I'd rather die than age

I am genuinely starting to feel like I want to kill myself rather than live a life of being considered too old for all the things that make me happy. I am 28 right now and it is already unbearable.

Take care of yourself, life will get better with age i promise

What kind of things are you afraid of being too old for? My dad who is in his 80s rides a motorcycle, flies a plane, downhill skis, plays in a volleyball league... Do you mean things like that? Or more along the lines of "at your age you should know better", like not paying bills, drinking too much, missing work?

What things you are too old for? There are only few things I am too old for and I am almost twice your age: I can't have kids and I can't eat whatever I want because I gain weight if not careful, and can't sleep as well as I used to. Can't think of anything else. What do you have in mind?

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Not a good idea getting hung up on what society thinks about inconsequential things like your hobbies. If you can incorporate them into your life and carry yourself with confidence, then there should be no issue

Keep doing the hobbies and activities you enjoy. Age is just a number. There is 80 year old man who woks at a drugstore nearby. He retired 20 years ago but felt bored. People tell him he should quit. He said he loves his job, interactions with customers and doesn't plan on quitting.

45 was the best year of my life

Continue doing the things that make you happy and it wont be so hard. Being old doesn't always mean being sick. Taking care of your body means that it's more likely to take care of you. If/when you get to 50 you will look back and see that 28 is not old by any stretch of the imagination. Neither is 50.

Getting old is not always a given. Just enjoy each day now.

What age do you think is "too old?" If you take care of yourself - manage your weight especially, but also take care of your skin, normal exercise to keep your muscles and joints in good condition, and and keep your bones healthy by getting enough vitamin D and Calcium and such.. your odds are much better!

Have you ever heard of Cloris Leachman? I first learned who she was when I looked up the cast of "Raising Hope". I found out she is 90!

She was on dancing with the stars at 82.. And she played a major role in Raising Hope until she was 88. And she is currently in an upcoming drama.. at her current age of 90.

And she is far, far from the only person who follows her dreams or just lives happily far into what many people would consider your retirement years.

The only person that can make aging stop you from enjoying life, is you.

Thanks for the replies. The suicidal feelings have subsided for now, it kind of comes and goes. However, I do feel very limited by my age in my ability to enjoy life and have a positive self image. Sure a lot of the things I would want to do are PHYSICALLY possible, but the problem is often more related to the self image. Things just lose their appeal when you feel like you don't belong. It is sort of abstract and I can't explain it. Also, living a certain type of social life becomes very difficult when very few people your age are interested and younger people don't really accept you as their peer. The fact is, people my age just don't seem to have the type of social life that is geared towards having adventures together and meeting girls and things along those lines. Also, take for example social games like mafia. Can you imagine people in their 30s getting together and playing something like that? I can't. Because people in their 30s just have a different mindset, one that I do not identify with. Is that really going to change in a couple years? I highly doubt it. Also think of the way people date. An example of the type of date I would imagine myself wanting to have with a girl is one where we sit atop a parking garage and enjoy a view of the city. It is just something that is strongly associated with teens and college kids and you rarely see people over 30 having that sort of experience. It is things like these that I am talking about.

You made me smile because my hubby is 44 and just played that this weekend at the local game shop. People playing were from 16 to in their 60's. So I didn't have to imagine it

Well one of the best dates I had with my now fiancée was sitting on a bench in this really dinky park in the middle of nowhere watching sunset and being totally eaten up by bugs. In fact that's were we first kissed. We then had police driving by saying that park is closed. We are 50 and it just happened last year.

Sitting on top of a parking garage and watching the city is the kind of thing we would do. It's not age limiting. You can do it at any age

Yes people play all kind of games in all kind of ages. Don't have to imagine. It's a reality.



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I am a Sophomore at 69. Age is irrelevant.

I can't believe someone else feels this way. I am 26 and I feel ancient. I don't feel 26, I still feel like I am in my teens. I want to do things that young people do and I am just old now. I havent met who im supposed to marry and have no family started. I fear im going to not only age but be alone and 'unmarketable" to having a chance at being married one day.

I'm glad the feelings have subsided.

Wow, that sounds like a lovely idea for a date, all that matters is that the woman you are on the date with feels the same way - if you both like the same kind of date ideas then it doesn't matter what everyone else does or doesn't do.

Some people are old in mind aged 20, other people are young in outlook aged 60+, it's who you are that really matters.