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yourgamemasterthewhiterabbit · 7 months ago

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I think it very much depends on the person and how they age.

Some people are geriatric at 65, or die basically of old age at 60, so defining middle aged as 40+ doesn't make sense for everyone...

I look about the same as I did as a teen at 36. If I wasn't so disabled in various specific ways, I would be the picture of health and youthful virility. Even as disabled as I am I would be hard pressed to consider myself middle aged, I don't even look like I am out of my 20's.

I think middle aged should be somewhat defined by biological markers of decline, and somewhat defined by lifestyle. "middle aged" should be able to communicate useful information as a descriptor, so whatever that communicates to people should likely be some prerequisite to labeling someone that way.

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#I've been in a weird boat for relationships for a while because I look WAY younger than I am but I am also effectively retired #which messes with friendships as much as romantic relationships #and my health and strength function on this weird split model of very disabled but also having great genes for healing and muscle building #and most factors people would envy as being markers of general fitness #all with terrible trade offs of course because all useful adaptations become disabling when you push them a hair too far #I have an empty nest that was never full #but I am still building up my resources and foundation like someone in their 20's due to economic factors #if I have something like a midlife crisis it's either 10 years in the past or 20 years in the future #I might hit menopause up to 15 years early due to medical complications or my hormonal fuckery might carry my ass well into my 60s #I might die young due to the disabilities #or I might get on top of those complications and I might live a disturbingly long time due to other mutations I have #Am I middle aged? I don't actually know how to answer that #I don't know how to answer when I will be in any way that anyone would find fully satisfactory

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