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I know the number is correct.
But it doesn’t sound correct when I say it out loud.
“35.”
I just don’t think of myself as 35.
But, I am now.
35.
I started to say that I don’t feel 35.
But then I thought about people who say things like, “I don’t feel (insert age).”
How do they know?
They have never been that age before, so how do they know what it’s supposed to feel like?
And whatever the age, it must feel different for everybody.
So, maybe how I feel is how 35 feels.
My 35.
I would have thought this is more what 28 feels like.
That was 7 years ago, so I don’t specifically remember how it felt. But, I don’t recall it feeling much different than now.
I’m still healthy (maybe more so) and happy (absolutely more so) and definitely more sure of who I am.
So maybe 35 is just a better shade of 28.
That sounds correct.
{ fin }
For years, I felt, and was often told, that I looked younger than my age. Then, a devastating illness aged me. At 44, the lines on my face tell their story, and their story is my story, and it’s OK.
I’m 28. Problem is i keep forgetting that I am. More than once I’ve had to pause as i try to work out my own age. Im not going senile just yet but i just feel the same as i did a few years ago.
In fact I’ve never had a birthday where I woke up and felt different. Has anyone? I don’t know anyone who became a different person the day after their birthday.
But just in case someone else is having trouble adjusting to another birthday ariving i heard some advice that might be usefull to you
Just because your getting older doesn’t mean you have to get old.
PS Happy Birthday
I’m not sure, but it sounds as if today were your birthday, if so, then my best wishes for you and happy birthday
First, A Very Happy Birthday, Tony!
Second, I celebrated 30 years older than you a week ago today.
The thing is, I still feel your age. Physically, I may have the odd ache here and there but I still see life as full of possibilities, like you I’m happier than ever (the husband of 13 years having a LOT to do with that), and I’m working on new projects, both personal and professional all the time.
I know people a decade or more younger than I who look and act a decade or more older. I don’t know what happened and I feel badly for them because they don’t look happy. I think that keeping the mind active and having love and sex in your life continuously is the key.
I say the same thing. About 48. Don’t feel it, probably look it, and enjoy it. Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! I’m 26, can’t wait to be 35 and to have all my shit together!
Happy Birthday Tony! I used to not feel my age at all. But since I had this brain aneurysm, I do feel more tired than ever and have more aches and pains. So at nearly 54 I do feel age coming on. But I have not let that stop from living one little bit! I still work out as much as I can and keep a positive attitude. I am doing my damnedest to live life to its fullest. My wish for you is that you never feel your age.
I tend to forget when people ask me. Just something I never think about. I’m like perpetually 25 or 28. People never believe me anyway when I tell them my age. Young dudes with their age bracket ranges, messaging me “you’re 35, really?” Uh yes. See kind defeats the purpose of having age brackets. Not all of are old trolls, as they call us. Age is just a number.
My age never really bothered me until I hit the wall. Now, it’s all about what can I do to look better.
Years ago, I was at a concert and everyone was old (actually, middle aged). I mentioned this to my partner and he just looked at me in surprise.
“YOU are their age!” Ouch.
I really didn’t see that coming.
happy birthday Tony.
hope it was a good one! Big hugs down under!
Happy Birthday!!! Coming from someone who is going to be 40 in a few weeks… you are as young as you feel… sure I have some grey, but what the hell… the other day my boss and I were discussing a meeting we are hosting on July 15th and I mentioned that was 3 days from my big 4-0 and she looked at me and said “you are the only person I know who advertises how old they are after age 35″… I said “I am just happy to be there and will celebrate appropriately”… she is 60 something… I am happy to be alive…hope you enjoyed your day! STUD!!!
Tony! out here in california and it’s 11:54 PM – technically still your b-day! hope it was one that put smiles on your face like your writings paint my face with smiles. i’m … well older, not quite double your age but close enough. to me and ‘age’ is between your ears! i still think i’m your age even though the body says otherwise! enjoy big guy!
I’m glad the 35 to 50 ratio is working for you guys.
Happy Birthday Tony. I loved my mid thirties and even my forties. Just now getting into my fifties and I swear I don’t know when I got this old. Obviously I was distracted. One day maybe I’ll stop and think about how a fifty year old is supposed to feel or even act, but for now there just isn’t the time to worry about those unimportant details.
There are too many things to do, too many things to build, too many trails to bike, too many Southern Redneck men to hang out with. Definitely no time to try to figure out what my 50′s are supposed to be like.
Time waits for no man. Enjoy each one given. Happy Birthday!
Happy Belated 35th Birthday. Hope the Attorney gave you the gift you had been looking for and then some.
Congrats on being 35. It’s a great age. The new 25, as they call it.
You have the wisdom of a 35-year-old and the body of a 28-year-old. We all hate you for that. Happy Birthday anyway.
Happy Birthday! I hope I look that good when I hit 35…
Many happy returns. I’ll be 62 in two months. I don’t know what that’s supposed to feel like either. Physically, I feel “older”, but emotionally and mentally, I don’t think I’ve ever felt any different that I do now. I just am me. But at age 62, I’m not going to go out and get a new puppy, or a kitten, and I’d like to. I just don’t want to leave any orphans. My pets tend to live a long time. Why am I babbling? Happy Birthday Tony. Keep writing. You are a wonderful communicator. I wonder if you realize that?
I always say, “age is only a state of mind, and I don’t live in that state.” I’m 57 this year. Not sure how I’m “supposed” to feel, but frankly, I don’t give a damn…it’s just a number. How you live your life and who you include in it has the most to do with how you feel, not the actualy number itself.
Happy Birthday, Tony…and many, many more.
Albeit late, Happy Birthday! I have never felt like people described for the age I have become… instead I choose to embrace the life and not the date/number. I’m sure one day I’ll awaken and realize all of a sudden how old I feel though; I’ll make sure and laugh at that thought till it goes away!
Poor baby, talk to me when you turn 60. I couldn’t say the number for a year.
i hope at 70, twice your age now, i will have done HALF as much and written a QUARTER as well. Are you on Facebook now? if you are mine is Roy Ster Seven….
Great information! I’ve been looking for something like this for a while now. Thanks!
Tony:
We miss you. Are you ever coming back?
Agree with GL – Hope all is ok with Granny and you. For the past couple of weeks I’ve dreaded opening your blog because I thought maybe something had happened to her, the Attorney, or you.
Come back soon!
Hope everything is okay with you….really miss your posts…
We need you. How sad is that!~!
Hey Tony – I’ve found that people disappear when things are either going really well, or really bad – I hope it’s the former. We miss you, I’ll keep waiting patiently for you’re next post….
Hi Tony, hope all is well with you and the family. You are being thought of.
Just wait till you find yourself pronouncing, not thirty-five, but fifty-five. That’s a real kick in the head.
But the secret that nobody tells you when you’re young is that your body ages much more quickly than your soul. I feel about 30 to 35 inside – so my reflection in the mirror always comes as a shock these days.
But as a good (older) friend of mine tried to tell me when I was around your age – and unfortunately, I didn’t listen – your thirties are your prime. Your forties are almost as good, for that matter. As you’ll find out. So enjoy and savor your 35, bud – while you can. It’s a wonderful age.
I miss you Tony. I hope all is well with you, Granny and the attorney and the reason we haven’t heard from you in a while is you’re just busy living life.
Come back when you’re ready. Things aren’t the same without you.
Darling. You are always correct.
most guys.. who are fit, don’t start to ‘feel’ their age till after they’re past 50.