Are there many, some, a few of us over 50??

[five one]

I think the worst thing about turning fifty is that's when the AARP comes after you.

I went ahead and joined when I started getting the "invitations". For $12.50 a year, you get a decent magazine and discounts similar to AAA. AARP is a very powerful lobby in Washington DC. We should be glad they are there fighting for us.

And I am happy to say that I am in better shape now than I was at 21.

I'll be 55 soon and I have to second the above. I'm not as thin as I was way back when, but I'm a h*ll of a lot fitter and healthier. To me, that is so much more important.

[mimitabby]

we don't get aarp.
I think my DH got a couple issues and cancelled. I don't like the way they sold the american public down the river on that last medicare plan. They weren't fighting for us then. THey convinced people to accept that plan which was terribly flawed and more expensive than the last. It's another big fat rich lobbying group.

The one thing I can say about birthdays that helps them make sense to me is that they are just numbers.

[suzieqtwa]

I turned 53 in November. I saw Led Zepplin in concert whe I was 14. I dont like birhtays at all ,and never tell anyone when it is.

[Crankin]

I don't mind telling anyone my birthday and I turned 53 in November, too. I weigh the same as I did in HS, but a lot less than I did when I was 21. Definitely in better shape!
I ignored the AARP, too, because it's just kind of creepy to me, like some kind of monolith, that finds us as soon as we turn 50. I have read the mag. in the doctor's office and it seems OK. My husband is going to join though, because we are going to use the discounts when I stop working and I can't qualify for the NEA discounts for auto insurance and the health club.

[East Hill]

I ignored the AARP, too, because it's just kind of creepy to me, like some kind of monolith, that finds us as soon as we turn 50.

I think that's what it was, it was just creepy. And I agree with mimitabby, I think the American public lost out on the Medicare plans when AARP backed the ones they did. They certainly weren't talking/lobbying for my best interests at that point.

East Hill

[sbctwin]

I am 53, close enough to 54. At work, I feel my age. I have little tolerance anymore for "playing the game". But, when I am on my bike, I feel very much ALIVE !!!! I can't explain it, the worries, the stresses are generally replaced with the knowledge that I am "accomplishing" something for ME....Birthdays, well, these days I always get to celebrate my birthday with my best friend, my twin sister and that involves a road trip to Montana

[Bad JuJu]

Hey, twin, that's the main thing that bugs me on my birthday these days--that I miss my twin, who's also still my best friend, as yours is for you. But he's in Alaska and I'm in Florida, so we just get together when we can. You're fortunate to be close enough for a road trip!