What is your age group?

What is your age group?

  • Younger than 20

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 20-29

    Votes: 27 10.2%

  • 30-39

    Votes: 55 20.8%

  • 40-49

    Votes: 51 19.3%

  • 50-59

    Votes: 68 25.8%

  • 60-69

    Votes: 47 17.8%

  • 70-79

    Votes: 10 3.8%

  • 80-89

    Votes: 4 1.5%

  • 90 or older

    Votes: 2 0.8%
  • Total voters
    264
tuwood said:
I married an 18 year old (granted I was 18 at the time too.) o_O
We're both 42 now and getting ready to be grandparents. :cool:
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Yeah, that's something I will probably never go through. I have a 100% effective birth control product: my face.
 
Old enough to know better, still too young to care . . . ;)

33 years young, pilot for about 7 years.
 
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tuwood said:
I married an 18 year old (granted I was 18 at the time too.) o_O
We're both 42 now and getting ready to be grandparents. :cool:
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Holy short generations Batman! My wife was 41 when our youngest was born.

I've seen shorter. One of our kids had a friend that was being raised by her grandmother when the kids were in 1st grade. The grandmother was younger, by a few years, than my wife. I'm not 100%, it was years ago and I've slept since then, but I think their generation avg was under 18 years.
 
The amount of gray hair increases while the total amount of hair stays constant. I conclude that gray hair must weigh more than black hair.
 
My dad and his golf buddies, all of whom are surrounding 80 years old from both sides, were chatting after a round recently and postulated the following:

40 is the new 30
50 is the new 40
60 is the new 50
70 is the new 60
80 is just effin' 80.
 
colojo said:
My dad and his golf buddies, all of whom are surrounding 80 years old from both sides, were chatting after a round recently and postulated the following:

40 is the new 30
50 is the new 40
60 is the new 50
70 is the new 60
80 is just effin' 80.
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lol

I had a doctor say about a significant surgery, "A 30 year old man recovers in 6 weeks. A 50 year old man recovers in 6 months. An 80 year old man never really recovers."

In many ways. I'm in my early 50's and I'm in at least as good of shape as my father was at 40 if not better, and he's doing fine in his mid 70's; he and my mother still travel a lot, including internationally.

Genes and then lifestyle play a big part in it. The #1 way to live long is still "have parents and grandparents that live long". Eating well and staying physically fit helps, but genes are still the #1 driver. I'm working on the part I can control; have my 3rd triathlon of the year this coming Sunday, placed 3rd in my age group last weekend (boy was that a surprise).
 
wayne said:
My wife was 41 when our youngest was born.
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If you don't mind my asking - how old were you? My girlfriend and I are getting serious to the point that I can't help but think about kids someday, but based on her career it'll be close to 5 years from now, putting me around the same age as your wife if it ever happens. I've gotta be honest, having my first kid when I'm in my 40s scares me a little - I'm worried about not having the requisite energy all the time.
 
I married a 20 year old when I was 22. We didn't have our first child until I was 28. We had our last child just before I turned 40 (less than a month before). We have 4. For a variety of reasons having to do with maturity, sanity and economics, I've enjoyed my youngest more. She's not a better child nor is there anything wrong with the older ones, I've changed. That said, I'm also much more conscious at 57 that I'll most likely be 60 before she graduates from college. And we're still waiting for marriage and grandchildren from any of ours.

A rambling collection of reasons to be on the fence, I suppose.

John
 
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I'm over 60 and closer to 70 ....my wife has cut sex down to 5 times a week ....





But I ain't sure I beileve her.. .:p
 
I'm younger than my wife. I was 33 when the youngest was born.

There's no perfect time to have kids. Easier physically when younger. Easier financially when older.

We didn't get to travel w/o kids much when we met, or early marriage. She had a daughter from a previous marriage. We could travel a little as she could stay with her father; joint custody, so easy to schedule. With her age, if we were going to have kids we had to do it right away. The next kid was born on our first anniversary. The third and youngest a little less than 2 years later.

Don't just think about when they are born. From when she gets pregnant to when they graduate high school is ~19 years. How old will you be then?

Our youngest was born 8 days before the school cut-off or she'd be a Senior in HS this fall instead of a Freshman in college; which would have put my wife at 60 a month after the youngest graduated instead of 59 (only one year, but a psychological one with the first digit changing).

That's not too bad though. Well into a career it's easier to afford travel with the whole family. Our kids are shocked when they find college classmates that have never been out of the country; some not out of the region, a few not out of their home state. Our kids are on their 3rd passport and have probably been to a dozen countries (most on cruises, so not a deep exposure). Most people that have kids in their early 20's can't do that. To them flying off to go skiing or a cruise over spring break is normal. The oldest was doing a semester abroad in Italy and we visited her and toured around with the younger two during their spring break.
 
Thanks for the perspective, guys. As an airline guy, starting a little later also has the advantage of being senior enough to have some flexibility with my schedule. Right now I've never really pushed for weekends or holidays off, but obviously things change with kids.

Anyway I'm well ahead of myself - I'm still a long way from putting a ring on her finger, but part of getting older is you start looking over the horizon a little sooner too. :)
 
kayoh190 said:
Thanks for the perspective, guys. As an airline guy, starting a little later also has the advantage of being senior enough to have some flexibility with my schedule. Right now I've never really pushed for weekends or holidays off, but obviously things change with kids.

Anyway I'm well ahead of myself - I'm still a long way from putting a ring on her finger, but part of getting older is you start looking over the horizon a little sooner too. :)
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When they're small (pre-school) weekends vs weekdays don't really matter. Unless you plan to attend worship of some kind as part of your family life, one day is pretty much like the next for small ones. And some things you might want to do with them will be less crowded on weekdays. Once they hit school age, it can change. Ours were all home schooled until middle school which meant we could take off and do trips, etc. just incorporating school into what we were doing. If they go to school, now weekends off become important.

