When does 'Growing Up' evolve into ''Getting Old'?
Is there a single 'stage of life' or occasion/event that marks the transition?
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I can't say for sure that there is one single event for everyone that makes them deal with their own mortality,but for me it was the day I held my loving mother-in-law's hand (my Husband was holding her other hand), and we watched her leave this world.It was the moment I actually saw someone die and realized that I was closer to death than I was to birth. I was 48 when that happened and I felt old. If I would have witnessed death before this age, at an age when I was closer to birth than to death, I don't think it would have had the same effect.
SW-User
@Robert Yes, it did change me. I value my life more now than I did before. I don't take for granted that I will live forever. When I was young the idea of death, the reality of it, never crossed my mind ( outside of 2 suicide attempts).I guess I just thought I would live forever, but when I saw someone die it brought it all home. Life is fleeting.