I'm hearing a lot of this "40 is the new 30" crap being promoted to women these days.
I'm a firm believer in that with your mind, you can be any age you want, but physically, no way. Sure you can work out, eat right, and have a very healthy nice look that can make you appear younger than you are.
But for males and females, physically, 40 in NOT the new 30. 40 is 40, and 30 is 30 when it comes to having children. Women are more at risk in their 40's of having more strainful pregnancies, children with birth defects, or not being able to concieve anymore. Men's fertility starts decreasing as well.
Many women are being told they are most empowered by not getting married or having children in your 20's and 30's, and then magically when, your 40, then its time to think about settling down and can start having children right away.
"But for males and females, physically, 40 in NOT the new 30. 40 is 40, and 30 is 30."
You are so right. I get tired of hearing people say, "Sixty (or some other year) isn't old." The heck it isn't. I'm 47 and am appalled by all the aches. I'm not talking about the exceptions or the superpeople out there. I'm talking about the average balding, paunchy, 47 year old slobs like myself out there.
Sorry for getting a bit off topic, but we do a real disservice to people when we ignore the aging process and think we're 25.