Whoever advocates to lower SocSec to 50 will win the nomination in 2016, but...

[frazzled]

33. May I ask how old you are?

Because it surprises me that someone who has a job that isn't physical would think that they wouldn't be very functional at 70, or that 60 is even pushing it. Do you really think either of those ages are old and weary?

I say this because my spouse and I are in our early 60s and feel at the top of our games. My husband, especially, would like to work well into his 70s, and he makes an effort to keep fit because he wants to look the part, too. He's lucky that he will probably be able to: he's a professor, and his students don't think he's a used-up has been at all. They think he's pretty cool, and he thinks they keep him young and interested.

It frightens the hell out of me that people think 60 is old these days. I think you'll be surprised how quickly you will be 60, and how young in many ways you will still feel. Especially when you have parents in their 90s. My dad is 97, and that really DOES seem old. Still, he works out at the gym 4 days a week. He worked into his late 60s or around 70--as long as he they'd let him. Can you imagine if he'd retired at 50? He'd have been going crazy for the last 47 years.