Thanks, Bicilista, for suggestion I start a new thread on this topic.

I am curious if any of you have the same trouble I do with reconciling your aging self with your inner self-concept? Not sure that makes sense . . . what I mean is that, I still feel at least 10 years younger than my chronological age and have to remind myself that I am 40+. I look in the mirror and see these changes (wrinkles, sagging, etc. -- only the stray gray once in a while though) and the reflection I see does not jive with how I feel! It really hit me this weekend when I saw some "old" friends who have gotten quite gray and I thought, how the heck did we get this old? I don't feel this old!

Oh, and another thing that recently brought this to the forefront of my mind: I was reading a review about Ben Stiller's new movie, in which his 40-year-old character was referred to as "middle-aged." I thought, WHAT??? Am I really middle-aged already??? Sheesh!