Do you become "invisible" in middle age?

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blebbleb · 15/12/2022 10:50

I'm 38 so not quite there yet but as I'm getting older I'm worrying about becoming invisible and ignored as I get older. I'm fairly attractive and I'm worried this is my main redeeming feature and I'm boring otherwise! I do have a good job, friends, and family too. Hoping to hear stories where this isn't the case!

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FayCarew · 18/10/2023 12:10

mid·dle age
[middle age]
NOUN

the period after early adulthood and before old age, about 45 to 65.

Starchipenterprise · 18/10/2023 12:12

Anyone can CHOOSE how they label themselves in relation to age. Albeit there are lots of people who act way older than their actual age!

Itaintwhatyoudoitsthewaythatyoudoit · 18/10/2023 12:39

FayCarew · 18/10/2023 11:57

Retirement age is 68.
Middle age is roughly past childbearing to retirement.
Look at famous people like Gary Lineker, Nigella Lawson, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt etc. They're hardly elderley or about to retire

https://data.oecd.org/pop/elderly-population.htm

The elderly population is defined as people aged 65 and over.

Unfortunately Brad Pitt and Nigella are atypical.

A example such as Steve McFadden is closer to home.

Demography - Elderly population - OECD Data

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https://data.oecd.org/pop/elderly-population.htm

FayCarew · 18/10/2023 12:58

@Starchipenterprise , of course. I'm a teenager.

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blebbleb · 18/10/2023 20:18

TheaBrandt · 18/10/2023 10:53

Thought of this thread on Sat I went to get coffee with dd2 and her friend both stunning 15 year olds. Chap took their orders then started to process the order. Hadn’t even seen me standing right next to them! Had to say “err I would like a coffee too?!” And I was the one that was paying!

That's unusual! I found I was taken less seriously as a teenager than an adult.

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