Years 50-60 compared to 40-50?

itsanne

mumps wrote: »

Brilliant, thanks for that. I am 60, do you think it is OK to start now.

Definitely okay. I'm 59 and do quite a few of the things already .

silverwhistle

Today I was playing women's league football, and in the opposition team there was a lady of 57.

I was relieved I was still the oldest on the pitch (by a year), but we did high-five each other!

itsanne

Funnily enough, this is the second thread in which I've posted that poem. Someone had referred to it without knowing what it was the last time. It must have something which appeals .

itsanne

dandy-candy wrote: »

My DH is nearly ten years older than me and turns 50 this year. From 40-50 he didn't change much apart from losing more hair and getting a bigger tummy! This last few months though he has had a bad knee that hasn't got better and his *ahem* "bedtime action" has massively decreased.

I'm getting a bit worried about how different the years from 50-60 are going to be. I don't think of people getting old and slowing down until they are in their 60s but that's based on how my parents were, but maybe they were more active than most people?

Do people become more noticeably old and less fit/healthy after 50? I'm not going to trade him in, but I want to know what to expect!

I'm almost 20 years on from where you are with a nine year age gap, so I'm a bit horrified at the idea of being old in one's 60s. Not that I'm biased, but OH is still irrisistable .

I'd strongly recommend that your husband sees his GP re "bedroom action". Difficulties there can be a first indication of other things, some serious, though hopefully that won't be the case. Assuming nothing major is the cause, he's fortunate to live at a time when treatment is readily available should he need it, and the GP would be a much better route to that than the internet. If his knee isn't improving your husband needs to see about that too.

As far as what to expect between the ages of 50 and 60 is concerned, how long is a piece of string? Everyone is different. Some people are plagued by ill health throughout their lives, never mind at 50. For me, both when OH was between 50 and 60 and now that I am, they've been good years. I'd suggest not "expecting" anything in particular. There's no reason why your husband should become old over the next ten years!