To think by 30 you are middle aged

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And there is no getting away from it really

I did go to a 20th birthday once that was branded as middle aged party cause majority of men in hia family died in their early 40's. But it was in a dark humour.

But no, 30 is not middle aged. But if you want to identify as middle-aged, go for it!

No

I did find turning 30 depressing, I don’t know why. It’s not middle aged though! Mid 40s. Mind and body wise that’s when most people start to notice they’re not young anymore.

45 to 68 surely? (I have just celebrated my 67th birthday...)

Thats very sad but if you are saying people are dying at 30 then that would make you middle aged at only age 15 wouldn't it? which is a bit silly....

I can see that maths is not your strong point.

The average life expectancy in the UK is 83.5 year. So no, 30 is not the start of middle age....

No, middle age begins after 40.
At 20 you are a young woman
At 30 you are a mature woman
At 40 you are a middle aged woman
It amazes me when I see on here posters saying 70 is not old. And it takes a sensible 70 year old woman posting the obvious that ‘yes I am old at 70’.
I don’t know why people tiptoe around reality.
I suspect 60 year olds would rather not be referred to as old, because 60 year olds nowadays are full of vitality and are much healthier that previous generations. But they also understand reality.

No, I would say 40s.

No way. Try 50s.

That’s really sad. But 30 still isn’t middle aged.

Absolutely! Unless you anticipate being middle aged for one day, which would be around your 40th birthday.

Under 30, young
30-60, middle aged
over 60, old.

I agree 100%

Most of my family die in their 90s so that puts my middle age around mid 40s.

I am 61 and I am not ready to embrace old age yet, which is what being middle aged at thirty would imply. I still think of myself as middle aged, although the reality is that l am highly unlikely to reach 122! In reality, I think middle age is in your forties and fifties, older age starts at sixty but by no means implies that one has to be elderly and old age is eighty plus. Ideas of age definitions and the bands of each age group are very different now from decades ago. My grandparents' generation were middle aged by 35, elderly by 50 and old by 60. They were probably the last generation to have this mindset.

Is middle aged just a mind set though or is it just being in the middle of your (assumed/hope for) life? I accept I’m middle aged at 44. But I still build Lego and go to theme parks and collect certain toys. I definitely don’t act middle aged. And i probably won’t act old. Doesn’t mean I’m not/wont be though.

Possible but highly improbable.
😉😁.

They can 'project' what they like, no way on earth are 20% of people born in the next 20 years or so, going to make it to 100 years of age ... Never mind 'medical advancements' and the like, more people than ever are dying of cancer and because of obesity related issues.

And yes, people will 'scoff at 110' because the vast VAST majority of people won't live anywhere near that! Living to that age is vanishingly rare!

Well maybe you are middle aged then but the average person in the U.K. lives to their mid eighties so they aren’t middle aged till over 40

Yeah, 44 is middle aged. 30 DEFINITELY is not, and neither is 35. 🙄I'm actually in my mid-late 50s and was referred to as middle aged by someone last week. I class myself as senior age, not middle aged, but I was happy with that! My 2 DC are nearly 30, and they would piss themselves laughing if someone called them middle aged. They are young adults.

I didn't say I feel old, I said I think 60 is old, (not ancient), but old. And 30 is approaching middle age, which I'd say is 35.

Of course I can decide what I think about it. That's my perogative.

I said 30 is approaching middle age. If you only live til your mid 70s, then 35 is middle aged. If you live beyond that, maybe 40.

Life flies by.

I actually feel sorry for you if you felt middle aged at 30!

Don’t be ageist and ridiculous

Such a ridiculous statement.
The average life expectancy in the UK is around 85 for women.

Cheery 🙄