The ideal age...

[Elisha 1]

So what is it? I turned 30 a few months ago, and the only "ill effects" I can think of are maybe that my metabolism doesn't let me eat a whole bunch of unhealthy crappy food without gaining weight.

Also, I'm guessing that I don't even look 30 to most people, but when I'm completely shaven, people probably think I look around 20. What age do would you like to look like? Why?

When I have my goattee, I usually don't get carded (even though I still don't look old), but I'm much more likely when clean shaven. I was at my HS 10-yr reunion 2 years ago and won a bottle of wine as a prize for "changed the least".

[NWFlyer 2]

I don't know the "ideal" age yet, but I'm having a hell of a lot more fun in my 30s than I did in my 20s. I like being old enough to know a little more about how the world works and young enough to really enjoy it.

As to what age I'd like to look like? I'm perfectly happy with looking around my age or a little younger, as long as that happens naturally (no surgical maneuvers or botox in my future; I will age gracefully). I've been told I look maybe late 20s right now, which I can deal with. I don't get carded all that much any more, even when I go into the liquor store dressed like a teenager; I guess the teens aren't buying much Patron.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[jmpnkramer 0]

I thought it was 29?


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[wmw999 2,587]

If you're living right and healthy, the perfect age is the one you're at right now. For me, it's the one I'm at right now.
Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[NWFlyer 2]

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If you're living right and healthy, the perfect age is the one you're at right now. For me, it's the one I'm at right now.

I like your answer better! What she said!

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[kbordson 8]

Happy Birthday!!
(a few months late)

I don't think its about calendar age.... whether you're 20 or 40, it's about living the life you want RIGHT NOW and EVERY DAY.
What age would I like to be - right now my only perspecitve is from 0-34... Dont remember much of the first decade (must have been the multiple head injuries.... at least that's my excuse), High shcool was fun, I'd replay my 20's for the excitement, I didn't start jumping until I was in my thirties.... I wouldn't trade away any of them though, nor would I try to impress others by "staying young" at 29.
Some people say that youth is wasted on the young.... but youth can't be "wasted" and some young people are too old, some are too immature.....

I've seen some young 70 year olds, and some "old" 40 year olds. It's all in your mind.

[Elisha 1]

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If you're living right and healthy, the perfect age is the one you're at right now. For me, it's the one I'm at right now.
Wendy W.

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I don't know the "ideal" age yet, but I'm having a hell of a lot more fun in my 30s than I did in my 20s. I like being old enough to know a little more about how the world works and young enough to really enjoy it.

As to what age I'd like to look like? I'm perfectly happy with looking around my age or a little younger, as long as that happens naturally (no surgical maneuvers or botox in my future; I will age gracefully). I've been told I look maybe late 20s right now, which I can deal with. I don't get carded all that much any more, even when I go into the liquor store dressed like a teenager; I guess the teens aren't buying much Patron.

More what I'm looking for though.

Keep them coming!

Oh, and thank you for the belated birthday!

[skyyhi 0]

For me it has become the 40's. . .I finally learned how to live life and be extremely happy.

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Darcy

[Tonto 1]

It's right now.

Everything past is a memory, everything yet to come uncertain, a dream at best.

The clock is ticking. It's what you do today that counts.

t

It's the year of the Pig.

[psipike02 0]

I dont know.....I may not be as wise or knowing about the world just yet, but I'm having a blast being 21.

I live everyday like it is my last, because who knows if it might be....tomorrow is not promised and who's to say if I will see 22 (hopefully God has it in his plan to let me get there )

But yea, I agree, its all in your mind, i think all the crazy shiat that I do now at 21, I'll still be doing at 31, 41, and 51 and on.....

One of my biggest fears is getting old, so I live for each day.....

Puttin' some stank on it.

----Hellfish #707----

[skybytch 273]

I'm liking 40. It's a nice round number.

I'm really looking forward to 42 though. At 42 I should have the meaning of life and everything else figured out.

[masterrig 1]

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I'm liking 40. It's a nice round number.

I'm really looking forward to 42 though. At 42 I should have the meaning of life and everything else figured out.

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I learned the meaning of life from watching 'City Slickers'! It's just one thing!


