When a man gets to a certain age do they try to run away from their age?

That's a complex issue with multiple answers.

1. Yes, both genders reach a point where their own ailments, or their partner's ailments, or both, make you pause and take stock. But how they deal with it will vary. There are those -- of both genders as bijousbroussard points out -- who will have mid-age crises and try to run away from it. Others will go into denial and try to keep on truckin' in the same way. Others will find ways to adapt. Still others will age beyond their years very quickly by just giving up.

2. Keeping the old man/woman out of your mindset is critical, and being around younger people is a major key to doing that. Grandkids frequently are the most convenient avenue for that, as with your grandparents. That helps with the energy and motivation, but they also need younger adults about to keep their minds stimulated with current events rather than dwelling entirely on the old days. The multi-generational homes and neighborhoods of yore were very good for that until the suburbination of society began separating us into little pockets of similar age neighborhoods.

3. Which brings us to the "adult retirement communities" for those 55 and older. On the plus side, they do promote social and physical interaction appropriate to similar age and health status. The big downside, IMHO, is that it isolates them from younger people and it becomes harder to keep the old man/woman out of your mind because conversations constantly drift to the good old days and there are no young adults forcing them to confront today's reality.

With aging it's best not to fight it. Gracefully surrender the things of youth when it's time.

Concentrate on being a healthy person of your current age. Exercise, good diet, no smoking, practice restraint in alcohol and drugs. Develop your intellectual and spiritual side.

No, I don’t agree with the correlation, but I do think that it’s a good example of why it’s important to have a variety of people in our support system and social network. I do see The stagnation and depletion you observed happen, but it happens to couples in general who don’t have other friends/family to add diversity to their lives and delegate support as needed.

Run away? IDK...

I believe that initially they wonder.... As in one day you stand in front of the mirror and say to yourself "I can't believe I'm ____ years old today." And then you get on with your day.... after all, you have things to do.

A year later you find yourself standing in front of the same mirror saying the same thing to yourself..... And so life goes every year. I finally realized that I was aging (but not badly...lol) when I looked at old pictures taken over 30 years ago....

And then I went to my 40th H.S. reunion 7 years ago and wondered how all those people got SO OLD (looking). All I can hypothesize is that stress ages you badly... and I pride myself on living a fairly stress-free life.....

My feeling today is that "Nature determines your age but you determine your state of mind" I saw a t-shirt that about summed it up: "Getting old is weird because you're that same enthusiastic kid trapped in a "sh*tshow of a body."

More so men which is ironic. A lot of guys who say they are in their 40s are really in their 50s and then those guys go after young women. I think mature women are beautiful so I never understood this.

Yeah its called a mid life crisis m...they don't want to get old

No lol

Depends on the man. For every man who buys a red sports car and starts hitting on 22 year olds, there’s a woman who dyes her hair and gets botox. Others embrace the inevitable.