guesses

Sorry I am confused. You mean you have been living a healthy lifestyle and still suffer old age related health problems?

I don't understand the question

I've never heard the expression "old age doesn't come itself"

Depends on how old you are.

I'm 42 this year and kind of know what you mean, you get much more careful about not putting your back out

Not something that ever crossed my mind when I was a young whippersnapper

Ouch. Must be a local saying[confusd]

Is it about mental attitudes towards ageing, old before your time?

I've never heard the saying before either, but it means that age doesn't just mean you get older in years, your body fucks up too mwahahaha

Can't wait.

Oh, I get it now, old age doesn't come on its own, it brings the old bodily decay along with the years. I think.

I've heard something similar. (Scotland). It means you don't just get old and keep feeling like the teenager you are in your head, you get older and (as Agent Zigzag says) you get aches and pains. You learn to live with grief, whether that's through bereavement or separation from loved ones. You learn that decisions you made back when you knew everything were actually poor decisions. You might mourn or regret them, but you can't turn the clock back.

No, old age doesn't come by itself.

And I'm not even all that old.

I've heard it. I work in healthcare and hear it a lot. Alongside never to grow old! I mean, if I wasn't to grow old then I don't fancy the alternative!