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If someone is 38 with two kids around 10, I can tell you they will be feeling that middle age. If they are 36 and single, they won’t. But the numbers say late 30s is middle age (I say that as a middle aged 41 that I absolutely don’t feel).I don't think taking avg life expectancy and dividing by 2 necessarily gives you middle age (in any case the avg life expectancy in Aus is over 80 for both men and women) because the stages of life aren't all equal lengths. Never heard of anyone in their 30s being considered middle aged before this thread.