Not everyone welcomes middle age, but if you have a sense of humor about it, growing older can be pretty darn comical. To make light of aging, we've rounded up the very best -- and funniest -- Tweets from our midlife friends on Twitter. Happy reading!
Middle age is when a good hair day means there aren't any on my chin #ageing
— sara perkins bran (@sarabran) February 21, 2013@indiaknight I know - since turning 50 all the clocks and calenders seem to be moving at a new mysterious pace.
— carol mccloskey (@carol_mccloskey) February 5, 2015The thing I love about being middle aged is not having to pretend I like going to a busy pub on a Friday night.
— Sean Hughes (@mr_seanhughes) November 29, 2013Spider veins.
Crow's feet.
Bat wings.
Being middle aged gives you, like, the WORST super powers.
— Lloyd Rang (@lloydrang) March 15, 2015What I wanted for #Christmas? The metabolism of a 15-yr-old boy. What I got? Spreading hips of middle age. DAMMIT SANTA!
— Rene Syler (@goodenufmother) December 28, 2013I turned 50 two weeks ago and haven't gotten a thing from the AARP. Do I really exist?
— Marnie Dresser (@MarnieDresser) August 14, 2015So: I turned 50 today. Haven't looked in the mirror yet but I'm assuming things are much as they were yesterday. #halfway #goodinnings
— Kevin Crump (@Doctor_Lard) September 29, 2015Ever since I turned 50, reading has become horribly similar to filling a bath with the plug out.
— Hugh Laurie (@hughlaurie) January 11, 2015@thehighsign I turned 50 last year and now I just walk down the street flipping people off for no reason.
— Jeffrey Sconce (@JeffreySconce) April 26, 2013Life after 50 means we can turn down the thermostat. #Womenover50 #KeepingItReal
— Sandra Sukstorf (@macleodmom) November 8, 2015Just bought my first pair of reading glasses. Hello middle age, nice to see you. Clearly.
— Dylan Neal (@DylanNealStudio) December 7, 2013Also on HuffPost:
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