taking the threshold of adulthood as 18, you are likely to spend at least52 years as a fully grown adult
at the age of 30 you have lived less than one quarter of your adult life (12/52 years)
‘middle age’ is typically considered to be between 45-65
it is extremely common to switch careers, start new relationships, emigrate, go to college for the first or second time, or make other life-changing decisions in middle age
it’s wild that I even have to spell it out, but older adults (60+) still have social lives and hobbies and interests.
you can still date when you get old. you can still fuck. you can still learn new skills, be fashionable, be competitive. you can still gossip, you can still travel, you can still read. you can still transition. you can still come out.
young doesn’t mean peaked. you’re inexperienced in your 20s! you’re still learning and practicing! you’re developing social skills and muscle memory that will last decades!
there are a million things to do in the world, and they don’t vanish overnight because an imaginary number gets too big
shout out to the people in the notes saying “this is so true except actually middle age starts in your 30s and ends at 50”. you are completely wrong and you’re the target of this post, get help.
funniest response so far is that middle age is actually 35-50 but that you’re not 'old’ until you’re over 60. great news for that decade in between. category error, you’re young again.
okay well. moving out of the realm of vibes and implications and into the realm of what words actually mean in society, middle age is the 'middle’ period of the typical adult aging process
tip: you can look things up in a 'dictionary’, 'encyclopedia’ or even 'textbook’ to learn their standard range of definitions. many find this preferable to moving through life on a cloud of arbitrary supposition.
yes so 40-60 would in fact be the middle of your adult life per my tags. the middle of your whole life would be about 35-50.
making a post about not being afraid of aging and then pretending people 5 years from the average end are still in the middle and using “well the society which is famously scared of aging says that’s what it is” to back that up is weird and contradictory
