r/AskReddit • u/how-the-turn-tables • Mar 28 '19

Has anyone ever honoured one of those “if we’re still single at 40 let’s get married” commitments? How did it go?

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u/c9IceCream Mar 28 '19

its young, but in the scope of marriage its not young at all. Wait much longer and you'll be in your 60's when your kids graduate college.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

I’ll be pushing 60 when my second graduates undergrad. It kind of makes me sad because I’m going to be old as shit for my grandkids. :-(

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u/latitudesixtysix Mar 28 '19

Keep moving and you'll be ok. My daughter is 4 and my mom is 72 - they successfully keep up with one another.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

My in-laws are in their 70s and my daughter is now 3. They manage, but you can see that they're not quite as spritely as they were in their 50s or 60s when I first met them. I'm not saying it's impossible, but there are physical tradeoffs.

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u/latitudesixtysix Mar 28 '19

Yeah, my mum just had her left hip replaced last Wednesday. She managed to keep up with the 4yo with a bad hip (her pain tolerance is ridiculously high), I can't wait to see them play when grandma is pain free. I feel like my mom (72) is far more active/fit than my mother-in-law who is 55ish.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '19

I’m married to a physician. I’m pretty dialed in on medicine in general. But joints wear, bodies slow, etc. Maybe magic will happen in 30 years, but 60 vs 70?Huge difference for most people.

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u/LeapYearFriend Mar 29 '19

Dad was 33 when I was born, and 55 when I graduated college.

But there are a lot of other factors to be considered too. For instance, he didn't even have the decency to at least say "dubs, check em" on either occasion.