Should age matter!!!

not sure why age should matter, but guess the outlook & experience of a 25 year old could be very different from someone your age, or mine [69]

have a peek at my profile, I am in UK, so if you wish just add me as friend

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PS I am not one to add wtg on every post or send comments on your food diary, unless that is your meals look far better than mine

I'm 55, have a 19 yo daughter and am no fuddy duddy, but sometimes I feel like I'm hundred years older than the people on here. There are a lot of threads I would never participate in because of that, especially the chat ones. But on the other hand I get a lot of great info, especially about weights, from the younger crowd here. So a little good, a little awkwardness, it evens out.

I don't think age should make any difference when communicating with your friends. I do find that my much younger friends don't communicate as well as my friends in their 30's or older do. I post everyday on my homepage and try to answer a lot of posts, but it is hard to answer everyone personally. I love meeting new people and have made a lot of great friends on here. Please feel free to add me.

Age doesn't matter to me, only reason why I don't have buddies here is that I am not that active. I use the place to log, to look for information, respond to the occasional thread and write blog-posts which are mainly reminders to myself. That works just fine with me.

On the other hand, I am very comfortable with young people, having worked with them all my life. I am aware that my perspective is very different from theirs, but that's just the way it is. I am quite happy with my age, and feel much better now than I did 30 years ago. Please, don't make me relive the stress of being young, taking an education, having children, working like a slave to make ends meet while raising them, worrying about my position and feeling like I was never good enough or pretty enough. It is SO GOOD to be a grown up, laid-back woman with resources and energy to pursue both work and leisure as I like it.

In a forum like this, age should not even be in the mix. We are here to support and encourage each other. It's nice to have people in your own peer group, yes, when it comes to relating health or life events that happen at a particular stage in the game. But encouragement does not have a number attached to it.

Most of my friends on here are around my age, but I do have some younger and some older as well. At 49, my age definitely has made a difference in my health and fitness. Hormones are different, arthritis and injuries over the years come into play, and it is much harder for me to lose than it was in my 20s. Fortunately, my older friends understand this as they struggle with it as well. We don't use it as an excuse, but just know that the extra challenges are there, so we have more realistic expectations and don't beat ourselves up if we don't lose as fast as the younger or less injured ones do.

But on the plus side, I am much wiser, less emotional, and have way more patience at this age than I did in my 20s-30s. So it's all good!

I don't think age should matter. I haven't been on the forum here enough to know if it factors into discussions. I am just exploring at the moment.

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It is not an issue to me. I live in Bristol UK if you would like to add me.