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

I had a thought about this recently, well simply I've found that my grandparents seem more alive when they're surrounded by people, especially younger people.

It's like they draw their energy and motivation to keep going from the grandchildren etc.

And I wondered if that's what happens in relationships when people reach middle age.

If your partner starts to show signs of age via ailments does a switch go off inside your head that makes you think "that shits contagious" or something?

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Threepio

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."

Mellowgirl · 31-35, F

@Threepio damn! Locked in syndrome isn't caused by a stroke its fucking life!