Being middle-aged is about realising that you've lived most of your life. You don't have as much time in front of you as you have behind you.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.
Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.
One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.
Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.
I can feel middle age approaching, but I reckon the trick is to ignore all the signs. I'm lucky in that I've always looked half the age I am. So the way I see it is that I'm still in my twenties!
Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.
Middle -age is the time of life, that a man first notices - in his wife.
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.
I love being middle-aged in general. I'm more at peace with myself now. I still have tormented times, but they are few and far between. You don't feel you have to be the centre of your world when you get older. Becoming a mother had been a turning point which stopped me from being the centre of my world.
Realise when you are 'middle aged' you have a chance for a whole second career, another love, another life.