2006-07-19 02:53:14 · 31 answers · asked by tina k 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Damn, girl!! Wait 'till you turn 27!! That's when you REALLY start feeling old!!
2006-07-19 05:27:03 · answer #1 · answered by Joseph Knecht 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, we all get old, until we stop, and that's called death. Every day you're older than you've ever been before. But, in the scheme of things, 25 is certainly not considered old. I have a strange way of figuring out if I'm considered old: I think, if I died now, would people say, "oh, she was too young to die." So far, I think I still fall into that category, and 25 absolutely does. You'll still be considered "young" for many years to come.
2006-07-19 03:02:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The age of 25 in an underdeveloped country would make you an elder, unfortunately. In a developed country, I would consider it to be simply early adulthood.
A better criterion would be how do you feel physically as compared to five years ago. If you haven't had a serious decline due to normal aging, then you are still young. It's when you are unable to do the same physical activity that you did five years before that you can say that you are getting old.
Don't count mental aging unless you are starting to noticeably forget things that you could recall in the past without problems. That's a tougher one to gauge as mental functions change all the time. (I'm meaning that sometimes a datum is on the tip of my tongue, but can't be realised, when at other times it's instantly recalled. That's normal.)
I would speculate that you are in the period of your life that you have the knowledge and financial ability to engage in whatever activity that is normally available, and have the physical stamina to go through with it. When the stamina wanes, that's when age is taking its toll.
Hope that helps.
2006-07-19 03:14:58 · answer #3 · answered by Ѕємι~Мαđ ŠçїєŋŧιѕТ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The age of 25 is not old. But it is grown up. Perhaps you hate it so much because you realize that you have moved into adult responsibilities and can't go back to the freedom of childhood.
Another reason you could hate it is that youth is worshipped so completely in this country, which tends to distort our ideas of what is important.
How old you are isn't important. What you do with your life today, and what you want to accomplish with your life is important.
It's important to be at peace with yourself and your age and the body you live in.
2006-07-19 07:00:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you had this thought because you are doing something you're too old to be doing.
Compared with me you are a spring chicken. I would LOVE to be 25 again, as long as I know what I know now.
On the other hand, maybe you miss your youth and think you grew up too fast. If so have hope, as Dylan said:
"Ah but i was so much older then, I am younger than that now"
2006-07-19 03:08:06 · answer #5 · answered by mince42 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The concept of "old" is all a matter of perspective and it is individual for each of us. When you consider yourself old, it is in comparison to what? Who you were 5 years ago? 10 years ago? When you were an infant? Now compare to people you know in their 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's 70's........................ It's also how you look and feel. I know people who are in their 40's but look and act like when they were in their 20's. This is a good advertisement for taking care of yourself early in life.....one of the biggest "give-aways" of age is in the skin, especially facial skin. If you sun alot, your skin WILL WRINKLE PREMATURELY. You can bet on it. If you don't use a moisturizer with sun block in it daily....start now. Even if you don't intentionally lay in the sun, you still get a fair amount just being outside. Wear hats....they are back in fashion. Use sun block and today the self-tanners are really good, not orange colored like in the past. Age is a matter of perspective....yes there is the chronological age, but I prefer to use the perspective age.
2006-07-19 03:08:48 · answer #6 · answered by Mercedes M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey sister, the moment a baby is born it starts getting old each second. If you feeling old only after 25 years that is a good thing.
2006-07-19 03:06:57 · answer #7 · answered by valmuni 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
25 is old to someone 15 but 25 is young to someone 50. It's relative.
2006-07-19 03:11:00 · answer #8 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you are not. But I think is time to take a little bit of care of your body. If you are no doing that just now, you should start doing exercises on a regular basic, watch what you eat and think before you act. That way you'll be here in 20 years asking this same question. Youth is on your mind, so as long as you feel young, you are young.
2006-07-19 02:59:51 · answer #9 · answered by buenasnalgas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're old, I'm ancient, and I'm only 43. I found that I sort of froze my age, mentally, at about college age. A wrinkle here and there doesn't mean you're old, and I doubt that you have many at 25. If you're average, you've only made it through about 1/3 of your life--you're not even close to middle age yet!
2006-07-19 03:02:45 · answer #10 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all relative. To an eight years old, you are ancient. To a 60 year old you re a kid. To yourself you are what you are, age is of almost no importance (as long as you are healthy).
You are getting older (everyone is!), but that is what life is about and hopefully you'll use the time you are passing to improve yourself, to you won't be a loss to yourself and the world.
2006-07-19 03:01:48 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