what is 64

"When I get older losing my hair
Many years from now
Will you still be sending me a Valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine
If I'd been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
You'll be older too
And if you say the word
I could stay with you
I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride
Doing the garden, digging the weeds
Who could ask for more
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
Every summer we can rent a cottage
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear
We shall We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck and Dave
Send me a postcard, drop me a line
Stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, wasting away
Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four"

Songwriters: John Lennon / Paul McCartney

We don't only knit and mend fuses now when we are 64! How things have changed.

(Thought it would be fun to see the old song again since it is topical.)

Marianne1953. Long may you enjoy it. Have always had a hankering to visit Scotland, more so since watching Outlander. Find it hard to travel alone though, prefer to share experiences.

Lets face it by the age of 45, even 40, the majority of people have more of their life behind them than ahead of them and that could include our children!
Don't go there {smile}

lovebeige - Yes, I blame the Beatles for 64 becoming an iconic birthday! It’s a wonder the card shops haven’t yet produced an appropriate range!

its not just a number though is it? Its the reality of aging and that more of your life is behind you , than is ahead.

Its all very well saying dye your hair purple and jump out of an aeroplane. Things are different when your older.

My friends were an enormous support to me and the family too. However I was not unique in being reluctant to ask for help and to accept the limitations on my life.
You do what you have to do and in my case I was lucky that my own health has been fine. I cannot honestly say anything that went on in the last 8 years made me feel any older. I appreciate that everybody is different - our biological age is only one of many factors.
I do send warmest wishes to anybody who might feel their later years are not what they might have hoped for. Perhaps we had hoped for a more active retirement -travel, theatre and leisure possibilities, time with family and friends but there’s much worse out there. You cut your coat according to your cloth and make the bast of things.

64 is two and a half years ago. I sang the Beatles song all day on my 64th birthday though. It drove my DH mad!? I'll be 67 in December, it's no big deal.

It's not what your chronological age is - it's what's going on in your life, and to what extent you can make the most of it. If you are fortunate enough to have good health, good friends, a happy family, freedom and enough money to realise some of your dreams and ambitions - good luck to you!
But what if a friend of yours is also a reasonably healthy 64 year old whose energy has to be spent being a twenty four/seven carer for someone they love? Those of you in this position - what have friends done for you and yours that made the most difference?

I'm going to be 68 this month. It seems MUCH older than 67 but I can still do my yoga very well- I can walk anywhere I like & at speed. I can do a dance class every week & keep up with 6 DGC . I drive everywhere I want to go.
So all in all It's not so bad I suppose- after all it is just another number.
It still sounds OLD though.

I’m 64, don’t feel it and DH says I look far younger (but that’s his rose-coloured glasses). I’m 65 in October so looking forward to getting the bus pass. Other than that, I don’t feel my age, am lucky in having my health, most of my own teeth and a healthy family. I have far more confidence than in my youth. I will be happy to reach my 65th birthday, as my lovely mum did not quite make hers. I’ve even taken up horse riding again a few weeks ago. I’m enjoying life.

I am 64, will be 65 in two weeks. 64 feels no different to 63 but 65 to me feels like I am getting old. I know I don't look my age, still have darkish hair, although some grey now, try to dress stylishly. I still love rock music, I don't think that will ever change.
My dad died at 74, he was ill from retirement onwards, and that is only 10 years older than I am now. It makes me think how lucky I am, no real medical problems, a few aches and pains but pretty healthy.
As others have said 64 is only a number.

I can barely remember bein g 64. Ten years older & still going strong! Hope be fit at 84 too!!

For me too, age is just a number (albeit a big one!) but does not have to be a frame of mind. A second hip replacement beckons but - hey-ho - I want to be the best I can for as long as I can...

What is 64? Well 64 was 24 years ago! I still had a fabulous 70th birthday party ahead of me, a move to the seaside to come, a visit to Australia at 76.
Four more grandchildren to be born, and now a great grandchild To arrive later this year.
Sadly I’ve lost my DH, but life is some ups and some downs. Focus on what you enjoy, Petunia, and take each day as it comes. Sure there are aches and pains but there is always someone worse of than you and me.

silverlining apologies for missing off a few letters!

Far be it from me to disagree with anyone Silverling
but turning 70 a couple of months ago felt absolutely no different to being 69.
I find I have truly reached the point where it is only a number.
But that’s my personal opinion about me.
On the other hand it mattered enormously to have Paw out of hospital for his 70th last September and despite scaling back the planned celebration to just the extended family for a tea party with bunting and balloons, it mattered so much to be able to celebrate with his loved ones around him.
All the more so as he slipped way just 6 weeks later.

At 64 , I was lucky enough to retire and now I enjoy the good life ( don’t get my state pension until November though) I have moved to South Queensferry and I having the time of my life. In Scotland you get your bus pass at 60, so I have free travel around Scotland and the borders. I’m 9 miles from Edinburgh, so have all the galleries, museums and festivals on my doorstep. I walk for miles along beautiful beaches. Though we don’t have a lot of money for holidays etc, however, I feel I’m on holiday permanently.

All sorts of things play a part in how we feel when older,
Health, money worries, family worries etc.
Then there is character, optimists tend to enjoy life more than pessimists.
In short, there is no one size fits all for being 64 or 74 or 84.
I try and enjoy the small things and don’t feel I have to rush around doing things non stop with a ‘bucket list’.

I remember when the Beatles first sang "will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64"

Then I remember the shock of realising (I think about twelve years ago) that Paul McCartney was 64 and wondering "how did that happen?"

I will be 70 later this month and apart from the odd ache and pain certainly don’t feel it, so to cheer myself up have just bought some metallic chrome amethyst (a nice shade of purple) hair colour which i hope will look as stunning on me as it does on the box (as if!). Also considered a tiny tattoo despite disliking them all my life, am whitening my old teeth and hope to shift a few pounds prior to the big day.
Petunia I can tell you that 70 seems a lot older than 69, but we are never as young as we are today so enjoy what’s on offer because however old we are in years we always feel 20 years or more younger in our heads.

I'm 67 next Tuesday, I feel a lot younger (but probably don't look it). A few aches occasionally, but I just get on with things like I've always done, if I have too!

It's a lot younger than I am now!

I really fancy the metallic silver hair! I will be 64 later this year and feel as though my hair needs a makeover - perhaps getting it cut very short and dying metallic silver is the way to go...

I'm 66 and I don't think you need worry.

There are days when I realize that some things take longer now or a more difficult than when I was 20, but on the whole there isn't all that much different..

The compensation is not HAVING to get up at 6 a.m. to go to work.

Well as I am 64 today I can say I feel no different from yesterday except a little more excited. I’m wearing a blue maxi dress and shrug as it’s a little chillier than yesterday and am off soon to a picnic and afternoon out at the American museum with my husband and best friend. Yes I’m less mobile and my hair is white blonde (but I like it that way) but inside I feel the same love of life.