Chuck

[windcatcher 0]

I would agree with a few others, the age you are at now. There are no promises of living another day, you have to live each day as if it's your last; we are all mortal! I can't really think of the number, age-wise, because you can live a selfish, self-centered life up until 2 days before you die; I would say the age you were when you became more loving, selfless,etc would be ideal. Make sense?

Mother to the cutest little thing in the world...

[Bolas 5]

36.

You can run for president and also have sex with someone half your age in all 50 states legally.

Bolas "5 years to go" Rodriguez

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

[BillyVance 35]

Well...

I'll be 38 years old next Friday. I probably look like 28 years old, even with a mustache/goatee. Without, I might look as young as 22 or 23. However, these days my body feels like 48. So....

38 sounds about right!

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[RevJim 0]

Ideal? Well, IMO..... Just read my sig line. Yes, even the latin...

It's your life, live it!
Karma
RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1

[masterrig 1]

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Well...

I'll be 38 years old next Friday. I probably look like 28 years old, even with a mustache/goatee. Without, I might look as young as 22 or 23. However, these days my body feels like 48. So....

38 sounds about right!

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With your youthful looks, I assume, you don't smoke or drink to access, get 8-hrs. sleep each night, eat right and live a clean life. According to my calculations, let's see... carry the 2... divide by five... hell, by the time you're 80, you won't look a day over 60! Not too shabby!


Chuck

[RhondaLea 4]

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I'm liking 40. It's a nice round number.

I'm really looking forward to 42 though. At 42 I should have the meaning of life and everything else figured out.

It doesn't happen at 42.

It doesn't even happen at 47.

I suspect that--by definition--it only becomes totally clear at the very end of the road.

rl

If you don't know where you're going, you should know where you came from. Gullah Proverb

[Diversgodown 0]

High School Girls!!! Because "you get older and they stay the same age"

***Glory Favors the Bold***

[skydiver51 0]

I believe in my sig line. I lost 23 yrs in my first marriage. Had I been married to the woman i'm married to now it wouldn't matter how old I am now. I've lived alot in the past 7 yrs!

[Meux 0]

Right Now is ideal.

Last October I gave myself AFF for my 50th birthday. I thought I'd do a couple jumps and have that out of my system. Wrong, I'm loving this stuff and now have to rearrange everything to fit skydiving in. I wasn't ready for it. I dream about it.

I'm healthy, got a job (for the moment), my small circle of friends are wonderful and loyal. I'm loved by a group of people that I love in return, my dog treats me like I'm the center of the universe. I wish I were half the man my dog thinks I am.

From here, it seems like it just keeps getting better all the time.

If I could go back to 20 or 30 or 40, I'd say no thanks. Right here, right now is good.

Cheers,

Mo

[tdog 0]

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Also, I'm guessing that I don't even look 30 to most people

We must have a lot in common... I turned 30 this year...

A few weeks before my 30th - I was on a commercial flight with a good friend who was younger but spent the weekend razzing me about my age... I sat in the exit row like I always do for the legroom... The flight attendant said, "Are you at least 15 years old, because you have to be that old to sit here?" She did not say it to the group, but just to me, after "inspecting our row."

I said, "Ya, I am sixteen, you can just ask my father who is sitting next to me."

So far, the best years of my life have been:
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[happythoughts 0]

The age at which you decide what really makes you happy and then you start guiding your life in that direction.

Here is how to figure it out:

- You are 30.
- You've had a job for 10 years probably and you spend 5/7ths of your week there.
- You will work until you are 60 (at least). 30 more years, or 3 times as long as you have up to this point.

Here are the questions.

Is this how you want to spend the rest of your life ?

Is there any part of your life that you are unhappy about, but "settle" for whatever it is ?

Answer those questions and implement the changes. That will be the ideal age.

[Elisha 1]

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Here are the questions.

Is this how you want to spend the rest of your life ?

Is there any part of your life that you are unhappy about, but "settle" for whatever it is ?

Answer those questions and implement the changes. That will be the ideal age.

To respond back:

1) For the most part, yes. I love WHERE I am living (CA wine country), the church I'm a member of and the family that are nearby.

2) Change: Find someone to get married to and start a family. Get a job with better pay and more vacation so I can travel + skydive more.

Maybe #2 is a lot, but whatever.

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[CSpenceFLY 1]

Now,the only reason I would go back is with the knowledge that I have now.