Just for some perspective.

John
 
Then one day you wake up. And you realize...
...that you're not 81 anymore.

Burgess Merideth - Grumpy Old Men.
 
Maybe the next poll should be whether we are younger than the plane we last flew.
 
Velocity173 said:
90 + years olds on POA? I don't believe it.:eek:
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That was puzzling.

But then, I was also puzzled that the poll has a button to click to change my answer. I mean, why would I change it -- because another answer was more popular?
 
NoHeat said:
That was puzzling.

But then, I was also puzzled that the poll has a button to click to change my answer. I mean, why would I change it -- because another answer was more popular?
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Because you had a birthday???
 
I know a guy who "died" and was revived by the use of an AED. He says he's either 3 or 68, depending if the discount for seniors or kids is bigger.

Cheers
 
I had to stall and bring an 85 champ out of the subsequent spin on a point. This meant you had to judge when to recover from the spin. No parachute and the instructor , ( he would have laughed at you. )was a ww2 Stearman instructor pilot and p47 ground school instructor. ( let's face it , you didn't teach dual in a p47. ) finished my instruction in 1958 . You can figure out my age. as for reserved parking spots for handicapped, I think over fifty percent need to walk as they are so fat they can hardly walk or they seem to walk quite well.
 
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Jimmy cooper said:
I had to stall and bring an 85 champ out of the subsequent spin on a point. This meant you had to judge when to recover from the spin. No parachute and the instructor , ( he would have laughed at you. )was a ww2 Stearman instructor pilot and p47 ground school pilot finished my instruction in 1958 . You can figure out my age.
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50-59 group?
 
kayoh190 said:
If you don't mind my asking - how old were you? My girlfriend and I are getting serious to the point that I can't help but think about kids someday, but based on her career it'll be close to 5 years from now, putting me around the same age as your wife if it ever happens. I've gotta be honest, having my first kid when I'm in my 40s scares me a little - I'm worried about not having the requisite energy all the time.
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My grandmother had my mom at 40 (1934), Mom had me at 40 (1974) I had my oldest at 37 (2012) and my youngest at 40 (2015). I'm glad that it worked out this way because I had a better life than my brothers and sister because my parents had grown up, figured out how to be a married couple and were better off financially. I'm in a much better position to raise my boys now than I was in my 20s and can enjoy being involved in their upbringing more than I could have or would have if I was younger and I've always been pretty mature for my age. I actually raised a step son with my first wife through my 20s and I can say that I was a pretty good dad to him but I'm a great dad now and I thinl my age has as much to do with it as anything.
 
wayne said:
I'm younger than my wife. I was 33 when the youngest was born.

There's no perfect time to have kids. Easier physically when younger. Easier financially when older.

We didn't get to travel w/o kids much when we met, or early marriage. She had a daughter from a previous marriage. We could travel a little as she could stay with her father; joint custody, so easy to schedule. With her age, if we were going to have kids we had to do it right away. The next kid was born on our first anniversary. The third and youngest a little less than 2 years later.

Don't just think about when they are born. From when she gets pregnant to when they graduate high school is ~19 years. How old will you be then?

Our youngest was born 8 days before the school cut-off or she'd be a Senior in HS this fall instead of a Freshman in college; which would have put my wife at 60 a month after the youngest graduated instead of 59 (only one year, but a psychological one with the first digit changing).

That's not too bad though. Well into a career it's easier to afford travel with the whole family. Our kids are shocked when they find college classmates that have never been out of the country; some not out of the region, a few not out of their home state. Our kids are on their 3rd passport and have probably been to a dozen countries (most on cruises, so not a deep exposure). Most people that have kids in their early 20's can't do that. To them flying off to go skiing or a cruise over spring break is normal. The oldest was doing a semester abroad in Italy and we visited her and toured around with the younger two during their spring break.
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+1

Just figure it out that's what we did. My folks took me everywhere with them and if I couldn't go, they didn't appear to want to go anyway. I didn't understand this as a kid but I do now. Not that long ago I rolled pennies for gas much like my dad did when I was young and much like him, I'm better off later in life. My wife and I found that our active lifestyle didn't end when my oldest was born, it just changed a little. We still camp, fly, ride motorcycles, scuba dive and such even though we can't always do these things together like we could before. We travel even more now and my oldest has been to 13 countries, a dozen states and on 2 cruises. my 11 month old is up to 3 countries, 4 or 5 states and 1 cruise. Having kids can be tough but they are only limiting if you let them be. Expose them to things and it gets easier and you raise well rounded young adults.
 
I was a first and only child of older parents back when it was pretty uncommon (I'm on the extreme high end of 50-59). I don't think there's anything wrong with waiting until later, with the exception of the fact that it might be harder to conceive. I probably did more "adult" things as a child than "kid" things, but that may have been because of my parents' interests, not necessarily because they were older. Like others mentioned, I was able to travel and do more things than my peers because my parents both had established careers by then. As far as dying before your children are grown, that could happen if you have them at 20, and your children will survive that.
 
But back to the demographics; it doesn't appear as if there is a strong "older" bias, at least here.
 
The builder of an early Christen Eagle II at our airport had the following on the vertical stab: "I may be getting older, but I'll never grow up"
 
A bunch of retired and active duty fighter pilots I ski with in Steamboat Springs have the motto, "Growing up is giving up". There're from WWII up to today.

Cheers
 
FlySince9 said:
Between the Senior discounts and the Reserved for Veterans Parking spots... Life is good... :rolleyes:
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I am only 57, but when we are eating out or shopping my wife will ask for a senior discount. If the response is yes, for seniors, she points at me, and we get the senior discount......:(
 
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