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From The Ashes

(2,629 posts) Wed Feb 1, 2012, 02:45 AM Feb 2012

Well, I've arrived...

...I am officially OLD. My 50th birthday is in April, and what did I receive today? An offer from AARP.

Somebody hold me.

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Well, I've arrived... (Original Post) From The Ashes Feb 2012 OP

My dear From The Ashes! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2012 #1

Here is to the next 50... Cheers! applegrove Feb 2012 #2

Hey, your a mere infant.There is so much for you to do. Get busy. Oh and Happy Birthday! The Wielding Truth Feb 2012 #3

Ha - you young whippersnapper. You're just a baby csziggy Feb 2012 #4

And my 60th is next month LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #8

Sounds good! csziggy Feb 2012 #12

AARP card is just the beginning gratuitous Feb 2012 #5

Good luck! Wait Wut Feb 2012 #6

well... barbtries Feb 2012 #7

Feh. cliffordu Feb 2012 #9

Just wait until you get the scooter catalogs! hedgehog Feb 2012 #10

I got my first AARP offer when I was in my mid-30s. GoCubsGo Feb 2012 #11

For his 50th birthday from his mother hubby got $10 and an application to AARP. csziggy Feb 2012 #13

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,620 posts)

1. My dear From The Ashes!

Reply to From The Ashes (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 03:07 AM

Feb 2012

I don't think you're old at all!

*I'm* a lot older than you are, and I don't feel old (well, mostly!) either!

AARP starts sending that stuff out way too early, IMHO...

Have a hug, sweetie!

applegrove

(118,658 posts)

2. Here is to the next 50... Cheers!

Reply to From The Ashes (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 03:13 AM

Feb 2012

The Wielding Truth

(11,415 posts)

3. Hey, your a mere infant.There is so much for you to do. Get busy. Oh and Happy Birthday!

Reply to From The Ashes (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 06:00 AM

Feb 2012

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

4. Ha - you young whippersnapper. You're just a baby

Reply to From The Ashes (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 06:16 AM

Feb 2012

Hubby had his 60th birthday on Monday. Mine comes in July.

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)

8. And my 60th is next month

Reply to csziggy (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 01:04 PM

Feb 2012

Let's all get together and clobber him with our canes

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

12. Sounds good!

Reply to LiberalEsto (Reply #8)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 03:17 PM

Feb 2012

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

5. AARP card is just the beginning

Reply to From The Ashes (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 12:08 PM

Feb 2012

Schedule your colonoscopy.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)

6. Good luck!

Reply to From The Ashes (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 12:36 PM

Feb 2012

I mean, Happy Birthday!

barbtries

(28,794 posts)

7. well...

Reply to From The Ashes (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 12:42 PM

Feb 2012

i'm 56, and my own doctor told me just a week ago that i am NOT old, i'm middle aged!

i said on the other hand, i will be long gone before i hit 112.

AARP will continue to hound you from here on out as far as i know. six years after my 50th birthday and i'm still getting crap from them.

by the way, once you're 50 you'll be happy to know that you are not old after all. after you're 60 you'll be tickled to find out that's not even old! after you're 70 you may be able to keep up that fiction, but once you're after 80, you're just old. so you've got like at least 30 years before you're old!

cliffordu

(30,994 posts)

9. Feh.

Reply to From The Ashes (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 01:12 PM

Feb 2012

I turned 60 IN NOVEMBER...

I have most of you beat by.....oh.....TWO MONTHS

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

10. Just wait until you get the scooter catalogs!

Reply to From The Ashes (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 01:21 PM

Feb 2012

GoCubsGo

(32,083 posts)

11. I got my first AARP offer when I was in my mid-30s.

Reply to From The Ashes (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 02:00 PM

Feb 2012

They went away until about 6 months before I turned 50. I have been ignoring them.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

13. For his 50th birthday from his mother hubby got $10 and an application to AARP.

Reply to From The Ashes (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 03:20 PM

Feb 2012

By the way, although there are some things AARP does we don't agree with, we've saved hundreds of dollars a year on car insurance through them. We also get a nice discount on hotels, though it's about the same discount at the same places as AAA gives us.

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