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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:48 PM Original message |
Daily stress and worry plummet after age 50 |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wish... |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. I'm almost 59... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Or, as I discovered in my case, |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It's because...sorry to sound cliche...you realize life is indeed too short to |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I agree. It's like a magic moment when you realize |
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MgtPA (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. For me, it was "I really don't give a shit what anybody else thinks". |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Ding ding we have a winner |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. I've never given a shit what anyone else thought. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. I made a conscious decision in ninth grade to not give a shit about what other people thought about |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. That's because you do get the big picture |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. LOL. You took the words outta my mouth. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. BS |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's the second thing to go |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. lol. That too. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm sixty. I'll outlive the depletion of fish in the oceans. See? Less worry! |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. Gradually you realize that a lot of stuff that used to matter, no longer does. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. That could be true in some places, but I doubt all. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. There's only thing thing I have to say about that. |
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Macoy (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I No Longer Stress |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. My stress and worry increased exponentially afer 50 |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. Tell that to people stuck in crap jobs, to people with NO job, to homeless people... all over 50. |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. Oh yeah? This over-50 is awash in stress and worry. Now, if you are talking about a |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. Only if you are rich and healthy! |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. they didnt survey anybody I know... |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. Did these people have their kids when they were 12 or something? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. must be why elders have the highest suicide rate. maybe they just give up, |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. They got that one wrong Jack |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. 50 is about when most people's kids become largely independent. |
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