{"id":4990,"date":"2013-03-14T03:45:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T03:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inveske.co.uk\/no-fear-of-fifty-part-1-freezing-ages-and-the-f-issue\/"},"modified":"2013-03-14T03:45:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T03:45:49","slug":"no-fear-of-fifty-part-1-freezing-ages-and-the-f-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariliacoutinho.com\/pt-br\/no-fear-of-fifty-part-1-freezing-ages-and-the-f-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"No Fear of Fifty \u2013 part 1: freezing ages and the F issue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In eleven days, I\u2019m turning fifty.<\/p>\n

Am I, really? I guess I\u2019ve been turning fifty for such a long time\u2026 Let\u2019s see: I was born in 1963. March 25. So, yup, turning fifty in eleven days. How come I feel I\u2019ve been turning fifty for at least a couple of years?<\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s because at first it seemed scary. Or unreal. After all, I\u2019d been told by the doctors that my deadline (literally) was the 4th<\/sup> of July, 2010. As it turned out, it wasn\u2019t. Another liberation day, just that.<\/p>\n

The \u201cI won\u2019t live to be fifty, so let\u2019s rock\u2019n roll\u201d became an eternal turning fifty until I am finally turning fifty for good.<\/p>\n

Maybe this weird feeling is also because saying \u201cI\u2019m forty nine\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m forty eight\u201d doesn\u2019t sound so\u2026 so whatever as \u201cI\u2019m FIFTY\u201d. You know, \u201cI\u2019m FIFTY\u201d sounds more fiftyish.<\/p>\n

So here I am, turning fifty.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m not afraid. Why should I be afraid? Good question. As a scientist, I decided to investigate why I should be afraid of turning fifty. Since I couldn\u2019t find an answer inside me, I should seek it elsewhere \u2013 it is obvious that such fear has to come from somewhere. If it is not inside you, than it\u2019s outside you. Which is worse: much scarier, since it is, after all, someone else\u2019s fear.<\/p>\n

I obtained the following answers:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because it means you have lived more than half of your life (sounds pretty obvious and not a good reason to freak out)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because it means you are closer to death (duhh)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because you are getting older (no kidding)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because you are getting uglier (really? Any special physiological reason this should be scarier at fifty than, let\u2019s say, at forty five or fifty three? So let me see: prettier is younger, uglier is older? Interesting)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because you won\u2019t fuck anymore or you will fuck much less = > A-HA!!!<\/p>\n

So dear ladies and gentlemen, THIS is why turning fifty scares the hell out of everyone: you are convinced death is going to come at night and start It\u2019s job by castrating you. You will wake up not only older, but sexless!<\/p>\n

Guess what? This is bullshit. At least I think it is: check again in eleven days.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get back to me being frozen at turning fifty for a couple of years. We have two good reasons for that: one is the medical prediction that I wouldn\u2019t reach this age, which makes it as attractive as it is scary. The second is this vague disseminated fear in society, which we found out to be reducible to a fear of castration.<\/p>\n

We freeze other ages. I think my daughter is 21 when she is actually turning 24. I think one of my best friends is 28 when he is actually 32. I think my sister is 45 when she is actually 10 years older than me. I froze my mom at 75.<\/p>\n

Each frozen age has its reasons. At 75, my mom had the surgery where she suffered the results of the most common medical malpractice: she was not warned that she needed to not only maintain, but intensify her physical activity level and commit to strength training for life. That was the last I saw of the athlete my mom was while I grew up.<\/p>\n

I froze myself at 42, when I died. And then I turned fifty, because I didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

More later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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