Based upon the average age, a man dies around 78 and a woman around 81, does this mean that the middle-age is 39 and 40.5 respectively ?? Does this mean I am in fact about to enter middle-age? What does it mean ?? Will something fantastic happen?? Will I suddenly become fulfilled ?? Will I no longer worry so much about what everyone else thinks ?? (that one I think has already happened to a greater or lesser degree). I doubt anything great will happen to signify this mile stone. Maybe I will wake up and look in the mirror and reflect for a while, then take stock and carry on and enjoy my new found era.
Whilst out walking the dog this evening I started thinking once again about this middle age business. Now I am no mathematician but it seems to me that you can't be middle aged for just one year of your life surely, therefor there must be an average of time before and after the said ages 39 and 40.5. So my question now must be how many years before and after are we talking. Am I in fact already middle aged ???
Maybe middle age is nothing to do with actual physical age, maybe its to do with how we think, what we feel, our tolerance of others ? Grumpy Old Men and Grumpy Old Women are one of my favourite shows and for a few years now they have made me laugh and I can feel complete empathy with their ramblings on non tolerance and ignorance of other individuals. So therefor maybe just maybe I have been middle aged for a while now and not really known it !!
