Anyone who tells you "Age is just a number" has given you a possible consolation, but not the whole truth. Age is not just a number.

If you have missed opportunities in your youthful days, all because of pride, carelessness, unseriousness, bad friends, wrong choices, do not console yourself at current age with the saying that "age is just a number". What you should be doing now is to get angry with yourself and fight hard to recover the lost years by God's help.

Some guys were unserious when age was on their side. They did not prepare well for the future and now, they are not qualified to get certain benefits of life because they wasted season(s) of their lives. Even some ladies that wasted the time of one or more suitors that came for their hand in marriage, probably because a rich yahoo boy was with them, or maybe a sugar daddy or maybe one bad Igboo smoker that was sleeping with them vigorously on bed. Today, they may be above 30 and waiting for Mr. responsible to come. AGE IS NOT JUST A NUMBER.

Be not deceived with "age is not a number". If you want age to be a number for you, do things on time and do not waste your opportunities and seasons of life.

"Age is just a number" for those who were less privileged or not opportuned enough throughout their life time, and had the opportunity in old age or later in life. But if you were wasting your youthful days flirting and misbehaving, do not use the slogan "age is just a number". You need to cry bitterly, deal with your failures and rise up to recover your lost years with very great success.

you made a lot of good points... this also the kind of sentiment I share... age is just a number doesn't apply to everything... when it comes to experience, wisdom, then age is just a number because foolish old people exists... but when it comes to other things have you've mentioned, age is not just a number...

a lady who has clocked 70 for example, should she still give herself hope that she's going to deliver a bouncing baby? or someone who didn't use his opportunities well when time, energy and age was on his side, is it until he turns 60 before he starts preparing for them, even if he got a bit of time left, wil the energy or money be available for him then? the main point is, use your time well, spend it wisely on what would benefit you, do not waste your energy and resources on futile activities that will come back to haunt you in the end of time...