[smudgie]

As the oldest female on here( I think), I can tell you truthfully that life gets better in loads of ways as we age.
Kids leave home, you can swing from the chandelier without fear of interruption, mortgage paid, you still feel the same as you did inside at 30 really.
I suppose hubby and I are classed as oldish, we do discuss death and funerals etc, so you sort of start putting your house in order.
At the same time we could still gave a good 40 odd years ahead of us.
If you are 18 then 30 seems ancient, so I don't know when people actually think of what old is.