2007-07-09 16:59:24 · 9 answers · asked by getusedtoit 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
When does middle age begin? 35? 40? 45? 50? Looking at it in this manner is a mistake, pure and simple. What people dislike about middle age has nothing to do with a number, it's a situation. Picking an age range, when we all know how much variety there is to be found in every age range, just doesn't work. But we like to use age ranges for things like youth, old age, the teen years, toddlers, and so forth, so it's perfectly understandable why we try to do the same for middle age.
If I had to pick numbers, then I'd probably choose the range from 25 to 75. Why? Thinking in terms of myself and others I've known, I'd say most of us are truly independent of our families and on our own at least by 25 and most of us are dealing with the infirmities of old age by 75. Everything in-between would be middle age.
2007-07-09 17:07:48 · answer #1 · answered by kayboff 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
40s
2007-07-09 17:01:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well the average life span for us in the West is around 80. So I'd say when you become 40, you will be qualified to be a person whom is "middle aged".
2007-07-09 17:07:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
45
2007-07-09 17:03:25 · answer #4 · answered by valley1800 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is 50 or older that an adult that is considered "middle-aged"..
2007-07-09 17:01:51 · answer #5 · answered by Tony M 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well I am 45 so middle age is 60!
2007-07-09 17:05:04 · answer #6 · answered by Injun 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I say 40s
2007-07-09 17:04:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The one I'm in right now. 50 plus
2007-07-09 17:04:29 · answer #8 · answered by Jess 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when they get ready to know and ask:"Who am I?"
when they have curiousity bout their meaning in this life..
2007-07-09 17:05:25 · answer #9 · answered by lia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