If you could be any age you wanted, but had to stay that age for the rest of your life, how old would you be?

Question

I am not suggesting immortality - suppose you'd still die after a 'normal' lifespan of (say) 80 or 90 years, but you'd look and feel the same age for all of it...

I used to ask this question when I was little, (usually shoving a pencil or pen or some other microphone substitute in people's faces), and oddly, my answer is unchanged.

When I was 15, I said 25 - now I'm 39, I say the same. You are an adult, and accorded all the privileges and responsibility that goes with that, but you're still considered young - you can still enjoy all the attention and activities that seem to be exclusive to the young.

I'd be curious as to what other people think - please also tell us how old you are now!

I'd also like to know your reasoning - not just a number!

Answer 1

Well, right now I'm 70. I'm fit and healthy and still got all my marbles
My mortgage is paid, I have a couple of pensions and I still do some work every week as a self-employed therapist - which I love!
Although life isn't perfect most of the big problems are done and dusted.
I've developed a sense of relativity and I'm comfortable with myself and other people - something which took a long, long time to achieve.
I'm a very happy man and I would dearly love to stay at this age until I fall off my twig - preferably at about a hundred, because I've still got lots of things to do.
Good question.
Jon C

Answer 2

Well, having just turned 50 I'd say I'm happy enough right here!

I have developed my 'life view' which means I think I have sorted out what I think of as important from the unimportant. I feel fit, though after Christmas I could do with losing a few pounds, I'm financially OK. People mostly underestimate my age by 10 years. While some of these things were true at younger ages I don't think I had the self confidence that age brings.

Sure I've realised I'm not now going to take up parkour, but I can walk 5 miles easily and do a decent job of climbing a cliff. In two months I'm taking my 12 year old daughter to her first rock concert YeeHa!

50 please!

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Answer 3

25

Answer 4

I have just had my 60th birthday but I'd like to stay 35. My marriage was still intact, so was my figure! Life was a good deal simpler, not too much stress and the world wasn't as mad as it is now. Nobody had heard of global warming, suicide bombs or Jade Goody! Technology wasn't as fast changing as it is now. It is impossible to keep up with it or is that because I am now officially old as I am 60! A virus was something you took a pill for and hardware meant hammers, nails etc. There was still a dental service under the NHS and doctors made home visits without making you feel guilty. Also, I don't think we had VAT then. 35 is a good age because you know much more stuff and know that you didn't know it all when you were 20! Barring accidents, the body is still fully functioning without the creaks and twinges I experience today.

Answer 5

I was born 41 years ago but in my head I'm 25 and I hope I will always be 25 I can, and do go out with 25 year old and it doesn't seem strange. Why should it matter how many years you have lived you can still go out there and enjoy life just as you did back When.

Answer 6

I agree with you about 25 to 30 would be perfect, lots of people say they wish they were 18 again but 18 year olds dont always get taken seriously as they are still so young and have alot to learn. I am 27 at the moment and enjoy this age alot, shame it cant happen and this is only a question (good one though) x

Answer 7

30. Of course at 30 I still looked 20! Tee hee. 30 yrs old is the best of both worlds. Still young and attractive but a maturity & confidence (& financial security) absent in my 20's...Still in some ways I think life would be harder this way. The aging process makes it a little easier to deal with the approach of death. It is the life cycle. You reach a point where you're ready to slow down & rest. If you stayed the same age it would be very difficult and would seem more tragic to just die suddenly with no warning, no physical deterioration. I think to pass peacefully of natural causes at a ripe old age is still the best way to go, isn't it...?

Answer 8

I say 23-25. It's old enough to have some credible "time" as an adult, yet young enough to look good, feel good, and not really have to worry about certain illness: i.e diabetes, age related pains with muscles, joints, and back.

I am 28, but have led a very physically taxing life, since age 14. I am female, yet I have worked all types of construction jobs. I have been 4'11" my entire adulthood, and stopped growing when I was in 7th grade. I have a small build, yet I pushed myself too hard, both mental, emotional, and primarily: physically> in order that I not only would be able to just keep up with co-workers and show myself worthy of any task (say, lifting 3x my own weight regularly), but also to prove to myself that I could do it.

I now suffer with HORRIBLE pain, as I have since then had 4 children, so my body did not have time to recover between each pregnancy.

GOOD QUESTION THOUGH! :)
GOD BLESS YA! <><

Answer 9

Im 17 years of age, comming on 18 this month. I remember being 12 not long ago. I was playin with my friends hanging out and getting drunk in the park. It was a bit simpler back then. My first kiss was at 12 years of age at the back of the sports hall in school, with a girl called jess richards. There are moments in my life I would love to relive but I dont think anybody would want to stay that age forever. I remeber at 12 wanting to be 18 n now im 18 wanting to be 12. To put it simply the grass is always greener on the other side.

Answer 10

Interesting question. I was 25 when I met my husband and that was a very good year.

However, by the time I was 25 I had already ruined both my knees and my back. Just to have all my body parts working I think I'll pick 17.

I am 42 now. 2 bad knees, 1 bad hip, 1 really bad back, no gallbladder, and just this month finally had to get glasses. Really miss working body parts.