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To: Rambi who wrote (67293)	3/2/2005 9:08:12 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 71178

Did you notice they have funny last names?

To: Rambi who wrote (67293)	3/3/2005 10:52:11 AM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

why does 'middle age' carry such a oppressive ring to it in today's world? Middle Age (40-55) This period begins with the Mid-life Transition. Exact year identification becomes increasingly difficult. The transition may come as early as the late 30s or even as late as the early 50s. It is a period when perceptions become more important than chronology. How a person feels about his or her life experiences are more significant than a chronological timetable indicating years of life. It is a period marked by stress for some, by constraints for others, and by freedom for still others. For men, health and job concerns may dominate. While near the peak of their careers, they may see the encroachment of youth and change. At the same time, for women it may be seen as a time for freedom from childbearing responsibilities and a time for the opening up of opportunities to pursue interests in personal development or career explorations. This transition period may be seen as a crisis if there is failure in the expected timetable one has set for oneself — no promotion as anticipated, marriage in trouble, or sudden death of a loved one. It is a time when the difference between gaining and losing what has been dreamed seems to be less important than the difference between the dream itself and reality. One asks, Is this all? To put it another way, it is not a matter of how many rewards one has obtained; it is a matter of the goodness of fit between the life structure and the stirring of powerful forces within that lead to modification or a drastically changed life structure. "I'm never going to be famous, after all." The die is now cast. People in this stage have come to term with life as stable personalities. They may or may not have dealt with the four illusions of Roger Gould mentioned earlier. But if they haven't, they are not likely to in the future. Mid-life is called a time when you don't know whether to blame your problems on your parents or on your children. It's a time to value wisdom over physical prowess. It's a time to place greater emphasis on socializing, or interaction with other people as persons and less emphasis on seeing a sexual opportunity in every encounter with a person of the opposite sex. It's a time for mental flexibility rather than rigidity. It's a time for emotional flexibility rather than emotional poverty. This is often crucial at the point of losing a loved one. Emotional flexibility can be strained at the point of the death of a loved one, husband or wife on whom a strong dependence has developed. the next stage has an interesting title Late Adulthood (55-75)